It feels a little bit like joining a secret society — that is, if secret societies were open to everyone. “Text a cloud emoji to this number,” instructs the Instagram bio of Floating, an L.A.

A scale model of Oceanix City, a concept capable of supporting more than 10,000 residents, will be featured in the Smithsonian’s upcoming ‘Futures’ exhibit Elissaveta M. Brandon - Contributing Writer ...

A sensory isolation or "float" tank. Source: Galen Crout/Unsplash What happens when your mind disconnects from all outside sensations? First, you undress, put in earplugs, and step into a floatation ...

This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When a heavy storm hit in October, residents of the floating community of ...

But there’s an option for people who can’t imagine a home without an ocean view. It’s called “seasteading,” and it could be a 21st-century antidote to the nation’s disappearing shorelines. “Floating ...

How might floating solar energy projects impact wild birds and vice versa? A paper outlines key considerations for a growing floating solar industry. From a small California winery to a large-scale ...

ON JULY 16TH Royal Dutch Shell, an oil and gas company, and Scottish Power, a subsidiary of Iberdrola, a Spanish electricity utility, made an announcement. They were, they said, jointly submitting ...

The United Nations — The corridors and meeting rooms here bustled this week with a familiar-sounding mix of sessions, on “policy options for low fertility,” the launch of “The State of Pacific Youth ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Engineers have been tinkering with different offshore wind ...