Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Writer and Chicago real estate scion Wendy Wacker—her great-grandfather, city planner Charles H. Wacker, had a huge hand in the ...

The S2000 was flown about 6,560 feet during its test flight above Sichuan Province.

Harnessing the wind is not a new idea. Picture any pioneer-era farm on the Great Plains, and you'll likely find a windmill used to pump groundwater to irrigate crops. Hundreds of American companies ...

Explorer 1500 Ultra is built to survive magnitude-9 earthquakes. Solar Gazebo creates an independent living space anywhere. Solar Mars Bot eliminates the need to carry a power station. Jackery, a name ...

China has launched the world’s first flying wind turbine, the S2000 airborne wind energy system, which harnesses high-altitude winds to generate 3 megawatts of electricity, offering a revolutionary ...

Seeking a remote (yet not too distant) escape in 2012, she settled on a roughly 160-acre plot of pancake-flat scrubland that she scooped for just $85,000 at the sandy outskirts of Yucca Valley near ...