Home owners are going solar, without having to put anything on their roof.

Stanford scientists figure out a way to get hydrogen out of seawater. Does this matter?

Sometimes we should just let a bad idea die.

Researchers conducted the largest controlled study yet of the effects of energy drinks on the heart and blood pressure in healthy adults.

Thirty bottles will buy you a ticket on the subway or bus.

Can we hear them saying, "I told you so!" to the rest of the outdoor gear industry?

It was, in 1958, the worlds largest clear span. The Union Tank Car Building was 384 feet in diameter, 128 feet high. "It was just big and magnificent," Fuller biographer Jay Baldwin said to Kansas City Star reporter Mike Hendricks. "It was a

There is too much oil in the ground there just to leave it, so what about the carbon dioxide and the natural gas consumption. We will just throw some high tech at it; problem solved.

Buckminster Fuller 's 1933 Dymaxion car was a marvel. Architect Norman Foster tells Jonathan Glancey of the Guardian: "The Dymaxion had the same engine and transmission as the Ford Sedan of the time," says Foster, who worked

At the time of its construction the Union Tank Car Dome was the biggest clear span structure in the world. It was demolished in 2008 (see Another

After seeing the stunning Dymaxion car built by architect Norman Foster in Abitare and the Guardian, I wrote "I want one." Not that an eleven-seater is particularly useful, but it is just so gorgeous. Over at Metropolis,

It can; but until Americans are willing to trade quantity for quality, nobody will bother doing it.

Domes are tough. Here is a design that tries to make them comfortable. Does it live up to its billing?

Those of us who love everything Bucky are stunned too.

The biggest one is that no matter how clever the design, it is the land that matters, not the house, and that nothing has changed in 70 years.

Bourgeois / Lechasseur architects figure out how to square the circle.

A new kind of food label hopes to fight obesity by stating how much exercise is required to burn it off.

A last-minute menu change has switched out fish for mushrooms.

Every company should have to do this– more useful information that consumers need.

Some useful tools for working on a 1.5 degree lifestyle.

The tiny house movement goes to the dogs with this $30,000 dream house.

The story combines the beauty of nature, wanderlust, and the deep love that can exist between human and dog.

The tech helps owners take care of their dogs the way the dogs take care of them.

The real life romance sparked while making a merry romp of this endangered species protection success story could be the sequel!

The last of these dog-like animals, also known as Tasmanian tigers, was thought to have died in 1936. But might they still be lurking elusively in the wild?

A heat wave vulnerability map goes viral, boosting interactive technology that helps make important environmental data accessible.

The drought was so bad it made our region a little lighter.

The robot was part of a bigger mapping project that reveals the overall volume of ice in Antarctica, not just the ice cover.

The mapping technology will eventually be used to get precise solar power potential information for any location around the world.

To view the planet without being hindered by dense white clouds, just check out Google's latest high resolution images of Earth.

The new map was created from a study of over a decade's worth of Landsat satellite images and is the first to show in fine detail land use changes around the globe.

The movement of air around the planet is fascinating, and has never been more clear thanks to this map. The modeling system used to make it can simulate worldwide weather at remarkable detail.

The wind has never been this beautiful...

A satellite that ran out of fuel two years ago is now giving scientists a huge wealth of data.

The software gets a facelift, letting users virtually travel the world in even greater detail.

The overhaul now includes the Voyager feature for deep exploration, not just satellite views.

Making sure the water you're about to drink is free from pathogens is a snap with this portable UV Purifier.

Help fund solutions to the global water crisis by purchasing a t-shirt from a company that donates to Thirst Relief for each shirt sold - enough money per shirt to give one person access to clean, drinkable water for 25 years!

In some areas of the world, transporting water to where it is needed is a major burden, in terms of both time and health, but a new solution may help to ease that process.

A new cheap, lightweight sponge-like gel can quickly and efficiently disinfect drinking water for disaster victims.

One solution for purifying water in remote off-grid areas comes in the form of a wagon, complete with solar panel and water purification system.

As you can see in the satellite photos above, California is experiencing a massive drought over most of the state. The most visible aspect from space is the snow cover (or lack thereof) over the Sierra Nevada mountain range

California has been going through a drought for about 3 years now, with 2013 being the driest year on record.

Radioactive uranium occurs naturally in soils but farming techniques may be causing it to dissolve into groundwater

You may love the energy kick from coffee, but too much can be a bad thing. Try some of these greener, cleaner-burning 'fuels' that will wake you up, nourish your body, and keep you going longer.

This ambitious goal is all the more remarkable because NIPSCO is currently 65% coal dependent.

Times they are a changin'

And it couldn't come a moment too soon.

Why are we wasting such a valuable resource? Where will it come from if we don't drill for natural gas?

Despite progress on many fronts, climate commentators and activists are increasingly owning up to their fears.