Breakthrough technology could make long-distance space travel feasible, clean our air here on Earth, and even combat global warming.

Gloves designed after a gecko's feet allow human climbers to scale walls with ease.

Technology could lead to the transformation of clothes, cars, buildings and even billboards.

Wired's video series, 'Five Levels of Difficulty,' challenges an expert to explain a complicated concept to people at five levels of expertise — and it's cool.

Microplastics in fresh water are primarily laundry lint that comes from washing machines, and they end up in your drinking glass.

Here's a breakdown of how each disinfectant kills specific types of germs.

Utility-scale solar power requires a lot of land. But there are ways to work around that problem.

Clean energy sources are producing record amounts of power in markets across the world.

After the 2007 Burning Man, volunteers repurposed a solar array for a local school. That installation led to many, many more.

Israel’s largest international green energy conference takes place this weekend in Eilat.

Increased renewables, decreased emissions and falling energy prices. Germany's ambitious energy plan may be starting to pay off.

Thousands of drilling rigs are idle and roustabouts are being laid off. Why not put them to work drilling for renewable energy?

The Swedish furniture giant is spending staggering amounts on renewables and climate adaptation, putting entire countries to shame.

The WindChill uses biomimicry to help preserve food in rural areas without access to electricity.

The same thing that keeps the lights on and appliances humming tastes great on a cracker.

Although solar panels do most of the heavy lifting, so to speak.

Wave power has the potential to supply 25 percent of the nation's energy.

Massive investment coupled with falling prices has created a perfect renewable storm in the Golden State.

Scientists are working to harness the power of the static electricity to power our devices. It's a surprisingly mysterious natural phenomenon.

Scientists have discovered a novel new way of using microwaves to turn orange peels and other plant-based waste into plastic.

Plant waste has been seen as a possible source of sustainable biofuels, now modified E. coli would convert plant waste into fatty acids, and then into fuel.

Researchers claim that using enzymes to convert biomass to hydrogen could yield significantly more energy than current biomass-to-ethanol efforts.

The world's natural rubber comes from Southeast Asia, but the company is using an unassuming Texas bush to make its rubber all-American.

The new bi-fuel car runs on 'biogas,' which is already a big deal in Europe — and it's cheap, too.

Mayor announced a plan to offer his employees discounts to Weight Watchers.

Our first fowl emergency was truly a lesson in home healthcare.

Climate change could affect our food supply at the same time that global population is increasing.

Watch what happens when an eager young lion cub gets in too deep (literally) while dining on a freshly killed buffalo.

This monster of a bug was recently discovered in a remote area of China's Sichuan province.

The Ili pika, an animal sometimes referred to as the 'magic rabbit,' is more endangered than the panda.

A flamboyant cousin of the fearsome Velociraptor was covered in layers of showy feathers from head to tail.

The surprising discoveries were made by a CSIRO research team conducting routine surveys off the Australian coast.

Closest living relative of Arktocara yakataga can only be found in rivers in South Asia.

Why are these crocodiles orange? One grotesque theory about their coloration might shock you.

A newly discovered hybrid of aurochs and ice age bison has been affectionately called the 'Higgs bison' due to its elusive nature.

Illacme tobini is the second leggiest animal species on the planet — but that's not it's only odd feature.

Video settles who is truly atop the ocean food chain.

Following fresh eyewitness evidence, researchers are placing dozens of camera traps in a remote region of Australia.

Australian researchers have traced the largest dinosaur footprint ever found, an intimidating 5-foot, 9-inch long impression made by a giant sauropod.

The now-extinct pouwa was a semi-flightless swan that was closely related to the Australian black swan of modern times.

A terrifying, meat-eating worm is named after John Bobbitt — you know, that terrible episode from 1993 involving Lorena Bobbit and a big knife.

Troubles on the set and suspicious deaths helped to cultivate a nasty reputation for these cursed movies and famous legends.

People donated about $50 each to help save and restore the historic La Mothe-Chandeniers castle in France.

The remains of a megalithic monument, the Dolmen of Guadalperal, have resurfaced in Spain.

Many public library systems are eliminating late fees on materials because they see them as a form of social inequity.

Homeless woman Emily Zamourka became a viral video star after singing in a Los Angeles metro station.

Really, you can't blame the kids for being angry. But they're not just talking to the baby boomers.

Russian postwoman walks 25 miles to deliver mail and she's been doing it for half a century.

From the words of a shipwrecked castaway to a sailor looking for love, these bottle-bound missives have tales of their own to tell.

Harvard's Music Lab has spent five years compiling a large database of thousands of songs from all over the world — with some striking similarities.