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JF-Kit is part pop-up gym, part self-sufficient off-grid home. The interior features a line of ‘domestic fitness furniture’ that enables residents to produce energy by pedaling a bike, doing sit ups, or even watering...

The developers of this underutilized parcel in Milwaukee's Walker’s Point neighborhood wanted a building that achieved a mission of economic improvement, social justice, environmental restoration, and cultural celebration...

Photo via Shutterstock Researchers at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine have discovered a way to turn ordinary skin cells into protective brain cells - a breakthrough that could have a resounding impact on people who...

There's a new trend in natural births and it involves keeping baby's umbilical cord and placenta intact until they sever themselves. Midwife educator Mary Ceallaigh extolled the benefits of Lotus Birth or umbilical non severance...

Is modern life making us ill? Yes, say those who suffer from electrosensitivity. Are they cranks, or should we all be throwing away our mobile phones?Tim Hallam is just tall enough to seem gangly. His height...

An excerpt from a film made by photographer Thomas Ball on his on-going project on electrosensitivity

Is modern life making us ill? More images from photographer, Thomas Ball's ongoing project on electrosensitivity

Photo via Shutterstock Mayor Bloomberg has gone on a crusade to wean New Yorkers off calorie-filled soda, but it seems the rest of the country is voluntarily snubbing the sugary stuff...

Neglect of energy undermines healthcare and education, leaving patients, teachers and children in the darkEnergy poverty has left more than 1 billion people in developing countries without access to adequate healthcare, with...

Photo via Shutterstock After ABC News ran a series last year about Beef Products Inc.’s ‘lean finely textured beef’ that then gained the unflattering moniker ‘pink slime,’ the story went viral....

Photo via Shutterstock A young girl from Mississippi who was most likely infected with HIV in utero has been cured of the disease, scientists reported at a conference over the weekend...

Oliver Hoffman / Shutterstock Swedish furniture giant IKEA is the latest company to be swept up in the horse meat scandal. Authorities from the Czech State Veterinary Association found horse DNA in the company’s famous...

Oliver Hoffman / Shutterstock Swedish furniture giant IKEA has been swept up in the horse meat scandal. Authorities from the Czech State Veterinary Association found horse DNA in the company’s famous beef and pork meatballs...

studiogi / Shutterstock England’s farming minister admitted that eight horses slaughtered in the UK tested positive for phenylbutazone, a pain killer for horses that can be very dangerous to humans...

Liv friis-larsen / Shutterstock A 31 year old mother from New Zealand died three years ago from drinking too much Coca-Cola, a coroner has found. Natasha Harris was addicted to the beverage, according to her family, and drank...