Coming soon: NYC’s first community solar project
A company based in Toronto is bringing New York City its first community solar project. UGE International, one...
Diapers, sanitary products could provide alternative fuel source
A waste-management company has developed a new, patented process that turns sanitary products, baby diapers, incontinence...
Hundreds of radioactive wild boars run amok in Fukushima, Japan
Packs of radioactive wild boars are running loose in northern Japan, where the meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear...
NYC’s first WELL-certified office boasts a host of health-boosting features
Structure Tone, one of Manhattan's largest construction firms, isn't giving "sick building syndrome" a chance....
Czech zoo to remove horns from rhino herd after poacher attack in France
A zoo in the Czech Republic announced Tuesday that it plans to preemptively remove the horns from its herd of rare...
European firms eye artificial island for North Sea wind and solar farm
Of all the opponents of wind turbines, few are as vociferous as the loose collective that planners and developers...
“City of Dreams” pavilion on NY’s Governors Island will be made from 300,000 recycled cans
Every summer, Figment NYC selects a team to design and erect a temporary "City of Dreams" pavilion for its annual...
At least 60 dead in Ethiopian garbage “landslide”
At least 60 people are dead after a mountain of trash collapsed at a dump in Ethiopia on Saturday night. The "landslide"...
First spider-silk garment to hit the market is this necktie from Bolt Threads
Bolt Threads, a purveyor of synthetic spider silk, has launched the world's first commercially available product...
This crazy building is made from 100% felt
In the world of textiles, felt is a bit of an outlier. Made from interlocked wool fibers that have been matted...
“The Martian” was right: you really can grow potatoes on the red planet
In the 2015 film The Martian, astronaut Mark Watney, played by Matt Damon, is stranded on the red planet after...
Tiny house rental startup Getaway scores $15 million in funding
The tiny house movement just got a colossal endorsement. Getaway, a Harvard Innovation Lab startup that builds...
Celebrity chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten opens “vegetable” restaurant in NYC
Whatever you do, don't call abcV a "vegetarian" restaurant. The third in a trifecta of Jean-Georges Vongerichten-helmed...
Timberland transforms recycled plastic bottles into shoes, bags
For its latest collection, Timberland is turning to the bottle—the plastic bottle, that is. The outdoor-wear...
New details of feathered dinosaur could elucidate the origins of flight
A small red-crested dinosaur from the Late Jurassic era could help us unlock the origins of flight, now that we...
