The TSA has just introduced a surprise fee that no one expected: this is what you will have to pay if you do not have a Real ID or passport
Starting February 1, 2026, air travelers in the United States who show up at security without a REAL ID or other acceptable identification may…..
Goodbye to diesel: British scientists develop an engine that runs on seawater and promises to revolutionize maritime and land transport
Imagine a cargo ship pulling away from port and, instead of burning diesel, it runs on fuel made from the very seawater beneath its…..
Elon Musk revives Dojo3 and states that it will no longer be used to train AI on Earth, but for space computing
Science
At 3:41 a.m. on January 15, 2026, the Dragon capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, ending a mission that concluded ahead of schedule
The four members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew 11 mission are back on Earth after a…..
Plastic fragments found embedded in human brains… and there are quite a few: scientists discover levels 30 times higher than those found in the liver
Tiny fragments of plastic are no longer just in the ocean, the soil, or the…..
A metal detectorist heard a beep in a plowed field and walked up a hillside in ancient Norway and found seven gold medallions buried and abandoned in the 6th century
About 1,500 years ago, someone in what is now southeastern Norway walked up to a…..
Language is not only human: Bonobos surprise us by combining sounds into meaningful phrases
Most of us spend the day tossing out words without thinking about how they fit…..
Earth has an “inner core” that deforms in real time, and seismic waves have given it away
Far beneath our feet, in a place hotter than any furnace and under pressures that…..
A lake in Guatemala preserved 3,300 years of “evidence,” and now its sediments show that drought alone does not explain the Maya collapse
For decades, the story has sounded straightforward. The ancient Maya built powerful cities for more…..
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…..
Mobility
The TSA has just introduced a surprise fee that no one expected: this is what you will have to pay if you do not have a Real ID or passport
Starting February 1, 2026, air travelers in the United States who show up at security without a…..
Say goodbye to security checks: the TSA simplifies airport security and your face becomes your pass to go through security checks at 50 terminals across the United States
Have you ever reached the front of an airport security line only to realize your ID is…..
Thousands of illegally issued truck licenses in North Carolina could cost the state $50 million
A DMV error forces thousands of Californians to renew their identification just before important trips
Energy
China sold 11 million electric vehicles in one year, leaving less room for the oil it used to buy from Venezuela
Economy
A recently-passed law in Virginia could bankrupt small artisanal wineries that have been growing grapes and making unique wines in mountainous terrain for decades
A law meant to keep Virginia wine truly Virginian is now sending ripples through the…..
The IRS begins imposing penalties: millions of people face fines of up to $680 for ignoring the IRS deadline
The end of January information return deadline has now passed, and the clock is already…..
What started as a favor between neighbors ended with a tax bill and an unexpected fiscal nightmare
The letter looked ordinary. A white envelope, the tax office logo, a few formal lines……
If you received text messages after saying “stop,” you can claim up to $75 per message before February 12
Americans whose phones kept buzzing with Kaiser marketing texts even after replying “stop” now have…..
This popular supermarket is running out of fresh food: the small store that saved the neighborhood is now struggling to survive, while large chains throw away tons of food
In the Cincinnati neighborhood of Avondale, the shelves of its only full-service grocery store have…..
The IRS launches a historic change affecting 164 million people
Millions of Americans who count on their tax refund every spring are being urged to…..
Chicago imposes the highest tourist tax in US history (and it won’t be the only one): how it will affect your next booking in 2026
Check out of a hotel in some popular American destinations in 2026 and you may…..
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…..
Technology
Environment
Thousands of families in poor countries cook with plastic… and almost no one talks about the risks this poses
Most of us only smell burning plastic when a trash bag hits a hot stove…..
A small, elusive animal that disappeared in 1800 was captured by surprise in Ohio, and no one had seen it in over 100 years, but a simple camera in the woods has just changed everything
A grainy black and white clip from a forest in Cleveland might not look like…..
Australia has a river older than the dinosaurs: the Finke (Larapinta) has been flowing for between 300 and 400 million years and cuts through the MacDonnell Ranges as if the terrain did not exist
If someone asked you to point to ancient Earth, you might think of dinosaur fossils…..
Less sulfur, more heat: the reduction in maritime emissions caused global warming to exceed expectations
Britain has been told to prepare for at least two degrees Celsius of global warming…..
Meteorologists warn that an anomaly in the polar vortex is approaching, and that its speed and shape do not match what textbooks taught decades ago
The warning did not arrive with blizzards or broken power lines. It first appeared as…..
Shanghai should have sunk years ago… but something invisible keeps it afloat: the secret lies 1,000 meters beneath your feet and has to do with oil wells and recycled water
From California’s coast to the banks of the Yangtze, engineers are trying something that sounds…..
The water apocalypse already has a date, and millions of people will experience it sooner than imagined
A new global study has put a date on one of the most unsettling ideas…..
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…..
