Revenge fueled one-man war
Sometimes the truest stories sound the most like fiction. Today, visitors to Nashville's Civil War heritage site at Fort Negley will learn the story of Jack Hinson, a man of peace provoked into a...
Do you Need to Stock Up the Bunker?
By Brendan O'Neill In the 1950s and 1960s, bunkers were a feature of many American suburban homes, populated by families fearful of the prospect of nuclear war. That threat has subsided, but now...
Lost middle-class tribe’s ‘secret’ eco-village in Wales spotted in aerial photograph taken by plane
For five happy years they enjoyed simple lives in their straw and mud huts. Generating their own power and growing their own food, they strived for self-sufficiency and thrived in homes that looked more...
The Hobbit House: A quiet revolution
Simon Dale spent just three months building his woodland home in Wales. Clare Dwyer Hogg reports Simon Dale resisted the description of the round house he and his family built as a 'hobbit home' for as long...
Down to earth living
4,000-square-foot home built mostly underground relies mostly on sun and wind for Jena Pittmon stands on a high, grassy mound, peering out across the land where she lives and works. Below the turf and dirt...
Five Doomsday Scenarios for IT: Tech Apocalypse
Technology drives just about everything we do, and not just at our jobs. From banks to hospitals to the systems that keep the juice flowing to our homes, we are almost entirely dependent on tech. More and...