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

Heatherwick Studio's mighty pretty design for Maggie's Centre Yorkshire resembles a cluster of massive potted plants.

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.

With college grad gifting season upon us, here's a handful of useful, unique and starter apartment-friendly household items.

Business and property owners can decrease their tax liability by taking advantage of one of the many green tax incentives available to businesses.

Although several manufacturers have plans to release long-lasting, energy-sipping LED A-Line bulbs that replace the near-obsolete 100-watt incandescent, Osram S

Get the skinny on SlimStyle, Philips' latest LED bulb release that boasts a svelte profile and a price tag that's anticipated to be highly competitive.

According to Osram Sylvania's 6th annual Socket Survey, not too many folks realize that 40W and 60W incandescent bulbs will go bye-bye come Jan 1.

France's most visited house of worship, the Notre Dame Cathedral, just seriously slashed its energy bills with the addition of 400 LED lamps.

Because nothing can break one's spirit like dreadful overhead office lighting, the LED revolutionists at Cree have stepped in to save the day (and some energy).

Model guidelines from the U.N. for energy-efficient light bulbs aid developing nations in smoothly transitioning from incandescents to LEDs.

Upset about the racy tees, Judy Cox put some citizen-enacted censorship into place.

A rampant scam can add $20 more to your phone bill if you hit redial. Make sure your kids know not to call the scammers back.

Half the world now lives in cities, and by midcentury 75 percent of us will be urbanites. To make our cities sustainable, look to the 2012 TED Prize and a fasci

Thousands of people support Nicola Thorp, the London receptionist who wrote a petition asking for change in dress code laws.

Home furnishings retailer IKEA uses about 1 percent of the world's commercial wood supply to make its products.

Construction equipment has moved into the land of the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas, to begin work on a border wall.

This little mushroom is a pleasant surprise to anyone enjoying a walk in the woods.

With tax season just around the corner, this video will show you where you could receive some tax credits.

Performers take to the streets of Edinburgh in one of the largest art festivals in the world, Festival Fringe.

There have been about 100 known cases of the rare condition since it was first reported in the 1940s.

'The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel' is a collection of beautifully illustrated flora and fauna by a German biologist and artist.

Finland, the world's most literate nation, rings in its 100th birthday with the opening of Oodi Helsinki Central Library.

Sydney is haunted by sunken garbage, some of it up to 200 years old. But divers are now working to clean up the mess one piece of trash at a time.

It's about time somebody looked at shopping as a separate transportation category. It turns out to be a major energy hog.

How do you build the world’s lightest metal? Make it mainly from air, according to scientists.

The glass plates depict solar and lunar eclipses, comets, and even views of binary stars.

The chicken chain is working with THRIVE to purchase coffee from farmers who can by-pass the middleman and get paid up to 10x more for their beans.

Panera made good on its promise to get rid of 150 ingredients on its 'No No List,' but what does that mean?

Artificial photosynthesis could produce the perfect clean fuel to run everything.

In Japan, they call it "rougai." In North America, the rage against older generations is about to get much, much worse.

Who says you can't outrun old age?

The focus is put on the small amount of local food among the non-local.

In the past year, the greatest increase in farmers markets has been in the Midwest.

Gift will help support farmers market and healthy bodega programs; Newark Mayor Cory Booker speaks at the launch event.

Video: Alexandra Cousteau investigates The Hoover Dam and the draining of Lake Mead.

There's a poaching ring focused on some succulents in the genus Dudleya, which can fetch millions on the black market in East Asia.

If you want paper or plastic in NYC, plan on sharing a few more nickels. The fee goes into effect on Oct. 1, 2016.

More adults have gotten the flu shot this year, but there's still plenty of room for improvement, says the CDC.

At NuVu, students solve complex problems by focusing on imagination and constructive feedback.

Bioluminescent art blends science and creativity to create images that can only be seen in the dark.

Imagine your city illuminated at night by glow stick-like lighting generated entirely from living organisms.

Scientists aren't sure yet just how widespread these beautiful, glowing hawksbill turtles are.

A contest to reveal the truth behind the mysterious inscription on a boulder in France produces two winners.

Scientists call for quick action to save beaches from climate change. Beaches offer protection from extreme weather events.

The Crescent Corridor: Save 100 Million Gallons of Fuel

The Crescent Corridor: Fuel and Money Savings State-by-State

The TCPR is a right wing funded smear tank with a fetish for Al Gore that never hesitates to let facts get in the way of a good dig.

Al Gore has the radical idea that more of our decisions should be made based on facts and reason.

New Integrated Control Center (ICC) for controlling and monitoring the entire continuous casting plant