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FDNY ignites fires to help save lives on Governors Island

Vacant homes on Governors Island are filled with modern furniture and then set ablaze in a series of experiments geared to help firefighters better understand the effect that ventilation has on house fires. [...]

Where sand meets steel: Shipping container home washes ashore in the Hamptons

Beach Box, an ‘eco-lux’ oceanfront cottage constructed from six retrofitted shipping containers, arrives on the dunes of Amagansett equipped with a very Hamptons-esque price tag of $1.395 million. [...]

Vertical farm in abandoned pork plant turns waste into food

Environmentalists in Chicago are using the waste from one crop to feed and power another in an abandoned pork processing plant. [...]

A shipping container of her own

This summer’s hottest Hamptons property boasts a prime Amagansett location, killer natural light, art-strewn interiors and … 840 square feet of space. [...]

A shipping container of her own

This summer’s hottest Hamptons property boasts a prime Amagansett location, killer natural light, art-strewn interiors and … 840 square feet of space. [...]

Chance of El Nino conditions just went up

If El Nino does develop, the northern U.S. will be warmer and drier than average while the Southwest and Southeast will likely see more rain. [...]

Greenpeace slams ‘illegal’ Indonesia coal plant

The environmental activist group argues that the coastal region where the proposed plant is to be built has been protected since 2008. [...]

Chimpanzees cleared after mauling American in South Africa

The victim entered the chimp area despite lack of authorization and training to do so to retrieve a rock that the chimps could have thrown at visitors. [...]

Animal-borne diseases cause 2.7 million human deaths per year

Study reveals that poor countries have the most instances of diseases that jump from animals to humans, but even in the U.S., the risk is increasing. [...]

Underwater volcano’s eruption kills fish, offers clues to climate change

As the undersea volcano erupted, it dissolved the oxygen in the water and increased the carbon and carbon dioxide, raising the area’s acidity. [...]