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Skinny, sustainable and Thoreau-inspired

Nils Holger Moormann’s prefab garden shed/cabin, Walden, packs a whole lot of green living into an impossibly thin amount of space. [...]

EcoPERCH: A ground level treehouse retreat

Luxury treehouse outfitter Blue Forest unveils EcoPERCH, a curvy and wood-clad prefab retreat that doesn’t necessarily need to be elevated high above the forest floor in accordance to Ewokian building codes. [...]

Backbone State Park: A user’s guide

Rustic buildings scattered across this Iowa state park make the trails all the more worth forging. [...]

Next on Mars: 400 scientists on an alien road trip

The rover will begin making its way to the base of Mount Sharp following weeks of preliminary systems testing. [...]

Next on Mars: 400 scientists on an alien road trip

The rover will begin making its way to the base of Mount Sharp following weeks of preliminary systems testing. [...]

Spectacular photo of Mars rover landing captured by orbiter

Had the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter taken the picture ‘one second before or one second after’ it likely wouldn’t have featured the rover. [...]

Birds’ heads torn off in Australian zoo rampage

The zoo is one of the country’s animal re-population programs, specializing in birds and Tasmanian devils. [...]

Surprising facts about global agricultural water use: Infographic

It takes a lot of water to grow our food and feed our animals. Here’s how it measures up across the globe. [...]

Is new Loch Ness photo the ultimate proof?

The shape in the water could theoretically be anything from a fish to a floating log to a lake monster. [...]

Uwingu start-up uses crowdsourcing to find private funding for space projects

The company aims to become an additional source for space science grants along with NASA ans the National Science Foundation. [...]