This green and purple mystery finally gets its own name and some attention from aurora enthusiasts and researchers alike.

Featuring a tall living room and a big kitchen, this tiny dwelling from Canada packs a big personality.

As most environmentalists know, there are hidden costs behind most price labels. This video explores how to uncover those facts.

An amazing wooden bicycle, hand-made in Spain by two brothers for professional cyclists. The wooden frame is lightweight, resistant and beautiful!

No wonder the video went viral -- it looks like magic. But Ultra Ever Dry appears to be the real thing.

A surprise gathering organized over the Internet gathers to meditate in a mall on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.

What can you do at a music festival in four days with 75 volunteers and lots of salvaged materials? Build some amazing performance stages, that's what. Last year we reported on the Roots Architecture project at the WOMAD

Created by Zaha Hadid Architects, this innovative project demonstrates the possibilities of using KnitCrete technology for creating curved concrete shells efficiently.

Access to safe, reliable and affordable sanitary napkins is a big barrier to equal opportunity for many girls in developing countries. This inexpensive and clever set allows girls and women to clean, dry and carry their pads discreetly.

For the last two decades, Nargis Latif and her organization have been researching how to divert waste from landfills and reusing it as quick and cheap construction materials.

Photographed in various natural settings, these life-sized, child-like works of art invoke a sense of wonder and delight.

Using a series of rotating LED lights, this work highlights the visually transformative powers of the Moon.

Influenced by realism and mythology, these impressive works impart a sense of wonder about the natural world.

Gorgeous, soft and looking like a living UFO, this enormous work of textile art is brightening up one Paris institution.

When I entered the Gallery Art & Design in Poblenou, Barcelona, it was the odd smell I noticed first. Very faint, but it reminded me of something far away. Large pieces of art are scattered around the big white gallery

A NASA scientist shows us the three-fifths of the planet's surface that we don't get to see.

With more than 22,000 acres newly opened up to the iconic mammal, the release of bison onto new turf is a profound thing to see.

Directed by David Valero for the Spanish eco-short-films festival La Luciernaga fundida, this video shows how a grandmother and grandson desalinate seawater at home.

These low-impact, solar-powered desalination units could be a potential boon to water-scarce coastal communities, disaster-prone areas, as well as local marine life.

Octogenarian couple united by a love of entomology

Built using aluminum, stainless steel and wood, this modular prefab is designed to be easily assembled and disassembled.

Plenty of clever spatial overlaps and multifunctional pieces of transformer furniture in this renovation of a 376-square-foot apartment in Melbourne.

An existing 1960s studio apartment in Melbourne has been transformed into a more efficient one-bedroom apartment.

Made carefully by hand, this food artisan's edible works of jelly art are bursting with colorful flora and fauna.

This redesigned space in a 1920s Art Deco building features a new layout that better maximizes space and light.

This lovely little home was built for a woman who wants to be closer to her loved ones, without losing her autonomy.

Four species of walking sharks have been discovered in the waters off northern Australia and New Guinea.

Through forestry, SFI provides the essential security of long-term habitat conservation for at-risk species.

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) is working with partners like American Forests on important global issues, including climate change.

Oh, and the donut building on top is coming along nicely too.

Videographer Duncan Sinfield says "it's only a matter of time until the campus becomes shut-off to drones completely."

Yeah, we didn't believe it at first either. Apparently unlikely animal friendships go really far.

Done in collaboration with local companies, residents and other organizations, the project's aim is to bring awareness to how palm oil production is negatively affecting humans and animals alike.

Good news from Gabon: Conservation efforts in Batéké Plateau National Park are rewarded with a sighting of an animal thought to have disappeared from the region.

Wanting to make a massive life change, this man makes his exit from the corporate world -- with his feline friend and a self-renovated van.

This tasteful van home features a comfortable interior, and includes a removable bed to allow for transporting larger cargo.

Thanks to some careful, clever details, this 24-foot-long tiny house feels big, bright and open.

In an homage to influential images of Earth taken from outer space, this art installation takes it up a notch by livestreaming views of Earth in real-time, prompting us to contemplate the bigger picture.

An old, cramped apartment in Tasmania is updated with skylights, plenty of clever space-saving concepts, and a touch of hidden glamor.

These remarkably realistic forms are produced using densely rolled strips of old newsprint.

This family's self-built tiny house is part of a small off-grid homestead out in Maui.

This couple applied precious life lessons -- learned from years of bicycle touring -- into designing their modern tiny house on foundations.

This impressive home features a lot of great multifunctional ideas, plus a custom-built cat run for two felines in the back.

Dubbed "Freedom Cove," this remarkable home is a decades-long labor of love built in an inlet in British Columbia.

Modern building codes and zoning regulations, while helping to set safety standards that can save lives, can also serve as big barriers to building small, sensible, and affordable dwellings with alternative materials and techniques.

If you like craftsmanship, woodworking, and traditional hand tools, or you just enjoy watching somebody else do all the work, you'll love this short film.

Traditional marbling techniques are re-adapted to highlight the natural details of this lovely, hand-colored wood flooring.

This clever replacement window expands out to create a private semi-outdoor space for people who don't have a balcony.

Plastic pollution in our oceans is a big deal. These designers went out and collected some to create this surprising collection of items that look quite luxurious.

Using a customized printer, these designers combined new technology with low sounds to create this modern collection of ceramics.