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Improv Everywhere Pranks the Met Museum

Watch confused tourists and Renaissance art lovers as a fully costumed doppelganger signs autographs in front of a 400 year old portrait of himself.

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Video: Spain's Stunning Solar Towers Video: Spain's Solar Thermal Towers

Watch this video to see the future of large-scale, carbon-free electricity production.

Pyramids, Plates, and Pagodas: Dietary Guidelines From Around the World

As the USDA updates the food pyramid to match its new Dietary Guidlines, check out what a healthy diet looks like around the world.

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Anti-Smoking Battles Are Heating Up Around the World

From controversial posters in Japan to e-cigarette bans, smoking is in the news.

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Feast Your Eyes: On Cheap Food and Happiness

Do the benefits of cheap food outweigh its costs?

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Voting in Spain Is Satisfying... Sexually

Voters in Spain are being encouraged to vote by this new orgasmic PSA

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Gay Kiss-In Protest Against the Pope

Some gay Spainards decided to protest Benedict XVI as he travelled through Barcelona in the Popemobile, and they protested in a rather ingenious way.

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Behold the Stunning, Spanish Vertical "Spiral Garden"

It's a marvel of public architecture, sustainable design, urban farming, and gorgeousness all at once.

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Barcelona Street Lamps

Think of all the electricity that's wasted by city lights that stay on when no one needs them. To solve this problem, one Barcelona...

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Once A Solar Boom Town, Spanish City Goes Bust

Nestled in the Spanish hills, Puertollano was once a center of the coal mining industry. But coal went bust, and the residents started looking for...

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An Opera Erupts in a Spanish Market

This mesmerizing video, "Opera en el Mercado" (after the jump), follows what appears to be a group of Spanish market vendors-who...

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Eco-Gym

Chances are you go to the gym because it makes you feel good. But nothing kills that post-workout buzz like contemplating the environmental impact of traditional gyms-the air conditioning, the cardio machines, the thousands of tiny towels that are washed daily. Manuel de Arriba Ares has an alternative:..