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There’s a lot more to putting out fires than big hoses and bucket brigades. Many schools now offer degrees in fire science, which are useful to anyone who has wanted to ride on a big red engine and save the day. This branch of study is fascinating, and uncovers the mysteries behind an element many [...]

Greensburg, Kansas is a city that has done something really cool. It has taken a tragedy and turned it into an opportunity. The town almost got obliterated only a few short years ago but got back on its feet in a big way. By turning itself into a truly green city, Greensburg has put itself [...]

Photo by Lars Tunbjork for The New York Times (via Inhabitat) This is a totally modern home that has built inside of a huge cave. It is interesting in its design because the exterior doesn’t blend with the cave at all and yet the interior does! The cave is located in Festus, Missouri and it [...]

  Let’s face it; it’s cool to be green. The thing about this is that being green isn’t just trendy. It might be trendy in some parts of the world but it’s also something that world needs. Being green isn’t just cool; it’s important. There are so many different ways to be green that it [...]

"Take a hike!" isn’t just a rebuff. Now it’s also a plea from environmental scientists. Researchers have found that people are enjoying the outdoors less than they used to, which may lead to decreased interest in protecting the environment. Over the past 20 years, trips to U.S. parks have declined about 20 percent. In 2006, [...]

A Stunning New Development Provides Renewable Energy From Artificial Trees to Power Cars and Homes More powerful than wind farms, more efficient than solar panels and more practical and aesthetically pleasing than both. Solar Botanic is a company which harvests the energy of the sun and wind by incorporating established science into an innovative nanotechnology. [...]