The Large Hadron Collider just detected a new particle

The Large Hadron Collider has once again done what it does best – smash bits of matter together and find new particles in the carnage.

India Plants Record-breaking 66 Million Trees in 12 Hours

Over 1.5 million volunteers gathered together to plant the saplings by the Narmada river in India. The record-breaking event was organized in accordance with the country’s climate change goals.

Amazing low-cost Lifehaus homes are made from recycled materials

A Lebanon company is developing energy neutral, self-sufficient homes that can produce their own food and clean power.

World's first pole-mounted energy storage system showing promising results

The pole-mounted unit is able to store the equivalent energy of approximately 2,100 smartphone batteries and it is unique - it doesn't have a footprint as it is attached to existing power poles.

Tiny solar-powered homes pop up in less than a day

KODA, a line of tiny prefabricated homes that pop up in just one day, come with highly energy-efficient features, from solar panels to built-in smart home systems.

All New Volvo Cars Will Be Electric Or Hybrid Starting In 2019

The company has announced that starting in 2019, all of the new models it produces will be electric or hybrid.

Danish school that optimizes learning through design

A company designed and recently completed the Herningsholm Vocational School, a Danish school that focuses on the creation of optimal learning and study environments.

Germany’s power sector making serious strides in renewable energy

From January to June Germany produced a record 35 percent of its electricity from renewable energy. But the country is still struggling with heating and transportation.

Sea shells: A new source of sustainable biomaterials

Researchers from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences are looking at environmentally and economically sustainable options for sea shells biomaterials.

Rising temperatures are curbing ocean’s capacity to store carbon

Study finds large amounts of carbon dioxide, equivalent to yearly U.K. emissions, remain in surface waters.

Children in single-mother-by-choice families do just as well as those in two-parent families

A study comparing the well-being of children growing up in single-mother-by-choice and heterosexual two-parent families has found no differences in terms of parent-child relationship or child development.

Barack Obama Delivers Speech On "Tolerance" In Indonesia

Obama: “If we don’t stand up for tolerance and moderation and respect for others, then much of the progress that we have made will not continue”

Meet Mohamed Bzeek, a cancer survivor who has a home for just dying children

Mohamed Bzeek started doing this when he was 62 years old and was diagnosed with cancer. He is a foster father who only takes in terminally ill kids.

Illegal activities threaten natural World Heritage

Illegal fishing, logging and poaching, are impacting two-thirds of the 57 natural World Heritage sites monitored by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) this year.