Egg Maps and Green Routes Create Vegetable Tourism in the Incredible Edible Town Todmorden
Todmorden is a town that embraced the local food movement by growing their own fruit and veg anywhere in public spaces. They also have an Egg Map and a Green Route for the Vegetable Tourists!
How the Drought Affected Earth’s Mass and Gravitational Pull
The drought was so bad it made our region a little lighter.
Eye On Earth Connects the Dots So People Can See Environmental Issues
A heat wave vulnerability map goes viral, boosting interactive technology that helps make important environmental data accessible.
Beautiful Time-Scale Transit Maps by Peter Dunn
I know there are lots of transit map fans out there. It's a modern art-form for sure! Take a look at these original time-scaled maps.
Cancer-sniffing dogs detect lung cancer with 97% accuracy
Authors of a new study say dogs may help develop over-the-counter tests capable of life-saving early detection.
Women may sleep better next to dogs than people
Women may sleep better next to dogs than people
How dogs could save the avocado industry
Dogs have been trained to sniff out a devastating avocado tree disease before it becomes fatal – and they are really, really good at it.
After sightings, the search is on for extinct thylacine
The last of these dog-like animals, also known as Tasmanian tigers, was thought to have died in 1936. But might they still be lurking elusively in the wild?
Train your kid like a dog
If you've trained a dog well, then you'll probably be fine when it comes to raising infants and young children.
Can a computer train your dog?
Researchers are experimenting with software and a smart harness for carrying out basic dog training.
Is your dog scratching because of a meat allergy?
Who would have thought our canine companions could have allergies to a carnivorous diet?
Elusive bush dogs caught on film in Panama
The rarely seen canids were found to be surprisingly widespread across the country.
Penguin-protecting sheepdog stars in movie 'Oddball and the Penguins'
The real life romance sparked while making a merry romp of this endangered species protection success story could be the sequel!
The world's first 'test tube' puppies could help preserve endangered canid species
It could also help us eradicate heritable diseases in dogs.
Harness monitors health and well-being of guide dogs
The tech helps owners take care of their dogs the way the dogs take care of them.
Photographer’s tribute to his dog is heartbreakingly beautiful
The story combines the beauty of nature, wanderlust, and the deep love that can exist between human and dog.
The power of 'puppy dog eyes' explained
The gaze between human and dog can share physiological properties similar to that of mother and infant, a new study finds.
Samsung introduces Smart Home for dogs
The tiny house movement goes to the dogs with this $30,000 dream house.
Dogs know if you’re happy or mad, and that makes them special
New research reveals the first solid evidence that an animal (other than humans) can distinguish emotional expressions in another species.
Weird science: Dogs have internal magnetic compass to guide pooping orientation
Researchers gathered data over two years by following 70 different dogs, from 37 different breeds, as they... defecated and urinated.
Teenager invents way to videochat with your pet, give it treats
The device uses a tablet or smartphone to connect you with your pet during the day, give it treats and make sure it's not tearing up the furniture.
With GO Box, you can have zero-waste takeout
The 'library subscription' model for food containers is becoming increasingly popular.
Social media is influencing what you eat
You're more likely to eat certain foods if your friends post pictures of them.
What happens when insect fat replaces butter in Belgian waffles?
A taste-test between the two kinds of fat had a surprising outcome.
This bacon-scented patch could help kick your meat habit
Wannabe vegetarians can fulfill their cravings using scent, rather than the real thing.
Learn the footprint of your meat consumption with the Omni Calculator
Some useful tools for working on a 1.5 degree lifestyle.
Quorn introduces carbon footprint labels
Every company should have to do this– more useful information that consumers need.
The Golden Globes go vegan this year
A last-minute menu change has switched out fish for mushrooms.
That chocolate bar will cost you 42 minutes of running
A new kind of food label hopes to fight obesity by stating how much exercise is required to burn it off.
There's nothing wrong with repetitive cooking
Much of the world eats the same thing every day. Why are we so preoccupied with variety?
Scientists call for more trees, fewer cows, to restore climate
First we have to declare 'peak livestock', then eat less beef and more beans.
We're thinking about food in the wrong way
Fretting about authenticity and appearance detracts from more important concerns.
"Eco-Luxurious" domes blend harmoniously with Quebec landscape
Bourgeois / Lechasseur architects figure out how to square the circle.
Thinking about building a geodesic dome? Don't.
They were wonderful mathematical constructs, but they are terrible buildings.
What are the lessons from Bucky Fuller's Dymaxion House?
The biggest one is that no matter how clever the design, it is the land that matters, not the house, and that nothing has changed in 70 years.
Happy 120th birthday, Bucky Fuller!
Sustainable designers everywhere honor you on this day.
Reviewer of Bucky Fuller's Dymaxion car is stunned. At how bad it is.
Those of us who love everything Bucky are stunned too.
Celebrate Pi Day tomorrow at precisely 3.141592653 (about 9:30 AM)
Tomorrow, real men eat quiche (cheese pi).
Happy Birthday Bucky Fuller!
Sustainable designers everywhere honor you on this day. Vegetarians do not.
A new home in a dome by NRJA makes some remarkable claims
Domes are tough. Here is a design that tries to make them comfortable. Does it live up to its billing?
Did Bucky Fuller really design a soccer ball?
A lot of websites are saying so, but there is no evidence that it ever happened.
Swiss eco-resort is made from 15 geodesic domes
Summer and winter, they are round rms w vu
"Mr. Fuller, Why would you build a round house?"
Of course, Bucky answered, "Why not?" On Pi Day, we look at the Dymaxion and other round houses."
A look at Bucky Fuller's dome over New York City
Savings in snow removal alone would have paid for it in ten years.
Experimental flatpack pavilion pops up into dome made of metal pillows
Combining computer-aided parametric design and the design principles of tensegrity (tensional integrity), this experimental pavilion tests the boundaries of building a stronger structure with less material.
Bucky Fuller's grain silo houses found in New Jersey
A dozen units survive, according to Alastair Gordon in the New York Times
Ecovative's magical mushroom insulation wins 2013 Buckminster Fuller Challenge
The styrofoam substitute that they grow into packaging and insulation is the next big thing in building.
Why can't a house be built as well as a car?
It can; but until Americans are willing to trade quantity for quality, nobody will bother doing it.
Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion map updated for the 21st century
The Buckminster Fuller Institute ran a competition to update the iconic map; here are some of the finalists