The Shed's concept is simple: It's the 120-foot tall building that moves. This idea is both its architectural hallmark and its metaphor for the future of culture. Opening on April 5th, New York City's half-billion dollar, hybrid museum-meets-performance space can shapeshift to double its indoor peri...

The Creators Project travels to Kabul to meet young feminist graffiti artist Shamsia Hassani, whose work challenges preconceptions about the role of women in Afghan society, and expresses a unique perspective on life in a country recovering from decades of war. We chat with her about identifying a...

This animation shows the GOES-East infrared imagery from April 1-30, along with the locations of each tornado that formed during the time (symbolized as red dots). Though tornadoes cannot actually be seen by GOES, these satellites are instrumental in being able to detect the conditions associated wi...

This video presents an evolving vision of modern architecture where the futuristic designs focus on the environment. New towers around the world are being conceived with unique "green" features as displayed in this snapshot which include a wide range of existing and proposed projects.

Another giant leap towards a mission to Mars: expendable structures could be the next extraterrestrial breakthrough, as they weight less to launch and are more compact on the rocket. On arrival, they can be inflated to provide safe and sustainable living quarters, work spaces and laboratories for pe...

The amazing miniature town of Jamestown, USA is going through a major expansion in 2023. Mayor James Baker Jr. has made the announcement of the development of a country club which includes an olympic swiming pool, basketball and tennis courts as well as a large gazebo for live performances. The ne...

Draw your future and take control of your life. An inspiring video created by Ted Talks. Featuring Patti Dobrowolski. Her talk has been compared to Tony Robbins: "For lasting change you need to have a vision, you need a belief it's possible, and a strategy for taking action." and Maya Angelou "A S...

The green home of the future will not only waste less water and energy, it’ll be a lot more convenient to operate thanks to smart features that are either automated, or controllable using our mobile phones. The following intriguing inventions give us a glimpse at what appliances and gadgets might be

Penn was built on the concept of innovation. “If it’s new, novel and holds promise to change the world,” says President Amy Gutmann, “you’ll find it at Penn.”

Buildings are a big environmental headache. They account for nearly half of the world's climate changing emissions. But things may be different in the years ahead, as VOA's Rosanne Skirble discovered in a laboratory on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.