They have no proteins, no capsule, and yet they replicate within the human body in a way that no one fully understands
A tiny new player has joined the list of inhabitants inside the human body. While we brush our teeth or rush through breakfast, millions…..
The man-sized gold nugget that made two miners rich in 1869
The largest project in history has begun: 52 billion solar panels to cover America
Science
They have no proteins, no capsule, and yet they replicate within the human body in a way that no one fully understands
A tiny new player has joined the list of inhabitants inside the human body. While…..
A landslide on an English beach uncovered something impossible: a millipede the size of a car that lived before the dinosaurs
On a quiet stretch of beach in northern England, a fallen cliff has exposed one…..
Scientists managed to trace the tree of life back to a single common ancestor that lived more than two billion years ago
From humans and dinosaurs to starfish and seagrass, every animal, plant, and fungus on Earth…..
What appeared to be a lone survivor from the abyss turns out to be one of the most widespread creatures on the planet, only no one had noticed it
For more than a century, the supergiant amphipod Alicella gigantea has been treated almost like…..
A 100-million-year-old fossil pearl found in outback Queensland is rewriting a small piece of Australia’s ancient sea story
A fossil pearl slightly bigger than a marble has been verified as more than 100…..
A man was struck by a stone projectile 12,000 years ago, survived for months, and his skeleton has just told the whole story
Archaeologists working in a cave in northern Vietnam have identified what they describe as the…..
A NASA satellite has made visible something microscopic that keeps one of the most endangered whales on the planet alive
Far off the New England coast, one of Earth’s rarest whales is surviving on clouds…..
A “supergiant” gold deposit has been found in China that could contain 1,000 metric tons of gold
Deep under central China, geologists say they have uncovered something remarkable. A newly reported “supergiant”…..
Europa Clipper carries Earth’s message in a bottle to an alien ocean
When NASA’s Europa Clipper left Earth in October 2024, it carried more than fuel, cameras,…..
NASA detects a “super-Earth” just 137 light-years away in the habitable zone: the most intriguing detail is that its year lasts only 19 days
Far beyond our traffic jams, power plants, and rising electric bills, NASA has spotted a…..
Mobility
A German physicist looked at the battle for 2035 and revealed a fact that changes everything: an electric car uses up to six times more energy than a gasoline car
When politicians in Brussels talk about “highly efficient combustion engines”, it can sound as if the old…..
If you’ve seen these new stripes on the highway and wondered why they look like that, the answer is smarter than it seems
On many new concrete highways, the familiar white lane stripe now travels with a thin black band…..
Energy
The largest project in history has begun: 52 billion solar panels to cover America
Goodbye to traditional batteries: this new solar system combines generation and storage in a single device
Fool’s gold could help power the green transition
Scientists reveal the shape of electrons for the first time in a breakthrough that could reshape modern physics
Economy
Architecture and nursing lose official status in the US, and student loan cuts now have a date
Starting in July 2026, a quiet change in U.S. student loan policy could reshape who…..
Suspicious websites appear claiming a $2,000 deposit from the IRS, and many wonder if the income is real or a scam
As social media fills up with posts promising a $2,000 IRS direct deposit arriving in…..
A 55-year-old mechanic from Arkansas sat his children down for dinner and told them something that many parents don’t dare say out loud about college
When a pipe bursts or the family car refuses to start, most people reach for…..
In 2026, your Social Security check will increase, but the blow will come from another direction, and many will not see it coming until they look at this
In 2026, Social Security checks will go up while Medicare premiums climb and a new…..
The unexpected breakthrough for millions of retirees in Canada will come sooner than expected
As the year draws to a close, many Canadian seniors are counting the days until…..
The Federal Reserve cuts interest rates and retirees fear the Social Security increase in 2027 may not be enough
The Federal Reserve has lowered interest rates again, trimming its key rate by a quarter…..
The 10-carat blue diamond valued at $20 million
Would you pay a fortune for a single stone? On May 13, 2025, a 10.03-carat…..
The wealthiest Americans are quietly withdrawing money from their checking accounts, and it’s not out of fear: something is happening with the money
Wealthy Americans are not leaving as much cash in their checking and savings accounts as…..
The Social Security increase is already scheduled for January 2026, and some will receive it before the end of 2025: official list of beneficiaries
Tens of millions of Americans are about to see a slightly bigger Social Security check,…..
After the chaos of November, thousands of SNAP beneficiaries in New York fear that aid will disappear again: the government shutdown left thousands of people without food, and now SNAP faces more obstacles
For thousands of New Yorkers who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the first…..
Technology
Environment
The man-sized gold nugget that made two miners rich in 1869
In 1869, two Cornish miners prospecting in the dusty hills of Victoria, Australia, hit something…..
It is not a prediction for 2100; it is a “rewind” of five actual heat waves, and the result in today’s climate is much worse than you remember
Europeans know what a brutal heat wave feels like. Trains slow down, hospital waiting rooms…..
A mechanic bought an old Iraqi tank online, and when he reached inside it, he found $2.4 million worth of gold bars hidden inside
When British collector Nick Mead bought an old Iraqi Army Type 69 tank on eBay,…..
Climate change is now tugging on the world’s clocks
Climate change is not only reshaping coastlines and weather patterns. It is also nudging the…..
Faulty metal detector leads to record gold nugget find in England’s Shropshire Hills
A treasure hunter who arrived late to a group dig in England’s Shropshire Hills walked…..
Goodbye to truly dark nights on Earth: a California startup wants to deploy 4,000 mirrors in space, and astronomers are already on alert
Space mirrors that chase away the night put nature at risk Imagine looking up at…..
Satellites capture a mega-storm in the North Pacific that produced giant waves up to 115 feet high that traveled nearly 15,000 miles
Far out in the North Pacific, with no ship in sight, satellites have confirmed waves…..
The Quadrantid meteor shower reaches its brief peak tonight, and the Wolf supermoon may make it difficult to catch
Winter’s most intense meteor shower reaches its brief peak overnight on January 3 to 4,…..
