Car giant Honda breaks ground on a net-zero energy home, a super-efficient demo home at UC Davis.

DPR Construction transforms a one-time adult superstore in Phoenix into an net-zero energy showstopper.

The plug-in hybrid drivetrain, a first for Porsche, can move the car 15.5 miles on battery power alone. But is the mileage figure all smoke and mirrors?

A freak summer hailstorm covers Mexico's Guadalajara in at least 5 feet of ice.

You're locked in a room and everything inside could be a clue to help you get out. Can you escape in 60 minutes?

Actress Kim Cattrall claims this new yoga hybrid practice saved her life.

The appeal of quiet, contemplative time lured her to yoga and ultimately transformed her life.

An environmental group obtains emails that it says show "bias and complicity" in a government review of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.

Reporters for the online, nonprofit news site spent seven months reporting on tar-sands oil spill in Michigan.

Ads supporting the pipeline are the work of 2 political offshoots of Zuckerberg's social welfare organization.

Deep in the ocean is a 'twilight zone' teeming with 1 million undiscovered species, yet fishing there isn't regulated.

Germany has spent the last 5 years making solar power a mainstream business. It is poised to spend the next 10 years doing the same for offshore wind — and sh

Faced with restaurant-clearing brawls, McDonalds is testing classical music on late-night patrons.

A new study has shown a difference in the brain structures of musicians who specialize in different genres of music.

An 18-year-old pizza delivery driver surprises a family in Detroit by playing piano for them.

A student and his fellow surfers used their skills to ride the giant waves to safety after a deadly tsunami struck Samoa.

Earthquake in Japan raises concerns about what could happen in the U.S.

One year after Japan's tragic earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis, its 'gaman' spirit of patience is growing more proactive.

A recent study led by European researchers found Fukushima is not alone, as 22 other plants around the world may be similarly susceptible to destructive tsunami

Debris from the deadly tsunami that struck Japan in 2011 is drifting across the Pacific Ocean toward North America.

The 2011 tsunami that struck Japan released thousands of tons of ozone-destroying chemicals and greenhouse gases into the air.

An eye-opening photo essay documents the haunting towns that were forcibly abandoned following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

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.

A NASA spacecraft's epic Pluto encounter is officially underway.

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has snapped new images of Pluto — the first taken by the probe during its six-month approach to the dwarf planet.

A Pluto-bound NASA probe has captured the best-ever images of the dwarf planet.

Pluto looks especially welcoming in a new photo by NASA's approaching New Horizons probe.

​The first-ever flyby of Pluto was a big success.

A new photo from New Horizons shows Pluto's towering ice mountains cast and frozen nitrogen glaciers.

From Czech architect Marek Štěpán comes Freedomky, a stylish prefab retreat that's affordable, easy to install and — thanks to an optional 'independence'

Appealing to both storage-conscious oenophiles and fans of modular green building alike, Sunset's 2012 Idea House, a next-generation Breezehouse from Blu Homes,

From prefab powerhouse Blu Homes comes the company's eighth and largest design: A spacious, two-story take on Michelle Kaufmann's pioneering prefab, the Breezeh

Architect Zaha Hadid is "touring around" a prefab concept with musician/design dabbler extraordinaire Pharrell Williams.

Blu Homes celebrates the East Coast debut of the iconic Breezehouse with an open house weekend in New York's Hudson Valley region.

Snow and near sub-zero temps didn't prevent a horde of prefab admirers — including this blogger — from welcoming Breezehouse to the East Coast.

Blu Homes arrives on the L.A. market with a Breezehouse model home boasting SoCal specific features including bigger walk-in closets and more windows.

Design studio Minarc partners with Habitat for Humanity to (very quickly) bring affordable, net-zero energy prefab homes to low-income areas of South L.A.

Get ahead of the holidays by making and freezing unbaked and baked pies, crusts and filling before the rush.

Head into the holiday season with a series of daily questions that help all of us think about what we're thankful for.

Frozen remains found in Swiss glacier of couple who disappeared 75 years ago while hiking in the Alps.

A new, highly speculative conjecture about the extinction of ancient humans is sure to raise critics' brows.

Turtles use their shells as shields today, but these devices evolved for a completely different reason, paleontologists learn.

Based on our mostly destructive history of interacting with isolated cultures, we should stay away.

Elasmotherium sibiricum, the so-called 'Siberian unicorn,' is not as closely related to modern rhinos as once thought.

The ozone hole above the Antarctic has hit its maximum extent for the year. Due to warm temperatures, the opening in the protective atmospheric layer was the se

Good news from Antarctica: The hole in the ozone layer is shrinking, new measurements reveal.

Cyclists have "increased heart rate and respiration," resulting in more CO2 emissions, said state Rep. Ed Orcutt.

The environmental movement's challenges are greater than ever, but the founder of 350.org says victory lies ahead.

Researchers have created a laser powerful enough to detect minute concentrations of gases in the atmosphere or in your mouth.