Everyday, it seems like at least a dozen new home decor terms pop up. And if you know some or all of these 20, then you've ...

This Christmas Day marks 21 years since the terrifying Indian Ocean tsunami. As we remember the hundreds of thousands of ...

Traces of opium found inside an ancient alabaster vase suggest drug use was common in ancient Egypt, not rare or accidental.

Modern society is highly dependent on the production and use of traditional building materials, which contribute to ...

As tough as medieval chainmail armor and as soft as a contact lens. This material is not taken from science fiction, it is a ...

The construction industry accounts for nearly 40 percent of global carbon emissions, which has builders and architects rethinking the materials they use. One unlikely source keeps coming up in those ...

August 13 - If we want the global economy to stay stable, competitive and sustainable, we need to urgently rethink how we manage the world’s natural resources. In the last decades we have built highly ...

Interest in building with earthen and other natural materials — such as adobe — spiked in the wake of Eaton and Palisades fires. Architects and engineers say that L.A. County’s approval process for ...

If you’ve seen the words “biophilia” and “biophilic design” all over your social feeds this year, you’re not alone. It’s been on many wellness and design trend lists for 2025, and, according to Martha ...

The concrete industry accounts for roughly 8 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions, but a new study says that it could one day be a source of negative emissions. By taking a page out of nature’s ...

A team of researchers searching for safe, sustainable, and biodegradable alternatives to plastics presented a new type of transparent material at the American Chemical Society (ACS) spring meeting, ...

Can you imagine having a smartphone with a wooden touchscreen? Or a house with wooden windows? Probably not -- unless you've heard of transparent wood. Made by modifying wood's natural structure, this ...