Viagra could be key to preventing the spread of malaria
Originally developed as a treatment for high blood pressure, the world's favorite "little blue pill" has an array...
This German village generates 500% more energy than it needs
Wildpoldsried, a Bavarian village of about 2,600 residents, is leading the way in Germany's extraordinary renewable...
6 eco-friendly gift wrap alternatives
Fabric Gift Wrap Fabric is the perfect reuseable material for wrapping presents because it comes in lots of...
France becomes world's first county to ban supermarkets from throwing away food
In an effort to tackle the dual problems of food waste and poverty, France just passed a groundbreaking law that...
6 vegetarian and vegan snack alternatives for Super Bowl Sunday
Vegan Soft Pretzels Nothing goes better with a cold beer than a salty pretzel and some spicy mustard dipping...
Ten solutions to California's drought
As California enters the fourth year of the worst drought in the state's history, NASA estimates that 11 trillion...
Iconic VW Camper van to be revived as a battery-electric vehicle
Since its launch in the early 1950s, the Volkswagen Westfalia Camper has been an enduring classic, an icon of cross-country...
Austrian scientists create a cheap, flexible solar cell just 3 micrometers thick
The age old mineral perovskite has been something of a holy grail in solar cell development; the mineral is abundant,...
A new kind of glass could create next-gen OLEDs and solar cells
For a long time, one of the key defining factors of glasses has been their molecular randomness; but when a team...
New Orleans' $14.5 billion rebuilt levees won't fight a Category 5 hurricane
An often-repeated truth about Hurricane Katrina is that the events of August 29, 2005 were not a natural disaster...
South Africans revolutionize small-scale concentrated solar that's cheaper than diesel
Concentrated solar power, or CSP, is a pretty extraordinary technology; it uses an array of mirrors to focus the...
A massive sinkhole has reopened in Florida, two years after it swallowed a local man
In February 2013, a surreal disaster struck a 1970s-era house in the town of Seffner, just outside of Tampa, Florida....
Zimbabwe charges game park owner for illegal hunt of Cecil the lion
In the wake of the illegal killing of Cecil—a 13-year-old black-maned lion and popular tourist attraction—in...
This California city is building a water park during the state's worst drought
In the city of Dublin, 35 miles inland from San Francisco, the municipality and its residents have been diligent...
Brad Pitt's Make it Right to unveil their first tiny house in New Orleans
Make it Right, the non-profit founded by Brad Pitt to provide sustainable housing in New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward...
