Goodbye lithium: this wireless solid-state battery doesn’t explode, charges quickly, and has forever changed the way I view chargers
How many batteries are sitting in your bag right now? A phone, wireless earbuds, maybe a laptop and a chunky power bank that lives…..
Science
Scientists are observing in real time how a cephalopod nervous system is built, and the pattern looks far too similar to that of vertebrates to ignore
Octopuses can solve puzzles, learn quickly, and sometimes act like they are just messing with…..
A team was excavating in Patagonia when they saw dark fragments inside a closed rock, and now they are talking about a predator that no one had put on the map
If you imagine the last days of the dinosaurs, you probably picture tyrannosaurs and other…..
Two researchers had been stuck on a Mayan number for years. They changed a single rule, and a pattern appeared that was impossible to ignore
For years, headlines about the “Mayan calendar” focused on end-of-the-world myths. Behind those stories sat…..
For 2,000 years, no one could fully explain why chameleons’ eyes seem to live separately, and the answer was coiled inside the skull in the form of an old telephone cable
Have you ever watched a chameleon in a nature video and wondered how each eye…..
The loudest gravitational wave ever heard comes from 2025 and tests Hawking’s rule with almost absurd precision
The universe has just sent its loudest gravitational whisper so far. In that tiny ripple…..
Archaeologists open a chamber sealed for 40,000 years, and what they find beneath the sand in Gibraltar changes what we thought we knew about Neanderthals: coastal hunters, glue makers, and Paleolithic artists
On the steep Mediterranean cliffs of Gibraltar, archaeologists have stepped into a room that no…..
Scientists find microplastics inside the human brain for the first time… and they’re not alone: there are more than in the liver and kidneys combined
Tiny fragments of plastic are no longer just in the ocean, the soil, or the…..
It wasn’t Columbus, nor was it a myth: a solar storm in the year 993 left its mark on trees… and a thousand years later helped discover the exact year the Vikings arrived in America
More than a thousand years ago, red auroras flickered across the sky after a powerful…..
The countdown has begun: in a few days, the truth about 3I/ATLAS will be revealed
Earth is about to get a rare, almost straight-line view of a visitor from another…..
In a laboratory, they manage to teleport quantum information between photons born in different crystals, and the technical detail that makes this possible sounds like the internet of the future
In a lab in Stuttgart, physicists have quietly pulled off something that once belonged in…..
Mobility
A DMV error forces thousands of Californians to renew their identification just before important trips
Ever rushed through airport security and flashed your California driver’s license, trusting it would be enough to…..
A legend on wheels is reborn: Ford launches the 40th anniversary version of its iconic Nugget camper van, with a retro design that pays homage to 1986 and details that will transport you back in time (bathroom included)
The Ford Nugget is getting a birthday present that will catch plenty of eyes at campgrounds this…..
Goodbye to the magnetic strip: your driver’s license no longer just authorizes you to drive
Immigration agents conduct a raid at Home Depot and bring to light an open secret
Energy
Economy
Change the way you pay for your travel: the TSA will be implementing security fees starting February 1, and many passengers will be surprised by the impact this will have on their tickets and their time
Beginning February 1, 2026, travelers who reach airport security without a REAL ID compliant license,…..
Elon Musk’s plan to redesign the world’s factories… and perhaps the planet too: humanoid robots that work 12 hours a day, never rest, and use artificial intelligence
Tesla has quietly crossed a line that could reshape factory work worldwide. On January 21,…..
Mark Zuckerberg is building a $30 million mega-bunker with 30 rooms, 95,000-liter tanks, 13-meter concrete walls, and doors that can withstand 8 tons
When European officials recently urged households to prepare a 72 hour survival kit, the message…..
A Coast Guard patrol intercepted hundreds of packages of cocaine on the high seas, but behind that record lies a chain of deforestation, poisoned rivers, and rainforests turned into clandestine airstrips
In 2025, U.S. Coast Guard crews pulled more than 511,000 pounds of illegal narcotics from…..
The Latin American country that moves millions of tons of earth and creates a route that surpasses the Panama Canal
Mexico is racing to finish a new trade route across its narrow southern waist. The…..
Trump declares national emergency to “safeguard” $2.5 billion worth of Venezuelan oil… and what no one is telling you about its environmental and geopolitical impact
What counts as a national emergency today? For U.S. President Donald Trump, it now includes…..
International law applies to everyone, including the United States, says German finance minister after Trump’s threats over Greenland
Greenland, usually known for icebergs and polar bears rather than diplomatic crises, is suddenly at…..
An 18-year-old designs a micro-house that can be assembled in a day and will move into it for 12 months to test it out: his plan is for it to serve as a real shelter for homeless people and reduce emissions
At just 18, engineering student Ribal Zebian is trying something most city councils have not…..
Australia has just confirmed the existence of a “monster” beneath Pilbara: 55 billion tons of high-quality iron… valued at over $6.52 trillion
Deep under the red rock of Western Australia, scientists have confirmed that the Hamersley Province…..
China locates a huge gold deposit valued at $85.9 billion at a depth of 2,000 meters with dozens of veins, and geologists are now trying to confirm whether it exceeds 1,000 tons
Far below the mountains of central China, geologists say they have found one of the…..
Technology
Environment
Researchers were setting up cameras to count tigers in Nandhaur. They focused on a forest stream, and what appeared on the memory card was not listed in any official records
During a tiger survey in India, researchers caught a glimpse of an elusive predator. Trail…..
A new heat record threatens to trigger climate disasters
Most of us feel global warming when a heat wave hits or when the electric…..
Antarctica has just broken a record that is alarming scientists: a glacier the size of a city collapsed in just two months, and experts fear that this is only the beginning
A remote glacier on the eastern Antarctic Peninsula has done something researchers had only really…..
Since the 1970s, climate models have favored trees… but now, 50 years later, biology tells us something else we cannot ignore
For years, a comforting idea has floated around climate conversations. As carbon dioxide builds up…..
As the Mississippi breaks into giant “cracks” near the delta, Louisiana is gaining new land… but also risking drinking water and the world’s grain route
Near the mouth of the Mississippi River, the levees finally end and the river goes…..
A couple found a white lump among some branches and rails on a trail in New York and thought it was trash next to the tracks, but it was a swan trapped far from the water
In Massapequa, New York, a couple walking a local trail recently spotted what looked like…..
Louisiana goes from sweltering heat to “near freezing” in a matter of hours: nights close to 0°C, light frosts, and the key 4P warning (people, pets, pipes, and plants)
After a stretch of short sleeves and muggy afternoons, much of Louisiana is waking up…..
From 15 survivors to more than 2,300: giant tortoises have returned to Española and are now “reprogramming” the island, slowing down scrub growth and pushing the landscape toward a more open savanna
For decades, conservationists hoped that putting giant tortoises back on their home islands would do…..
