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Solar-powered House Lindau blends in with its lakeside surroundings in Germany

  • Bridgette Meinhold
  • 04/01/2015

[gallery_extend] Lindau is located on the eastern side of Lake Constance, which sits in between southern Germany and Austria. This lakeside home is 190 sq m (2,045 sq ft) and has two bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, an open-space living/dining room, and a library. The bedrooms, baths. and utility rooms are...

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U.S. aims for 28 percent cut in emissions by 2025 in promise to UN

  • Charley Cameron
  • 04/01/2015

The U.S. State Department has formally announced an ambitious plan to cut the nation's greenhouse gas emissions by 26-28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025. The new target has been submitted as part of efforts to secure an international agreement on slowing the emissions that contribute to climate change, an agreement...

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Tesla unveils designs for a plug-in hybrid motorhome, the Model H

  • Cat DiStasio
  • 04/01/2015

The best designed products these days generally come with a hefty price point, and the Tesla brand epitomizes this. Elon Musk understands that many people are so desperate to own one of Tesla’s incredible sexy electric cars that they make great sacrifices to afford such an extravagant purchase. In an attempt...

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One Texas city will run on 100 percent clean energy by 2017

  • Colin Payne
  • 04/01/2015

In the heart of oil and republican climate-denier country, one Texas city is breaking down the stereotypes – because it plans to be completely powered by solar and wind power by 2017. Jim Briggs, interim city manager of Georgetown, a city of about 50,000 situated just 25 miles north of Austin, says he started...

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Kanye West and Kim Kardashian buy entire NYC micro-apartment building to turn it into an "urban mega-mansion"

  • Yuka Yoneda
  • 04/01/2015

After several months of highly publicized apartment hunting in New York City, Kim Kardashian and hubby Kanye West have closed on a new pad - but the tone-deaf purchase has many New Yorkers saying, "Oh, Yeez". The celebrity couple considered several other posh addresses, including a penthouse in same building as...

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Antarctica records what may have been its hottest day ever

  • Charley Cameron
  • 04/01/2015

While the northeastern U.S. was deluged with snow over the past few months, much of the world was experiencing some remarkably balmy temperatures. Now, the coldest place on Earth—Antarctica—has registered what might just be the highest temperatures ever for the continent. On March 24, daytime temperatures...

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Limestone Skyscrapers salvage mining sites with beautiful design

  • Lucy Wang
  • 04/01/2015

[gallery_extend] The presence and dissolution of limestone carves beautiful and scenic landscapes into the earth and creates formations called Karsk Topography, commonly known as Limestone Hills. These megalithic monuments have become the draw for many of the world’s most-visited landscapes, including...

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Uber to roll out self-driving cars after receiving numerous complaints against drivers

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  Hot on the heels of Elon Musk's comment that he expects self-driving Teslas to be available by summer, Uber has announced that it is rolling out its own fleet of autonomous vehicles in select markets. The troubled transportation company, which has been at the center of controversy surrounding its driver...

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  • Catherine Winter
  • 04/01/2015

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  • 04/01/2015

Jeff Koons may want to hang a train over the High Line, but the park's creators, Friends of the High Line, have decided to put a train back on the High Line in order to keep up with the park's extreme popularity. Because of the park's growing crowds every summer, which are anticipated to double when the final...

Jeff Koons may want to hang a train over the High Line, but the park's creators, Friends of the High Line, have decided to put a train back on...

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People-Powered Skyscraper to Claim New "World's Tallest" Crown in Dubai

  • Diane Pham
  • 04/01/2015

It's been just three months since the Burj Khalifa took the title of "world's tallest building", and already the shifting sands of Dubai have spawned a successor! A paragon of modern architecture, the iconic ICARUS tower is currently soaring towards the sky to become the next "World's Tallest Building". Designed...

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