15 awe-inspiring semi-finalists announced for the 2015 Buckminster Fuller Challenge
[gallery_extend] 596 Acres Living Lots Identifying unused urban spaces and working with disenfranchised...
This all-electric personal submarine can dive up to 400 feet
[gallery_extend] The two-person Deepflight Dragon is only 16.4 feet long and 6.2 feet wide and has been...
There’s not enough money to save the West from an increase in blazing wildfires
This just might be the most cataclysmic forest fire season in history. So far this year, the Forest Service has...
Bizarre giant art village is the largest Atelier Van Lieshout installation ever
[gallery_extend] At the center of the settlement is the Refektorium, a large events hall that will house...
Researchers develop a battery clean enough to eat
In our wildest dreams, enviro-geeks imagine a future in which solar hover cars zip silently by while our homes...
Michail Georgiou reimagines orthodox tradition for his tiny chapel in Cyprus
[gallery_extend] The curved roof reaches outwards at either end of the chapel, past the interior space,...
Polarmond’s cocoon-like All-In-One combines 3 camping essentials into one
Finding camping gear that's lightweight, waterproof, and warm can be hard, especially since sleeping bags, sleeping...
This electric car battery could charge in just five minutes
An Israeli startup is setting its sights on creating a battery for electric cars that charges in just five minutes....
Stealth GPS in fake elephant tusks maps illegal smuggling routes
Using GPS tracking devices, a journalist has mapped the smuggling route of elephant tusks out of Congo's Garamba...
Disneyland unveils plans for epic new Star Wars parks
What Star Wars fan hasn't fantasized about sidling up to the bar in the Mos Eisley cantina, ordering a throat-burning...
China’s smog kills 4,000 people every day
We all know that pollution in China is bad, but we didn't know it was this bad. A new study has found air pollution...
The Fangshan Tangshan National Geopark celebrates the diversity of the Palaeozoic era
[gallery_extend] The designers of the geopark's public plaza needed to take into account the site's...
Researchers develop printable, flexible lithium-ion batteries shaped like hearts
As design objects, batteries couldn't be more boring. They are wholly functional, featuring unimaginative square...
Thoth Technology patents 12-mile-high inflatable space elevator
The hardest part about space travel is actually getting to space. Tearing through Earth's atmosphere and escaping...
Architects want to build a life-size Lord of the Rings city in England
If you've always pictured yourself as a hero of Tolkien-esque proportions, here's your chance to live like one....
