Unless we change the way we buy chocolate, we could lose it forever.

The World Cup is starting: here's a football they won't be wanting.

The creation of a summer pavilion at the Serpentine Gallery is an annual tradition; and this year it's weird.

See this fascinating documentary about the dedicated man who created a forest the size of Central Park.

Now that's handy: no more need for replanting.

This celebration of buses makes a BUS stop a special place to meet.

What a way to master the arts of carving and design: one a day for a year.

There are no trees in the winning shots, but it's still a stirring series of photos.

This year's specially designed and built pavilion looks like a colourful worm on the ground.

Can you bear to look at these intimate and frightening photos of grizzly bears.

Change is growing this year with more women designers and lots of glorious blue flowers.

The small gardens are new and innovative and changing the way we look at them.

You've heard of starchitects, well here's a super-star engineer: welcome to Ove Arup's world.

That's 0.0082677165 inches for Americans, and really thin in either unit.

Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds are in everything from your dust bunnies to your dental floss.

Solidia Technologies' chemistry could make concrete almost benign.

I am beside myself with excitement over drywall and linoleum.

Apple just bought its first load of greener aluminum. But you cannot call it carbon-free.

Vintage tractors have become one of the hottest items at farm auctions – it's a trend that should be spread far and wide.

Haven't we always said that learning how to cook is a useful life skill?

Colombia has declared a state of emergency following discovery of Panama disease Tropical Race 4.

In a documentary by Line Halvorsen, Schwermer invites everyone to join her cash-free lifestyle. What would happen if we all did that?

Empty jars and recycles are easily transformed into stunning vases with the Lace Vase attachment by Milk Design Shop.

I love any yoga accessory that positively integrates the law of karma.

Zeal Optics Releases Stylish, Sustainable Sunglasses Made from Castor Oil

Don't be intimidated by flea markets and thrift stores. Here are three easy ways to start finding affordable vintage fashion now.

Joe Mimran is more concerned with his flow of creative juices than the tragedy.

Elegant necklaces, rings, bracelets and earrings are planted with hardy succulents and worn as jewelry.

No real butterflies were harmed in the making of these magical pieces that flutter and float with the wind.

Overprotective parenting is more than an annoyance; it's an evolutionary aberration.

Is it helpful information or a form of digitally-enabled helicopter parenting?

New research shows that a Western-style diet can permanently kill off sperm-producing cells by age 18.

A German study reveals that we're doing a poor job of keeping of safeguarding children's health when it comes to plastic.

Children born today will grow up in a disease-ridden, malnourished world, unless governments stick to the Paris Agreement.

Shipping boxes of dirty diapers across the country seems inefficient and unnecessary.

The Thermal Resilience Design Guide from Ted Kesik could be a new standard.

A new website aims to gather data on pollution in China.

Is this post even true?

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How did a piece of fabric become a porcelain bowl?

To gain more space, this tiny has its toilet in a bump-out built over the trailer tongue.

A group called SOIL installs waterless toilets in hard-to-reach, impoverished communities and then transforms the waste into compost, improving food security.