As environmental concerns continue to rise and world oil reserves steadily decrease, we are left to wonder about the future of plastics. We have…

Pictures of fantastical deep-see creatures appear often on the internet, showing bizarre body shapes, alien-looking predatory adaptations and…

Brooklyn-based design company SMIT (Sustainable Minded Interactive Technology) is doing its part to take advantage of the summer sun to make the…

If you believe, as many of us do, that nature needs to be nurtured and protected in order to survive, then you may appreciate the small things…

It is a question that has plagued mankind for centuries yet has been solved with no credible answers: how do mermaids…you know…mate? Artist…

The EcoKiosk is a self-contained stall for street vendors that relies on clean, renewable energy and Earth-friendly components to make street…

As the waters of the Mississippi River continue to rise, thousands of homes are at risk of flooding. Past floods have taught us that dams,…

Thanks to space and time constraints, most of us buy all of our food from supermarkets rather than growing it at home. But two New York…

Urban centers may benefit greatly if more commuters started using bikes instead of cars, but the problem of where to put those bikes is a…

For most people, resorting to selling drugs would be a low point in life, not a way to cope with a difficult diagnosis and pay off medical…

There are few things more delightful than a dip in a cool pool on a hot summer day – but there is definitely something different about these…

An ambitious architectural project seven years in the making has finally opened in the heart of Seville, Spain. As the largest bonded-wood…

Bricks have built much of our modern world, but how often do we consider the origins of these common building blocks? Brick production –…

Animals in the wild lead busy, busy lives. They have so much to do that it is frankly amazing that we see them without little day planners or…

What if, instead of trying to remove all of the things that poison our environment, we built an infrastructure that uses these poisons as fuel…