The new program can learn and classify leaves so well that it could reveal the "tree of life" of ancient plants.

Now you can handwrite letters on your computer.

The machine with a mission exceeds everyone's wildest dreams

Using satellite and Google maps images, the program can count and identify the city's trees.

The findings could help us deal with environmental changes happening now and in the future.

The computing facility will help researchers with NASA missions while reducing its environmental impact.

Aircraft will have to fly new routes to avoid major bumps.

The action will prevent 10 million metric tons of carbon emissions.

A suitable celebration of Pi Day.

Our photo of the day comes from Calgary, Canada.

Our photo of the day comes from the watery wilds of Wilsons Promontory in southern Australia.

Made in Australia out of a solar-powered workshop, this gorgeous little home incorporates a great layout and clever features.

This tiny house has a distinctive peaked roof and a warm, modern interior.

Constructed as an "apartment-house" hybrid, this prototypical 753-square-foot house makes the most of a small lot.

Mother’s Day didn’t always involve buying cards, flowers, and candy, but it’s always been about showing moms love and appreciation.

Though it sounds like a technical term more suited for computer programming, avicaching is actually a growing practice that encourages birders to collect and share their data from bird-watching through an internationally known phone app.

Remember staring out the window in math class as a kid? Or counting the minutes until spelling was over so you could go to recess? Project Learning Tree (PLT) embraces the fact that students would rather be outside than in ...

About one in six men in the United States are fathers. That’s more than 70 million dads . It can be tempting to focus their Father’s Day on finding the perfect camping gadget, the best new fishing rod, or the latest hiking gear.

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and Project Learning Tree (PLT) joined Scouts from more than 150 countries at the 24th World Scout Jamboree last month.

Despite a great need for future leaders in sustainable forestry, there are difficult barriers for many youths interested in pursuing related degrees. The Multicultural Apprenticeship Program (MAP) at Michigan State University (MSU) seeks to change that.

Oh, the farmer and the oilman should be friends. But they are fighting over ethanol.

People are talking about moving to the moon and Mars, but what is everyone going to eat?

The 2019 horseradish crop was battered by unusually harsh weather, and the effects are showing up in fast food joints.

They can dilute the wild varieties, threatening their existence.

Cobalt is used to build lithium-ion batteries found in mobile technology. Much of it comes from Congo, where men, women, and children endure dangerous and unhealthy conditions to satisfy our hunger for new devices. It's time we paid attention.

It is a jewel in suburban isolation.

Even when made using hydro-electricity, aluminum production had a big carbon footprint.

Like Kremlinology in the cold war, you take what you can get.

There are lots of things more important than whether it's made of recycled aluminum.

Even as global demand for all-things-coconut increases, coconut production in Asia is stagnating because farmers aren't paid enough to make it worthwhile.

The fires used to clear land for new palm oil plantations are out of control this year, and much of Asia is cloaked in a sickening haze. It's time to realize the cost of our global addiction to palm oil.

Asian giant softshell turtles were once thought to be extinct in the Mekong River; this little trooper is one of 150 hatchlings bringing them back.

This ferociously cute snow leopard cub is poised to paw playfully at your heartstrings.

The cute-yet-cool Japanese cartoon promotes sustainable food at the Hello Kitty Go Green Organic Farm in Hong Kong.

This small, efficient renovation of a former maid's room in Paris hides a stealthy little table.

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

Made with numerous layers of paper, these laser-cut pieces are inspired by patterns from nature.

The future will look nothing like the past when it comes to energy. Chances are, our utilities will look pretty different too.

Access to affordable capital is one of the biggest challenges for expanding a young industry. For solar in Africa, crowdfunding is helping to change that

In an effort to improve kids' opinions about Brussels sprouts, a team of engineers and scientists decided to give them a cooler edge by making them power up the lights on a Christmas tree.

A new system for turning astronaut urine into drinking water also makes good use of the waste urea as fuel.

A designer's take on the car of the future. Hint: it's a bike

Designed by an innovative 19-year-old, the Sun Saluter relies on a basic water clock to rotate solar panels.

Tiny houses are a hot topic these days, but is working or living in a tiny home (or building one) for you? Dawn Higgins, of Full Moon Tiny Shelters, has some great advice.

This little shelter, which can be built in less than two days, is designed to be suspended between two trees, without leaving a trace on them.

A novel technology surpasses white roofs with its cooling powers.

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.

Just in time for Halloween, welcome to the exquisite and eerie world of Karly Perez' art dolls.

This step-by-step how-to guide shows you the way to make a wooden record that is as visually beautiful as it is aurally beautiful.

Because plastic-based glitter and confetti take 1000 years to break down.