Learn how technology can make life richer and less wasteful through practical applications.
The Many Mighty Benefits of Writing By Hand
Biologist-Turned-Musician Creates Sonic Magic With Bioelectricity From Fungi
New Sublime Process Decarbonizes Cement With Low-Carbon Lime
What Is a Smart Home? Overview and Sustainability
Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough Could Deliver Clean Power Too Cheap to Meter
Aluminum Tariff Wars Are Hurting American Health and Finances
This Battery Made Partly From Pine Trees Can Power Up EVs
The 6 Best Home Battery Storage Systems
Apple's New iPhone 14 Is Easier to Fix
LED Street Lighting Is Brighter, Bluer, and Increasing Environmental Risk
How Does Nanotechnology Impact the Environment?
'Ephemeralize Everything' to Reduce Demand for Electricity and Materials
Scientists Develop Cheap Batteries From Earth-Abundant Materials
What Is Clean Coal Technology? Overview, History, Carbon Emissions
7 Ways to Charge a Phone When the Power's Out
This Outdoor Air Conditioner Runs on Liquid Nitrogen
This World Map Is Weird — But Also the Most Accurate
Researchers Develop Powerful and Affordable Pee-Powered Fuel Cell
5 Reasons Why the James Webb Space Telescope Is Such a Big Deal
What Are Bifacial Solar Panels? Overview, How They Work, and Outlook
Fighting Climate Change Through Solar Geoengineering Is a Bad Idea, Scientists Warn
Titanium Fangs? The Technology Behind Navy SEAL Dogs
Fairphone Demonstrates the Dramatic Impact of Making Things That Last
LEDs Show How Tectonic Shifts in Technology Can Tackle the Climate Crisis
What Is Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)?
15 of the World's Longest Bridges by Category
Minamata Convention Bans Mercury Satellite Propellants
We Need to Get Over Our Resistance to Recycling Poop
Does Cloud Computing Help or Harm the Environment?
Hydrogen Science Coalition Cuts Through the 'Hydrogen Hype'
Researchers Make Insulation Board Out of Popcorn
LifeLabs Fabrics Keep You Warm or Cool With Physics
Add Some Automation to Your Chicken Coop
Climeworks Turns On the World's Largest Carbon Capture and Storage Plant
Best Use of Drones Ever? Planting a Forest
How to Choose a Juicer
What Is Direct Air Capture? Does It Work?
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Pros and Cons
How Much of the Ocean Is Unexplored?
Fairphones Are Perfect for Consumers Tracking Their Carbon Footprint
Tasty Trash? Scientists Make Vanilla Flavoring from Used Plastic
Best of Green Awards 2021: Eco Tech
Direct Air Capture Pros and Cons
Two Companies Cement X-Prize for Decarbonizing Concrete
Nominate Your Favorites For Our Eco Tech Awards
What's Not To Love About Tiny Robots on Our Sidewalks?
Why Did it Take a Pandemic to Change the Way We Work?
Framework Computer is Repairable and Upgradable
Robots Are Stealing Our Sidewalks
Using Data and Citizen Science for Gardening Success
Installation Begins on Jeff Bezos' 10,000-Year Clock
Can Venture Capitalists Fill the Science Gap?
Wave-Powered "Dolphin Speaker" Could Let Us Talk to Dolphins
These Tiny Lenses Can Turn Your Smartphone or Tablet Into a Microscope
One Big Step Closer to Synthetic Spider Silk
How Honeybees Make the Internet Work
This Simple Paper Water Filter Zaps Contaminants Like Nobody's Business
Research Suggests Humans May Have a Magnetic Sixth Sense
GMOs Can Now Be Built With an Automatic 'Self-Destruct' Clause to Prevent Escape
How the Smartphone Changed Our Cities and Our Lives in the Last Decade