Which side of the bed gets the stair? Batlab solves it with two.

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.

Michael Janzen comes up with an interesting and elegant design. But is it safe?

It seems that these days you can build just about anything with a CNC machine.

Neri&Hu turn climbing the stairs into an experience for Bloomberg in Hong Kong.

There's more than one way to go up in a small space, and this is one smart alternative.

These incredible images sent back by the Juno spacecraft gives us a detailed look at Jupiter.

From supermoons and blood moons to black moons and blue moons, here’s a cheat sheet to the full moon in all of her luminous guises.

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

Spend 90 minutes in the eyes of an astronaut.

Scientists think there is a hidden, protected ocean inside of Pluto – and the implications are wild.

The latest figures from the EIA show renewable energy sources overtaking nuclear power in the US, through the first nine months of 2011.

Emissions from tropical hydropower dams in Brazil are up to four times higher than often assumed, new research shows.

Using the flow of water inside the pipes to power the water network's own monitoring devices could eliminate the need for batteries in those systems.

A new study published by The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences serves as a great example of the interconnectedness of nature and how human activity can disrupt life-sustaining systems.

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).

For backpackers wanting something other than solar power.

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

Lost in the woods near a stream, with some empty water bottles, wire, plastic plates, and a stepper motor, *and* you need to charge your smartphone? Try this.

The war on coal, it seems, may be ongoing, no matter who's in charge in Washington.

We are all cutting back in the West, but more flying in developing countries overwhelms the savings.

Sure, we'll be using oil for a while. But where, exactly, is demand growth going to come from?

It's searching for a place to live because its home has been destroyed by our addiction to palm oil.

When I wrote about the cocaine industry destroying rainforests, many commenters argued that really it is the prohibition of drugs—not the drugs themselves—that create these negative consequences. That debate will most likely get stirred up

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.

The world mourns the loss of Berta Cáceres, an Indigenous woman who peacefully yet persistently resisted the destruction of waterways in Honduras for mining projects.

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

Northern Arizona University student from a range of departments built the charging station piece-by-piece to educate fellow students on the energy used by their gadgets.

A piece of classic playground equipment gets a clean tech makeover.

The shiny sticker generates energy from movement.

Walking and other gentle movements could power the next generation of devices.

Studio Schneemann, together with the Kenyan initiative Uniqueco, collect and turn wasted flip flops from the beach into colourful and squichy furniture and lighting.

It's not an 8,000 mile journey across the Pacific Ocean, but it's still pretty cool.

From record investments in energy investments made by US states, to East Africa's largest wind power project, Chicago's smart gridization, to Chevron's huge fine being upheld, here's what we're reading today.

A UK offset company launches a world-first partnership to finance Life-Straw water purifiers in Africa.

The estimated 80% of Kenyans that are not on a grid rely solely on kerosene to light their homes. But a pay-as-you-go home solar system promises to deliver clean, affordable lighting to rural areas.

A new report calls for international collaboration to fight the crime organizations behind the illegal trade in wood and wildlife.

It was shot from "sea to summit" in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, one of the most dynamic landscapes on Earth.

It's not quite as dramatic as it sounds. It's simply a good demonstration of the power of regenerative braking!

Building her first tiny home meant enough financial freedom for this tiny house builder -- enough to build another off-grid tiny vacation home in Hawaii.

This short film, while focused on the island of Kauai, highlights the challenges and crises we will all have to face on our island planet.

The new species endemic to the marine protected area expanded by Obama was named in honor of his efforts to protect and preserve the natural environment.

It took three years, but Hōkūle’a made the impressive journey using only ancient Polynesian navigational methods.

More pedestrians are getting killed in the roads. Are their phones really the reason?

Simple, no frills cabin living at its best, right by the ocean.

As if to say 'sorry,' Kilauea softens its fury by tossing shimmery green olivine to the humble humans below.

Nuclear power generation in the United States is falling. It plateaued between 2007 and 2010—before falling more than 4 percent over the last two years. Projections for 2013 show a further 1 percent drop.

Most of us alive today owe a debt to those who avoided nuclear war in years past, and sadly, there were many occasions when that was necessary.

Nuclear power is so controversial; an engineer working on the Bruce Nuclear plant gives his point of view.

The technology turns the problem of nuclear waste into a source of safe nuclear energy.