After all, who wouldn't want a glass of "pure glacial water filtered through lava"?

From soothing stress to providing weird minerals you didn't know you need, iced tea provides more than just a refreshing boost.

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

Many of us will agree that Buckminster Fuller was way ahead of the crowd with his thinking on sustainability and eco-friendly designs. In his time he was considered an eccentric inventor with impractical ideas, now we think he's a genius! Not all of us

Keep your plants in fighting shape, even after the first frost sets, with a geodesic-dome greenhouse of your very own. And raise a homegrown cantaloupe to Buckminster Fuller while you're at it.

Got an idea that can save the world? Enter the Buckminster Fuller Challenge and win a hundred thousand bucks. Come up with a "design science solution" (effective application of the principles of science to the conscious design of our total environment

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

In anticipation of a new retrospective at the Whitney, "Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe, " Elizabeth Kolbert writes in the New Yorker, quoting Fuller about the need for innovation:

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.

Allison Arieff reviews the Buckminster Fuller retrospective at the Whitney. She writes "His brain was constantly consumed with the serious issues of his day —

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,

Robert Rubin saves " the last, monumental prototype that Bucky was working on when he died".

The Buckminster Fuller Institute ran a competition to update the iconic map; here are some of the finalists

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

The styrofoam substitute that they grow into packaging and insulation is the next big thing in building.

A dozen units survive, according to Alastair Gordon in the New York Times

Savings in snow removal alone would have paid for it in ten years.

Of course, Bucky answered, "Why not?" On Pi Day, we look at the Dymaxion and other round houses."

A lot of websites are saying so, but there is no evidence that it ever happened.

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

Sustainable designers everywhere honor you on this day. Vegetarians do not.

Tomorrow, real men eat quiche (cheese pi).

Those of us who love everything Bucky are stunned too.

Sustainable designers everywhere honor you on this day.

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.

They were wonderful mathematical constructs, but they are terrible buildings.

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

Fretting about authenticity and appearance detracts from more important concerns.

Apparently people are eating less of it.

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.

Wannabe vegetarians can fulfill their cravings using scent, rather than the real thing.

A taste-test between the two kinds of fat had a surprising outcome.

The 'library subscription' model for food containers is becoming increasingly popular.

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.

It could also help us eradicate heritable diseases in dogs.

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

The rarely seen canids were found to be surprisingly widespread across the country.

Who would have thought our canine companions could have allergies to a carnivorous diet?

Women may sleep better next to dogs than people

I know there are lots of transit map fans out there. It's a modern art-form for sure! Take a look at these original time-scaled maps.

Todmorden is a town that embraced the local food movement by growing their own fruit and veg anywhere in public spaces. They also have an Egg Map and a Green Route for the Vegetable Tourists!

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.

A group of the drones were sent to fly around the massive mountain and take HD photos that were then made into a rich 3D model.

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.