It makes perfect sense to make cars easier to see, night and day

And the Seattle housing shortage problem at the same time.

Our favorite cartoonist solves a major problem with tiny houses.

Last April, airport authorities became suspicious of a traveler arriving to LAX from Vietnam after noticing bird droppings on his socks and feathers peeking from the cuffs of his pants. A closer inspection of the man,

PETA and I may disagree about the ethics of eating meat, and there are plenty of people who object to PETA's overly sexualized campaign tactics. Nevertheless, I have always felt they are one of the more effective campaign

It's like that 1965 movie Crack in the World, where drilling for geothermal energy causes all kinds of problems. There are such high hopes for real geothermal power; there is a lot of heat down there that can vaporize water and run turbines.

A former Nazi bunker located in Hamburg, Germany is about to get a full-scale makeover. The building, which looks like a giant LEGO, will supply 3,000 homes with heating and 1,000 of those with electricity, cutting 6,600 tons of CO2 per year.

Compared to New Zealand, we all have work to do.

Meet the 'Japan pig,' a newly discovered pygmy seahorse that is as tiny as it is beautiful.

When I asked whether vegans can eat carrots grown with manure, some commenters found the question despicable. But my intention was not to question anyone's commitment, nor to lessen the

The map above is the first illustration of worldwide imbalances in the use of phosphorus, a key component of fertilizers and an essential plant nutrient. "Typically, people either worry

The disaster at Fukushima may have faded from the news cycle, but the radioactive waste it left behind isn't going anywhere. At the Saitama sewage treatment plant, 169 miles from Fukushima, workers are dealing with tons of

A new tea set to become the world's most expensive is being fertilized with panda feces, and is touted as having cancer-preventing properties.

Straight outta Humboldt, this app is a great intro to the "art and craft" of brewing your own compost tea for boosting microbial activity in the soil and improving yields.

Could human urine be used on a commercial scale to fertilize the food we eat?

In this case, the HORSE is a 'living' machine, not an animal, and has the potential to reinvent the food cycle.

Even the fruits and vegetables are wrapped in plastic so that the sensors can read them, inculcating a culture of convenience and waste.

Jeff Bezos said “Alexa, open The Spheres” and it evidently worked.

Hungary already has a ban on genetically modified crops, so this is a bit more complicated than it may seem at first. As PlanetSave reports Hungary has destroyed approximately 1000 acres of maize fields found to

Using a self-invented "multiluminous" painting process, this artist transforms ordinary rooms into starry environments.

Consumer Reports strongly urges houses with children under 6 to avoid them altogether.

This Bilbao tower is like nothing the Passivhaus world has seen.

Chevron Toxico: Chevron Produces Phony Online News Coverage to Spread Misinformation about Ecuador Disaster "To promote a misinformation campaign about its role in the oil contamination of a pristine area of the rainforest in Ecuador, Chevron recently

From chia to hemp, seeds were a prominent force among the 500-plus new products at the annual tradeshow in Los Angeles.

The Kentucky state Senate Agriculture Committee voted unanimously to approve legislation for legalizing industrial hemp in the state.

After making its way through the Californian legislature with bi-partisan support (!), the California Industrial Hemp Farming Act (aka SB 566) was signed by governor Jerry Brown and became state law.

2012 and 2014 brought hemp closer to federal legalization. Will 2015 be the year it finally happens?

A group called Para Kore has been working since 2009 to spread the message of waste reduction and diversion.

Scientists have been studying the huge submerged landmass for decades and are now pushing for its recognition as a continent.

The discovery of one of the oldest penguin fossils in the world reveals higher diversity of early penguins than previously assumed.

This is a trend that should catch on everywhere -- just building what you need.

Demand for this 'green gold' is so high that people are waiting months to get a sapling for backyard planting.

Florida's beautiful Frenchman's Forest Natural Area sets the stage for our photo of the day.

But can fast fashion ever be green? Fabrics are easier to change than business models.

Zady is working to build a better clothing company from the ground up.

The Crisis of Civilization explores our modern cultural crises by sampling archive film footage from PSAs. Now the makers are asking budding film makers to have a go themselves.

Because of course you're thinking about water conservation in your yard in the middle of winter.

It also comes with its own beer dispenser, built-in right in the couch.

Who says you have to wait till New Year's to make a fresh start? No time's better than back-to-school season.

A stark example of the the scale of the illegal trade in ivory, and the financial rewards for doing so.

This is how you pack'em and stack'em.

Vibrantly colored wire is saved from the landfill and woven into recycled fan cages to produce these fresh pieces of furniture.

No high-tech bells and whistles here, but tried-and-true strategies are used in this renovation to make a small space feel much bigger.

The head of a cooperative of honey harvesters, a park guide, and a doctor who uses a garden of medicinal plants to treat asthma and other ailments are

If you ask me, the real "Turkish delight" is served at breakfast time: A square of rich, thick kaymak (clotted cream), topped with fresh-off-the-comb honey (bal).

Was he a role model or a victim?

On one side of the world, the hovering ash cloud is making it very, very difficult for millions travelers to get home and using up a lot of media air. Meanwhile on the other side of the

While the NYT article offers an exaggerated cautionary tale, its alarm-ism can lead many to throw the beautiful practice of yoga asanas (postures) out with the bathwater.

This stylish and durable trailer looks like a cross between a mini-Airstream and a horse trailer, and has a kitchen in the back.

Inspired by her own spine-shattering accident, this sculpture shows the struggle and transformation of these remarkable insects.