The mayor has portrayed the controversial soda tax as a great source of revenue with which to do fabulous things for the city, rather than a benefit for public health.

It's almost like there is a concerted campaign to turn distracted walking into a serious problem.

They are as gutsy and gritty as ever.

Turns out he was doing 46 miles per hour in a 25 mile-per-hour zone. But let's all blame the girl for distracted walking!

The Timber Towers Project seeks to demonstrate the viability of a mass timber high-rise.

A great demonstration of how to develop tiny lots.

Because shipping containers are designed to move and these ones might have to.

It makes a lot of sense in a country with no workers and five other permanent stadia.

A contemporary design for an earthquake-resistant, modular home.

This is shipping container architecture that makes sense.

Made with a tight budget and schedule, this structure was up and running within a matter of weeks.

I mean, shipping containers are hot. But does this kind of shipping container architecture make sense?

This kind of shipping container housing makes sense

This architect converted a shipping container to accommodate an expanding office.

Of all the places to take action on marine litter, this one makes the most sense.

This cozy and compact dwelling out of Oregon packs one bed, one bathroom, a kitchen and porch.

Another look at a controversial housing project.

Doug Ford, now leading in the polls, wants to open up more of it for development.

It's partially built out of Cross Laminated Timber; it "immerses students in this relatively new product."

At the ConocoPhillips annual shareholder meeting last week, CEO James Mulva announced the company's withdrawal from the oil-drilling project in Block 39 of the northern Peruvian Amazon. It was a highly controversial project

Awamaki Lab's fashion-forward collection successfully pairs Peruvian textiles with modern styles.

Biologists believe that oil companies are to blame for the recent dolphin deaths.

Born out of first-hand research in a Lima slum, this time and water-saving device is targeted at families that live without electricity or running water.

Designer Michelle Sheppard creates sustainable garments with a connection to cultural traditions.

The CDC has updated its US range maps to show the which mosquitoes are moving where.

With crickets in decline, some scientists say that the insects' summer crooning may become a thing of the past.

A new study provides the first biomarker-based evidence that maternal exposure to insecticides is associated with autism among their offspring.

New study says there's no safe level of exposure to organophosphates, a main ingredient in pesticides.

A mixture of leftover citrus rinds and vinegar is an easy, food-safe way to cut ants off at the pass.

For example, 72 pesticides approved for use in the United States are banned or in the process of being phased out in the EU.

It does a lot more than just get you from floor to floor, in this interesting Korean courtyard house.

Want to get quickly into the tree canopy? This modular set of stairs can be quickly and easily wrapped around any tree, without doing damage to the trunk.

A good, if not very accurate, idea.

When the splendid full moon rises this weekend, she’ll look a bit bigger and brighter than usual.

An astronaut-eye's view of Hurricane Florence from the International Space Station shows why everyone is kind of freaking out.

See the view captured by the International Space Station as the category 4 hurricane makes landfall over Florida.

Hubble just took the most detailed image yet of the eerie and mysterious Ghost Nebula, some 550 light-years from Earth.

Nicknamed 'Farout' by the team that discovered it, the celestial object is some 11,160,000,000 miles away.

The so-called 'transient lunar phenomena' has been stumping scientists for years – but an explanation may be in the works.

The Grand Inga dam will be double the size of China's Three Gorges, but big questions remain about whether ordinary Africans will actually get its electricity.

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), by 2018 renewable should overtake natural gas to become the world's second-largest source of energy (oil is #1).

A man named Manfred Mornhinweg found the modern world too "noisy and hectic", so he decided to build himself a house on a quiet 40 hectare piece of land in Chile.

The project will take advantage of the sun, mountains and sea.

This portable pavilion has a clever lightweight structure where the bookshelves hold up the roof.

When one tiny home isn't quite enough, how about adding another?

That's what a lot of people are saying as new pollution rules for 2020 get closer.

When you're trying to protect an entire planet, it seems pretty silly to leave half of its human

Palm oil is found in nearly everything, yet have you ever wondered who makes it? how it's processed? what palm fruit looks like? Take a tour through a Honduran palm oil plantation to learn more.

Innovative model brings fresh produce and jobs to areas and people in Chicago that need it most

The small device is perfect for tiny homes or those wanting a convenient, yet electricity-free option.