Environment

If you want to get your adrenalin pumping, don't teach at a university.

2 | February 19, 2013 6:28pm | By Joe McKendrick

No one can stand more than 45 minutes inside Orfield Laboratory's ultra-silent anechoic chamber.

14 | April 10, 2012 5:00am | By Tuan C. Nguyen

Energy analyst Chris Nelder reports from a foreign country deep in the throes of shale gas fever.

35 | May 15, 2013 3:00am | By Chris Nelder

"Crowdshipping" is a new and less expensive way to ship goods through travelers connecting online. But if something goes wrong, who is held responsible?

25 | April 22, 2013 3:00am | By Amy Serafin

Where would you be happiest living as a young professional?

1 | April 29, 2013 6:10am | By Charlie Osborne

Insects see brilliantly through thousands of tiny lenses in "compound eyes." Researchers have built a camera using the same principle. Killer panoramas. Good for spying and seeing up your nose too.

3 | May 2, 2013 4:00am | By Mark Halper

A new windmill design has no moving parts. Here's how it works.

30 | April 2, 2013 1:28pm | By Tyler Falk

SmartPlanet is launching a new, occasional series aimed at dissecting some of the complex topics we cover on a daily basis. First up: wave power.

13 | May 27, 2010 4:00am | By Christina Hernandez

Business plan: Sell the gas abroad at a huge profit, build nukes at home.

5 | May 10, 2013 5:24am | By Mark Halper

Yet another peer-to-peer service comes up against regulatory hurdles in New York State.

12 | May 17, 2013 3:10am | By Channtal Fleischfresser

In a Nairobi slum, newly minted entrepreneurs run more than 160 public toilets and transform their waste into fertilizer -- and someday they'll turn it into electricity.

2 | April 22, 2013 4:00am | By Christina Hernandez Sherwood

New research suggests that a sure way to slow the aging process of your brain is to exercise.

4 | April 30, 2012 2:48pm | By Christie Nicholson

Organizations need individuals who are not only tech-savvy, but also know how to analyze, engage and create value in new ways.

3 | September 10, 2012 9:34am | By Joe McKendrick

Two years ago, Joshua Becker decided to cast off (some of) his possessions to live a minimalist lifestyle. We spoke about what minimalism means, how technology can help us get there and how this...

25 | August 12, 2010 4:00am | By Christina Hernandez

Daredevils piloting a solar plane will embark on the first transcontinental flight of its kind across the U.S. starting tomorrow

1 | May 2, 2013 7:50pm | By David Worthington

New research shows wind farms have a warming effect on the local climate, which might throw a wrench in the expansion of this new form of energy.

42 | April 29, 2012 9:10pm | By Amy Kraft

How much can we tell about a person from just looking at their bedroom or office? Psychologist Sam Gosling says quite a lot -- except for one personality trait.

2 | April 19, 2013 5:00am | By Christie Nicholson

BARCELONA -- Ear plugs that you can actually hear through. Cubes of silence in the middle of busy squares. Peace from the city racket is coming to a Spanish city near you.

2 | May 13, 2013 3:06am | By Jennifer Riggins

As more architects and builders embrace the benefits of building information modeling, the days of old-fashioned CAD and marked-up drawings are numbered.

6 | February 13, 2013 3:00am | By C.C. Sullivan

The Republic of Kiribati may be the first nation forced to evacuate due to climate change.

24 | March 14, 2012 5:30am | By Tuan C. Nguyen