z LED makeover renders Niagara Falls all the more dazzling By www.mnn.com Published On :: Fri, 02 Dec 2016 20:29:10 +0000 Landmark Niagara Falls get a $3 million LED upgrade to replace a 20-year-old halogen lighting system. Full Article Travel
z The problem with vanity sizing By www.mnn.com Published On :: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 21:41:58 +0000 The variability in clothing sizes is frustrating, wasteful and erodes consumer confidence. Full Article Natural Beauty & Fashion
z Abercrombie & Fitch, in reversal of exclusionary policy, now selling larger sizes By www.mnn.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 02:48:45 +0000 After a drubbing in the media, the formerly popular brand is making amends. Full Article Natural Beauty & Fashion
z RefrigiWear: Freezerwear for fashionistas By www.mnn.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 22:51:50 +0000 The industry’s leading manufacturer of insulated industrial workwear keeps workers safe and warm, but many of their designs are hitting the streets as well. Full Article Natural Beauty & Fashion
z 'Hercules' star Kellan Lutz to don sustainable tux for Oscars By www.mnn.com Published On :: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 17:42:25 +0000 Actor will be participating in Suzy Amis Cameron's 'Red Carpet Green Dress' challenge. Full Article Natural Beauty & Fashion
z Zimmer launches zTailor, the Uber of alterations By www.mnn.com Published On :: Mon, 01 Jun 2015 17:33:45 +0000 With new app, ousted founder of the Men's Wearhouse brings the tailor to your door. Full Article Natural Beauty & Fashion
z Are skinny jeans a health hazard? By www.mnn.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 15:33:43 +0000 We aren't saying don't wear skinny jeans, but you may want to wear sweats to help a friend move. Full Article Health
z Interface expands fishing net recycling scheme on quest toward 'zero' By www.mnn.com Published On :: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:27:55 +0000 Modular carpeting behemoth Interface expands a coastal cleanup/recycling initiative that benefits impoverished fishing communities in the Philippines. Full Article Recycling
z Bentley Christie is crazy about worms, composting worms that is By www.mnn.com Published On :: Mon, 02 May 2011 16:03:44 +0000 Composting worms couldn't have asked for a better advocate than Bentley Christie. Meet this amazing entrepreneur, scientist, and worm wrangler. Full Article Organic Farming & Gardening
z Josh Dorfman: The anything but Lazy Environmentalist By www.mnn.com Published On :: Sun, 08 May 2011 12:47:59 +0000 Though he may have taken on the moniker of The Lazy Environmentalist, it's hard to find a harder working, more prolific green storyteller than Josh Dorfman. Full Article Wilderness & Resources
z Don DiCostanzo: Electric bike entrepreneur By www.mnn.com Published On :: Mon, 30 May 2011 13:45:30 +0000 Meet Don DiCostanzo, the entrepreneur behind Pedego electric bikes. Find out what he thinks about President Obama, e-bikes in bike lanes, and the way to a green Full Article Transportation
z Waylon Lewis: New media pioneer, lazy yogi, elephant lover By www.mnn.com Published On :: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:26:30 +0000 Waylon Lewis is a whirling dynamo of editorial energy. Find out what this new media mogul thinks about the changing world of journalism and the Internet. Full Article Arts & Culture
z Crazy time-lapse video captures 360-degree night sky By www.mnn.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 13:16:28 +0000 Michigan photographer Vincent Brady offers a stirring time-lapse tribute to the unpolluted night sky — all 360 degrees of it. Full Article Wilderness & Resources
z Mesmerizing time-lapse captures star trails over desert landmarks By www.mnn.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 09:30:00 +0000 Take a stunning journey through the night skies over Monument Valley, Trona Pinnacles and Red Rock Canyon. Full Article Travel
z Mesmerizing time-lapse captures rare cloud phenomenon in Grand Canyon By www.mnn.com Published On :: Tue, 16 May 2017 15:40:42 +0000 In 'Kaibab Elegy,' filmmakers Gavin Heffernan and Harun Mehmedinović show us a full cloud inversion at Grand Canyon National Park. Full Article Climate & Weather
z The first dark sky reserve in the U.S. is a stargazer's paradise By www.mnn.com Published On :: Fri, 29 Dec 2017 19:23:11 +0000 A 1,400-square-mile stretch of unspoiled wilderness in central Idaho has been designated as the nation’s first International Dark Sky Reserve. Full Article Wilderness & Resources
z Amazon's controversial Kindle 2 ships this month By www.mnn.com Published On :: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:32:26 +0000 There is no doubt, digital books are here to stay. The original Kindle, which started shipping in November 2007, was a wake up call to the publishing world. Full Article Gadgets & Electronics
z Twitter-sourced 'Quakebook' hits Amazon.com By www.mnn.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:18:13 +0000 The 'Quakebook' project, a gripping Twitter-sourced charity eBook filled with first-hand accounts of life after the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan Full Article At Home
z Amazon: Kindle ebooks outselling print books By www.mnn.com Published On :: Thu, 19 May 2011 15:05:16 +0000 Amazon on Thursday said ebooks, or Kindle books, have begun outselling print books for the first time in the company’s history. Full Article Gadgets & Electronics
z Amazon offers 'novel' look at U.S. politics By www.mnn.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:03:42 +0000 The online retailer's new 'Election Heat Map' uses book-sales data to reveal a widespread Republican streak among its American customers. Full Article Politics
z Book Collections app organizes Kindle cookbooks By www.mnn.com Published On :: Wed, 15 May 2013 13:20:09 +0000 After amassing a collection of cookbooks and other book on her Kindle, our food blogger tries out the Book Collections app to organize them. Full Article Gadgets & Electronics
z App turns citizens into smartphone-wielding wardens of water conservation By www.mnn.com Published On :: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 18:00:01 +0000 The EveryDrop LA app makes it easier for ordinary Los Angelenos to identify and report sources of wasted water in their communities. Full Article Responsible Living
z The new Apple HealthKit could revolutionize your relationship with your doctor By www.mnn.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Feb 2015 23:16:04 +0000 Shared mobile health app will allow doctors to monitor a patient's health in real-time — and intervene before a hospital visit is needed. Full Article Fitness & Well-Being
z Selfie sticks no longer welcome at Coachella, Lollapalooza By www.mnn.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2015 15:26:59 +0000 Major music festivals join museums, sporting venues and religious sites in banning the devices. Full Article Arts & Culture
z Let's not criminalize walking and texting. (We have bigger problems) By www.mnn.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 22:58:57 +0000 Talk about blowing things way out of proportion. Full Article Gadgets & Electronics
z Apple apologizes for its bad Maps app By www.laptopmag.com Published On :: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:49:33 +0000 A week after an Apple spokesman downplayed the lackluster Maps app in iOS 6 by saying, "We are just getting started," CEO Tim Cook has a few words of his own fo Full Article Gadgets & Electronics
z Honest Cooking Magazine for the iPad is for reading, not for cooking By www.mnn.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:42:22 +0000 This all-article, no-recipe magazine about food and cooking packs a lot into its first free issue. Full Article Healthy Eating
z Apes get iPads at National Zoo By www.livescience.com Published On :: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:40:01 +0000 So far, the apes are using 10 different apps, including cognitive games, drawing programs and ones that feature virtual musical instruments. Full Article Animals
z Are smartphones turning kids into zombies? By www.mnn.com Published On :: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:12:57 +0000 The debate continues about whether mobile technology is creating the most advanced generation ever or a society of uncultured automatons. Full Article Gadgets & Electronics
z How to set up Snapkidz, a Snapchat for kids By www.laptopmag.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:44:46 +0000 This worry-free form of the popular multimedia chatting app limits children's activities to drawing and taking photos to store on your device. Full Article Family Activities
z My Commute Sucks.org: Documenting how we drive ourselves crazy By www.mnn.com Published On :: Fri, 15 May 2009 16:45:26 +0000 Launched on national Bike to Work Day, MyCommuteSucks.org touches a mad-as-hell exposed nerve. Full Article Transportation
z Waze: Crowdsourced traffic control By www.mnn.com Published On :: Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:28:21 +0000 A new iPhone app lets drivers report traffic conditions to each other in real time. Full Article Gadgets & Electronics
z London to be an 'ultra-low emission zone' by 2020 By www.mnn.com Published On :: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:03:36 +0000 An ultra-low emission zone for London by 2020. Full Article Transportation
z New Google Maps for mobile features Zagat reviews and new offers By www.mnn.com Published On :: Wed, 15 May 2013 20:00:01 +0000 Android and iOS users alike will benefit from a redesigned Google Maps app that will include ratings, deals and an incident reporting feature. Full Article Gadgets & Electronics
z Dad cuts commute, joint-custody shuffle with downsized digs [Video] By www.mnn.com Published On :: Tue, 04 Jun 2013 20:54:16 +0000 A California man buys a live/work townhome next to his ex-wife and cuts a hole through the wall to ease his family's carbon-intensive joint custody situation. Full Article Remodeling & Design
z Lie down on the job with this crazy morphing workstation By www.mnn.com Published On :: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 15:14:29 +0000 The Altworks standing/sitting/lying combo looks like an amazing bit of engineering, but the implications are scary. Full Article Green Workplace
z Is Amazon really opening up to 400 brick-and-mortar bookstores? By www.mnn.com Published On :: Wed, 03 Feb 2016 18:14:39 +0000 If the whispers about Amazon are true, the few independents still left should be afraid, very afraid. Full Article Sustainable Business Practices
z What if you could earn a bonus for not living in a crazy expensive city? By www.mnn.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 11:14:42 +0000 One San Francisco-based tech company is offering a $10K option to those who move away from the city. Full Article Personal Finance
z 'Signing Day' recognizes high school seniors starting jobs, not college By www.mnn.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 16:41:00 +0000 Virginia school system celebrates the students who are heading for careers instead of going to college. Full Article Green Workplace
z New Cousteau series looks to kids for solutions to aquatic 'dead zones' By www.mnn.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 16:00:19 +0000 This EarthEcho Expedition takes an in-depth look at dead zones in the Chesapeake Bay — and hopes to get kids involved in finding the answer. Full Article Wilderness & Resources
z U.K. teen creates app to get people 'jazzed' about recycling By www.mnn.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 19:23:32 +0000 Celebrate Ada Lovelace Day with this story about a young teen shining in her STEM field. Full Article Gadgets & Electronics
z Teen's video honored with Breakthrough Prize By www.mnn.com Published On :: Mon, 09 Nov 2015 17:43:20 +0000 18-year-old Ryan Chester joins 13 scientists feted at the 2015 Breakthrough Awards. Full Article Research & Innovations
z Internet rallies to support teen whose rock museum was burglarized By www.mnn.com Published On :: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:37:22 +0000 Judah Tyreman lost rocks and fossils worth thousands, but thanks to the Internet, he'll replace them and even add some more. Full Article Responsible Living
z Arizona's Giffords known as environmental advocate By www.mnn.com Published On :: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:41:52 +0000 The U.S. representative fighting for her life after a weekend shooting has been an advocate for many issues, including the environment. Full Article Politics
z Review: Life Without Plastic Freezycup steel popsicle mold By www.mnn.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:38:31 +0000 The Freezycup popsicle mold makes it easy to make your own frozen treats without using a bit of plastic. It's a great product, if a bit pricey. Full Article Beverages
z The dirtless dozen: 12 springtime tidy-up tools By www.mnn.com Published On :: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 03:04:47 +0000 Before you start (begrudgingly) scouring, scrubbing, shampooing and sprucing up, consider adding these eco-friendly spring cleaning tools. Full Article At Home
z 5 cozy lightweight sweaters for transitional temperatures By www.mnn.com Published On :: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 20:57:58 +0000 The end of summer and beginning of autumn mean warm days and cold nights; bring one of these sweaters along to keep comfy. Full Article Natural Beauty & Fashion
z Green product certification: 21 symbols you should recognize By www.mnn.com Published On :: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 17:55:20 +0000 Here's your guide to the green product & sustainability lables found on everything from fish to light bulbs. Full Article Sustainable Business Practices
z The interview bonanza: Joel Makower, Gary Hirshberg, Seth Godin, and more By www.mnn.com Published On :: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 02:20:46 +0000 Check out this full listing of the interviews I've conducted here on MNN over the years. Full Article Wilderness & Resources
z Buzz Aldrin's love for oatmeal knows no bounds By www.mnn.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 18:59:26 +0000 Almost 50 years after Aldrin ate oatmeal on Apollo 11, Quaker uses his breakfast of choice in an inspirational ad not aired in the U.S. Full Article Healthy Eating