Don't Blink or You'll Miss It! Google has created a series of video ads called "Search Stories". They're basically short vignettes showing some cool projects that were made possible by people finding the right information (using Google, of course). The

The Gene-Z app works with Apple and Android and can detect plant diseases in 10-30 minutes.

The Michigan basin has extensive shale gas reserves, yet it is not a political issue for Democrats or Republicans. Why?

It is a few years old but a real find. We probably won't see the likes of it again for a while.

Republican Candidate in Michigan blames too much federal regulation. Others might suggest too little.

Beekeeper, and World War II veteran, is at risk of losing his beehives he's had since the 1950s.

Phoenix Haus brings European prefab technology to the midwest

This could turn 5-7 billion square meters of glass in the USA alone into solar power plants, plus power your cell phone and other gadgets

Should we be eating more beef in order to slow global warming? It sounds counterintuitive, but it may be so: Cattle could be part of the whole ecological equation to solving climate change and restoring healthy,

For all those of you who insist on green lawns, for your kids to play on or your dogs to roll in, you still don't have to lay down a carpet of thirsty bluegrass, which 95% of American lawns

Pestival, is a weekend festival packed with art, music, talks and workshops, celebrating insects in art, and the art of being an insect. It starts from the fact that eighty percent of creatures on earth are insects, the 'pests' without whom humans

Celebrities buying plots of land to block developments is the new new. Last year people opposed to the third runway at Heathrow Airport bought up a plot in the middle of the runway in an attempt to thwart it. Now opponents to

It's not pretty, but a fact of life, gardens are rich pickings for thieves.

British artists Ackroyd and Harvey have created a series of temporary grass "photos" of people who work for the local government.

Could this be the lawnmower we've all been waiting for?

There's a really fascinating feature over at Greater Good on the powerful transformative effects that positive emotions have on our wellbeing, our lives, our bodies, those around us. I won't relay all that Barbara

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photo: Rebecca Wilson/CC BY Editors note: The following guest post is by Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati an American-born renunciate at Parmarth Niketan ashram in Rishikesh, India (full bio below). While this post may be a bit broader than other items in the

Watching this video on Sacred Economics may be the best 12 minutes and 18 seconds you spend today.

Like the word 'sustainability', 'environmentalism' has become a hollow word, a word divorced from meaning, a word lacking in soul, separated from its essence.

The electricity grid can handle a ban, ten years earlier than law makers are aiming for.

Solar power is a wonderful thing but the benefits are not evenly distributed.

In a compromise with environmentalists, the energy giant is committing some significant resources to clean tech.

Could it be that more efficient lighting means less coal being dug to power it?

That's compared to 624 in the whole of 2017...

It's not just renewables that are driving down emissions.

That doesn't mean we shouldn't still be trying to electrify everything.

Ian Urbina reports at The New York Times on the negative side effects the tech industries shift to flat screen technology has had on the market for recycling old television and computer monitor glass

Microsoft decided that a good way to advertise its cloud-based Office 365 software would be to actually put a T-Mobile wifi router with 15 days of free wifi inside a magazine advert.

The disks are coated with zinc oxide nanorods that break apart organic molecules in sewage.

Chances are, your holiday gifts may include an electronic gadget or two, and a new initiative aims to encourage and support the proper disposal and recycling of the old ones.

Looking beyond traditional recyclables and the "blue bin", here are some of the organizations and companies seeking to redefine what we consider trash with alternative recycling initiatives and methods of reuse.

These may be limited to 25 MPH, but the era of autonomous cars is coming at us really fast.

But is it truly modular?

The tech giant has hit this major renewable energy goal ahead of all its competitors.

It is a wonderful wooden and digital world, but will it ever happen?

The prime minister also mentioned holding companies responsible for the packaging waste they create.

Unfortunately, people like the slogans a bit too much.

One of the biggest challenges of making cities more bike friendly is that most of the road space is already "used up." Adding bike lanes means removing something. That's when a bit of perspective comes in handy.

The city wants to become a leader in electric transportation, part of a plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by a third.

Books aren't just for reading -- you can carve incredible works out of them too, as this artist has done with this 24-volume set.

They are one of the most iconic features of the city, but some of them are really scary.

A new study shows that in fact, if you build them, people use them and drive less.

All work and no play? Here's a work space with some playful humor built in.

Part art, part meditative process, these works are created with plant material harvested from the artist's urban garden.

The age of vehicular cycling is coming to an end; cyclists want equity, not equality

The rollout starts in Seattle, then more broadly.

It was a while coming, but this could be a pretty big deal for your average buyer.

Let's hope they play nicely with government-funded cargo bikes.