Environmental activists Nick Schwanz and Spencer Scott’s second-growth forest on their 10-acre Guerneville property is an outdoor laboratory dedicated to the emerging environmental movement known as ...

☀ Solarpunk futurism seems optimistic and whimsical. But not really. One element of the “Conservative Futurism” that I reference in the title of my upcoming book is, perhaps ironically, the notion ...

Friendlier, softer, more human design might be having a moment. Friendlier, softer, more human design might be having a moment. is editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of the Decoder podcast, and ...

Imagine floating towers teeming with lush greenery that look out over clean waterways overflowing with wildlife. As you glance down, you realize pedestrians outnumber cars — which fly on renewable ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. To distract myself, I picked up The Lost Cause, the latest sci-fi novel from author ...

You may have heard of a heart of glass or have a glass jaw, but have you ever seen a glass robot? [Simone Giertz], has taken two of her favorite things, stained glass and robotics, and fused them into ...

Solarpunk is a survival game in a technically advanced world of floating islands. Alone or together with your friends, you can construct buildings, grow food, craft gadgets, and explore distant ...