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

This multifunctioning stair hides a generous bookcase underneath.

A health insurer practices what it preaches.

It feels much bigger than it actually is, and does not feel weird at all.

Sweden shows how to build comfortable apartments for families, and stairs that people want to use.

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

Belgian architects build a tower in a barn. But my, it uses a lot of lumber.

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

A good, if not very accurate, idea.

160 tons of steel and 10 tons of copper never looked so good

Syte Architects insert a mezzanine and a terrific storage stair in existing loft.

This is a big problem in old buildings: providing universal access without ruining the look of the building.

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

Not only did he have a startlingly brilliant brain for physics, but Stephen Hawking had a pretty good knack for life as well.

This month's Full Buck blood moon will star in the longest total lunar eclipse of the century.

The official naming organization has approved the names to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 8 mission.

More than just a typical aurora, researchers have now figured what powers this stunning lightshow and where it comes from.

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

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.

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.

World hydroelectric power generation has risen steadily by an average 3 percent annually over the past four decades.

While grid-scale liquid metal batteries might be a more exciting technology, good old pumped hydro storage is one of the ways we can store power from intermittent sources (like solar & wind) or shift supply around (from the night to peak use).

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.

Just float the device in a river or stream and soon enough you'll have enough juice to charge a smartphone, GPS or other device.

A new technology developed by Korean researchers could generate electricity from the the motion of water in our toilets as well as rivers and streams, even rain drops.

For backpackers wanting something other than solar power.

A mix of wind, solar and hydro power could replace fossil fuels in every country in the world.

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.

What to do when a church gets in the way of your water plans? Drown it.

Income for farmers, or fracked natural gas—will communities be allowed to decide?

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

Oil and gas companies have until 2023 to make 'Paris compatible' plans, or face divestment.

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

Current events could lead to another oil embargo by Saudi Arabia, and it could be 1973 all over again

The timeline needs some work. But this is a start...

Couldn't come up with a more succinct way of expressing this, so here it is direct from their website: "Central America has lost more than half of its rainforests in the last 50 years, contributing to mass extinctions and global warming. Rainforest

A commercial fish farm in El Borboton, Honduras is using fish guts--heads, skins, and internal organs--to produce biodiesel. Instead of dumping what's left after filleting for commercial sale, Saint Peter's cooks the parts down to produce 300,000

With the cost of cement electric power poles and

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

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.

The kit includes an LED headlight and tail light and a rugged case that attaches a smartphone to the handlebars.

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

A new wearable sensor technology that measures things like stance and force for sports also has the potential to harvest energy from waves, machinery or human movement.

The researchers have developed a fuel cell that creates electricity from urine and could be used to power our gadgets.

Nanotechnology breakthroughs have lead to a successful prototype of a device that could charge your cell phone with ambient noise or the conversations of users.

The shiny sticker generates energy from movement.

The same inventor who brought us the body heat-powered flashlight is at it again.