New research suggests listening to music kills creativity.

As exploration increases, employees often find themselves without adequate or affordable housing.

Actor says $1 from every ticket sold will go towards relief efforts in devastated Japan.

Scientists, engineers and telecommunications officials are in the early planning stages for a seafloor fiber-optic cable that would span the Pacific Ocean, and

Meet Chris Robinson, an average California dad who just happens to be constructing a 22-foot-long tsunami escape pod out of plywood in his backyard.

Student film "Battle Behind the Bottle" tells the story of the cork industry positive response to the “kick in the pants” screw tops and plastics gave it.

The moons of Pluto, and a potential set of rings, may create dangerous debris zones for a NASA spacecraft currently speeding toward the distant world, researche

A speedy NASA probe has crossed the orbit of Neptune, notching one more spaceflight milestone on its way toward a historic flyby of Pluto.

Not a big shocker: In the wake of Michael Bloomberg announcing a push towards innovative pint-sized housing options in NYC, micro apartment-related news dominat

The Miami Herald profiles Cabin Fever, a Little Haiti-based prefab firm specializing in versatile and affordable micro-dwellings that have a growing fanbase acr

As construction begins on a 32-story prefab tower here in the U.S., Broad Sustainable Building Corp. is preparing for a similar project in China that will resul

Watch a tiny prefab home be 'dropped' into a vacant lot outside of Madrid with not much more than an electric screwdriver and a crane.

The gorgeously illustrated "Prefabulous World" highlights some of the most cutting-edge, eco-friendly modular homes in the world.

Units in Dubai's wind- and solar-powered Dynamic Tower will sell for $30M — Dramamine not included.

Pinterest is a great resource for recipee, and there’s an abundance of ideas to use up Thanksgiving leftovers on the addictive site.

Give your kids another non-alcoholic cocktail option besides a Shirley Temple this holiday season.

Ancient marine reptile sheds light on the origins of the distant relatives of modern crocodiles.

Located under the Hiawatha Glacier, the impact crater is one of the largest on Earth.

NASA's Cassini orbiter and other telescopes reveal stunning pictures of the planet and its rings.

Scientists have created a microbe that converts carbon dioxide into biofuel, a discovery that might boost the battle against climate change.

The idea behind Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam's lovely, loopy play structures was born when children started playing on the designer's crochet sculpture in an art ga

By foraging in your backyard, you can turn a crop of cheerful but maligned dandelions into a tasty, traditional French soup.

Shipping containers can be transformed into a variety of innovative homes and hotels.

Jadav Payeng single-handedly turned a barren sandbar in northern India into a lush new forest ecosystem.

Could we be witnessing Korean pop's plunge into the cultural criticism arena?

Anas Cheema, a 22-year-old economics student at the University of Victoria, decided to dedicate his summer.

Over 20 drunken, rowdy coal miners showed up at a party thrown by mountaintop removal critics, and cameras were there to film it all.

The wildfire in the Florida Everglades has spread to 32,000 acres, and officials are using all the resources they can to contain it.

The O'Neill Passive House, America's first passive house retrofit project, requires as much energy to operate as a standard hair dryer.

Michael Pollan explains how healthcare costs are increasing while the amount of money people spend on good food is decreasing and suggests a change.

Bark beetles that are ravaging Arizona's forests can be deterred by their own 'music,' according to new research.

Shawn James retired in his mid-40s and is living off the land, including building his own log cabin in the wilderness of Ontario.

A supplement derived from a tropical fern can offer extra defense against sun damage to the skin.

Austin's Lions Municipal Golf Course is one of 10 at-risk sites featured in a new report from The Cultural Landscape Foundation.

Whether you're planning to camp or just go for a simple hike, here are 10 things you need before you hit the trail.

Environmental Working Group's newest sunscreen guide rates the safest sunscreens and calls out bad practices (like too-high SPFs.)

Is a bill that treats homelessness as a medical condition flawed? Or is it just what the doctor ordered?

The 'Icelandic Model' may be the country's best export.

Working eight hours a day for two years, Jalandhar Nayak cut nearly five miles of road through the mountainous terrain of eastern India.

Julie Marburger paints a dim picture of the American classroom.

The new and highly Instagrammable interactive exhibition in Miami Beach receives a violation for generating marine debris.

New study finds microplastics in the most popular brands of bottled water, but experts are unclear on the risks.

A study found that microplastics can be kept inside water-dwelling creatures, like mosquitoes, as they age.

Even remote places like the French Pyrenees can contain urban levels of microplastics.

The USNS Henry J. Kaiser is carrying 900,000 gallons of biofuel blended with petroleum for evaluation and testing.

The Southern Hemisphere will experience more devastating wind and waves as the world warms, according to new research.

These high-tech devices work in decidedly unexpected ways, often converting human energy into electricity.

NYC announces a scheme in which organic food waste will help to boost production of methane-rich biogas at the city's largest wastewater treatment plant.

Uncle Ben meets 'Blade Runner' in this wild vertical farming concept that also incorporates aquaculture, wind energy and 'algae facades.'

Felines, both heroic and villainous, play prominent roles in these 9 whisker-heavy horror films.