Decadence through simplicity

pompeii ruins

This 2,000-year-old message from Pompeii's ruins is freaking me out

Archeologists unearthed some eerie graffiti in history's most famous graveyard.

Ilana Strauss

By Ilana Strauss in Natural Sciences October 19, 2018

Witches are hexing Brett Kavanaugh

Environmental Policy

Ilana Strauss

By Ilana Strauss October 19, 2018

The peaceful farm I stayed on in northern Illinois

Ilana Strauss

By Ilana Strauss October 19, 2018

Phenomenal murals highlight extraordinary lives of humble pigeons

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok October 19, 2018

Denmark wants to make climate impact labels mandatory for food

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko October 19, 2018

Japan's confused cherry blossoms are blooming 6 months early

Natural Sciences

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer October 19, 2018

Heathrow will nix landing fees for first electric flight

By Sami Grover October 19, 2018

10 items I've bought at a thrift store

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko October 19, 2018

Sighting of young vaquitas offers hope for the world's most endangered porpoise

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer October 19, 2018

SodaStream launches device to clean plastics from ocean

By Sami Grover October 19, 2018

Photo: Dawn on the Firehole River

Reader's Photos

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer October 19, 2018

Robotic smart furniture system retracts bed & storage up into ceiling (Video)

Eco-Friendly Furniture

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok October 18, 2018

How much does your household weigh?

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter October 18, 2018

Radiohead's Thom Yorke releases song to help Antarctica (video)

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer October 18, 2018

Why should autonomous vehicles look like cars? Why not hotel rooms?

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter October 18, 2018

8 ways to use up a ton of fresh spinach

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko October 18, 2018

Death by concrete truck is a problem that we can't ignore any longer

Corporate Responsibility

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter October 18, 2018

Everyone can relax. Trump has an "instinct for science"

Environmental Policy

Ilana Strauss

By Ilana Strauss October 18, 2018

Fruit and vegetables should be the first thing you see at a supermarket

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko October 18, 2018

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pompeii ruins

This 2,000-year-old message from Pompeii's ruins is freaking me out

secondhand store

10 items I've bought at a thrift store

SodaStream holy turtle ocean cleanup photo

SodaStream launches device to clean plastics from ocean

Three kinds of table salt

Microplastics found in 90% of table salt

Thom Yorke Greenpeace

Radiohead's Thom Yorke releases song to help Antarctica (video)

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Halloween DIY

12 DIY decorations for a green Halloween

Finger cookies

Vegan recipe for creepy finger cookies

crushed pumpkin

The Halloween history of pumpkin smashing

costume swap

Green Halloween: Costume swaps

Greenhouse gas emissions

Five radical steps we can take to fight climate change

me sitting up straight before and after

Don't sit up straight. Sit like you have a tail.

Bar soap

The sad slippery slope of bar soap

Choi+Shine Architects

Giant crocheted installation of urchins floats above city marina

creamy pasta bake

6 strategies for reducing meat in your diet

veggie burger

How to be a reducetarian

beef cattle

Cutting out meat and dairy is the best thing you can do for the planet

Vegan nurses

7 things that happened to these nurses after going vegan for 21 days