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Introducing Rimac's Concept One electric supercar

These guys aren't shy about taking on Tesla, but first they need to ramp up the factory for this 1,088-horsepower, 200 mph electric from Croatia.




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Elon Musk's big bet on batteries

Next week Tesla will announce new home and utility solutions — but do they pencil out?




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San Fran's new EV chargers are solar-powered, and free!

Charge Across Town is cutting carbon emissions with mobile charging. Just respect the two-hour limit.




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Elon Musk's rocket ride: A biography of the world's most driven CEO

Running 2 groundbreaking companies at the same time, Musk succeeds by putting himself on the line more than anyone else, says author Ashlee Vance.




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Porsche's mystery plug-in could be a Tesla-killer

The rumor mill says an all-electric shortened Panamera could grace the show stage in Frankfurt, with 250 to 300 miles of range.




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When will EVs get sounds to warn pedestrians? It's coming, but expect delays

And no, we won't be able to use ringtones. (There will likely be standardized noises.)




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What's NASCAR without the noise?

Science Guy Bill Nye wants battery-powered stock car racers. But fans go for the noise.




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Rimac's electric really isn't a Tesla-killer

Rimac's Concept One is a $936,000 supercar made in Croatia, and only 8 will be built.




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BMW's self-driving vision includes a virtual butler

BMW Vision Next 100




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By 2030, electric vehicles will rule Paris' streets

A ban on gas and diesel cars is the latest in Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo's ongoing crackdown on air pollution.




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EcoSense for Living: There's green in my pizza!

Video: Pizza Fusion shows us how any job can become a green job with the right attitude and practices.




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Don't feel weird about saying 'Hi' to strangers

Greeting people you pass on the street with a smile and "Hello" is good for you and them.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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To fight loneliness, let's get innovative

More than one-third of adults in the U.S. over 45 likely suffer from chronic loneliness, but creative housing solutions like these can change those numbers.



  • Fitness & Well-Being

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Why are we so reliant on air conditioning? (It's not just climate change, it's bad design)

Air conditioners have made architects lazy, and we've forgotten how to design houses that might work without it.



  • Remodeling & Design

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'Open Building' lets our homes adapt to change

Why not design our homes so that we can get at the things that need to be changed? That's the idea behind "Open Building".



  • Remodeling & Design

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Traveling the world doesn't mean you have to leave home behind

Just ask Jenna and Guillaume, who quit their 9-to-5 jobs to pursue their dream of touring North America in a custom-built tiny house.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Here's an idea for a new net zero that makes sense

Architect William Maclay brings some sense and sensibility to the concept of net zero energy building.



  • Remodeling & Design

9

Inside it-architect Bjarke Ingels' BIG deal museum exhibition

Bjarke attack! The Danish maverick is the subject of a climate-themed retrospective at the National Building Museum.



  • Arts & Culture

9

China's 57-story prefab tower should have been taller

Sky City was supposed to be 220 stories and this building was supposed to be 97 stories; but there's more to building than just technical innovation.



  • Research & Innovations

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'Time Slices' capture twilight's descent on world icons

Photographer Richard Silver captures the surreal ambience of the "blue hour" with these beautifully spliced landscape images.




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Bullitt Center: World's greenest commercial building?

A tour of the Bullitt Center in Seattle confirms that it's as green as it can be.




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Pittsburgh's Center for Sustainable Landscapes is as green as it gets

With the Living Building Challenge now under its belt, the facility is being heralded as one of the greenest buildings in the world.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Help teen carpenters build a tiny house eco-village for Seattle's homeless

The after-school carpentry wizards at Sawhorse Revolution have big, community-bettering plans for micro-housing.



  • Remodeling & Design

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World's tallest wood building proposed for Paris

Michael Green, champion of lanky, carbon-neutral buildings, sets his sights on the City of Light.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Humanitarian architect to reuse Nepal's earthquake rubble

Leave it to Shigeru Ban to breathe ingenious new life into the painfully abundant remains of a major catastrophe.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Barnacle-like sleeping pods provide shelter to London's homeless

James Furzer's simple design is still situated on the streets — yet lifted slightly above them.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Plant-clad Hawaiian micro-home is perched atop a hollow 'trunk'

Don't want to live in it anymore? Just covert it into a drive-through shaved ice stand.



  • Remodeling & Design

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In Vietnam, an urban college campus reimagined as a 'forested mountain'

Honestly, it would be a touch difficult to hit the books on a campus this wildly verdant.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Net-zero home provides California farm laborers with heart and 'sol'

UC Davis students conceive a 'deliberate solution' to substandard farm worker housing.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Dying Silicon Valley mall to be reborn with world's largest green roof

The man-made foothills are most definitely alive in Cupertino.



  • Remodeling & Design

9

Fresh concerns raised over Leonardo DiCaprio's eco-resort

Developers behind the 104-acre sustainable project in Belize promise to consider all concerns ahead of construction in 2017.



  • Arts & Culture

9

IKEA's flat-pack refugee shelter wins coveted design award

The Design Museum's recognition of IKEA's Better Shelter for refugees couldn't come at a more appropriate time.



  • Remodeling & Design

9

Top 10 'cash for clunkers' trade-ins

A 'clunker' is a vehicle reaching less than 18 mpg. Check out the top 10 clunkiest clunkers here.




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'Popular' animals face higher risk of extinction

When people see animals everywhere in pop culture, they assume they're everywhere in real life.




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7% of Australia's reptiles face extinction

International Union for Conservation of Nature has updated its Red List, and the news isn't good for Australia's reptiles.




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95% of lemur species are in serious trouble

Native only to Madagascar, 105 lemurs species have been evaluated as critically endangered, endangered or vulnerable by the IUCN.




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Meet the planet's 25 most endangered primates

This report highlights 25 apes, monkeys, lemurs, lorises and other primates on the brink of extinction.




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A Brazilian rainforest is now being called an 'extinction vortex'

Brazil's once-expansive Atlantic Forest has now almost completely disappeared.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Conservationists record a 'surreal' encounter with a rare forest rhino taking a mud bath

Only 68 critically endangered Javan rhinos are left on Earth.




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Conservationists plant a 'super grove' of redwood trees cloned from ancient stumps

The clones come from trees that were larger than any alive today.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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Drone reveals 'extinct' Hawaiian flower growing on remote cliff

The rediscovery of this hibiscus relative in Hawaii illustrates the growing importance of drones in wildlife conservation.



  • Wilderness & Resources

9

Australia declares 'war on cats'

Australia, on track to eliminate 2 million feral cats by 2020, bans outdoor cats.




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It's a record season for sea turtles in Georgia, even with a hurricane

2019 has been a record year for the threatened species, even after Hurricane Dorian destroyed sea turtle nests in the state.




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The Dodge Dart Registry: It's not just for weddings anymore

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The plushest peak you ever did see: Three Bad Seeds' nature-inspired pillows

Bring the great outdoors into your home with Three Bad Seeds' line of wilderness-inspired pillows handcrafted from repurposed scrap fabrics.



  • Remodeling & Design

9

Mother's Day gifts for the gardening mom

No matter your budget, we've got something to help your mom indulge her green thumb.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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Nesting materials: 13 useful pad-centric gifts for the class of '13

Give the real estate-fixated college graduate in your life a well-designed, practical gift that will be put to good use in their first post-grad abode.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Rodale's: A new online shop for tested green products

From the venerable, eco-conscious publisher comes a new place to find great gifts, fairly made jewelry and sustainable fashion.




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'The Cow in Patrick O'Shanahan’s Kitchen' is a gentle introduction to food origins

After you read the last page of this new book for kids, you can start a discussion about food, farmers and eating.




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5 wine gifts wine lovers don't need

If you buy me one of these as a holiday gift, I may never clink glasses with you again.