The United States and Japan want to spend $550 billion on synthetic diamonds, which says a lot about the problem with China
For most people, diamonds mean engagement rings and glittering store windows, not chip factories and radar systems. Yet according to an exclusive report from…..
They spent the deadliest winter of the 17th century in a makeshift cabin eating whale blubber, not knowing if anyone would ever come back to rescue them
Almost four hundred years ago, eight English sailors spent a winter stranded on the shores of Spitsbergen in what is now the Norwegian Arctic……
Humpback whales are making perfect bubble rings… and no one knows why
Jupiter’s moon could be dead inside
Science
At a depth of 100 meters underground in Albania, scientists have just discovered a thermal lake so large that it challenges our understanding of the world
Imagine standing in a quiet mountain valley near the Albania-Greece border. You see steam rising…..
Astronomers look back 11.1 billion years and see something that doesn’t fit: a twin of the Milky Way ten times more massive and out of control
A “monster” Milky Way twin is whipping up a cosmic storm 11 billion years ago…..
Humpback whales are making perfect bubble rings… and no one knows why
Curious humpback whales are blowing bubble rings at us. Is it a new kind of…..
Jupiter’s moon could be dead inside
For years, Europa has been the poster child for the idea of hidden oceans that…..
60,000-year-old poisoned arrows discovered in South Africa reveal that early humans mastered lethal chemistry long before agriculture or writing
Sixty thousand years ago, long before farms, cities, or written language, people in southern Africa…..
The pill of the century: a single trip with LSD reduced anxiety for three months, according to a clinical study
What if relief from relentless worry did not mean another pill every morning, but one…..
Chimpanzees apply medicinal plants to their wounds… and also help others
Deep in Uganda’s Budongo Forest, wild chimpanzees are doing something that looks uncannily familiar. When…..
A star exploded, split in two, and then collided again within hours, leaving a double signature that has astronomers puzzled
That gold ring on your finger, the tiny metals inside your phone and even parts…..
Scientists discover that plants “scream” silently when they are stressed… and now even insects are beginning to hear them
If you grew up thinking plants are silent, think again. New research from Israel and…..
Something that “shouldn’t be there” appears beneath the Pacific, and a new high-resolution seismic model leaves geophysicists with a huge mystery
Deep below the Pacific Ocean, far beneath the seafloor and well out of reach of…..
Mobility
Thousands of California truck drivers are losing their licenses overnight, and many still don’t know why or how to avoid it
California is tightening the rules on its roads, and this time the ripple effects go far beyond…..
Thousands of Californians refuse to pay their fines for running red lights, and the reason has to do with a legal loophole that almost no one knows about
On any given day in California, a driver races a stale yellow, the light clicks to red,…..
What many people install to protect their cars can now result in fines of $1,000 or even arrests
Thousands of illegally issued truck licenses in North Carolina could cost the state $50 million
Energy
Wind farms in trouble: Sweden supplies electricity “as much as the lines can carry.”
Economy
The United States and Japan want to spend $550 billion on synthetic diamonds, which says a lot about the problem with China
For most people, diamonds mean engagement rings and glittering store windows, not chip factories and…..
An iconic Chicago candy factory with nearly 100 years of history has filed for bankruptcy and could close permanently after losing millions
One of Chicago’s oldest candy makers has landed in bankruptcy court. Primrose Candy Company, a…..
China directly threatens Panama for canceling historic port contracts signed in the 1990s and warns that it will pay a high political and economic price if it does not rectify the situation
At the center of the latest clash between China and Panama sits the Panama Canal,…..
A renowned airline just accidentally discovered that it had a Boeing plane abandoned at an airport since 2012 and no one at the company had noticed for over a decade
We all misplace our keys or forget an old subscription. But an entire jetliner slipping…..
All U.S. Social Security numbers may need to be changed following a massive breach that is already being investigated as a national threat
Every American who has ever had a Social Security number may now be living with…..
Goodbye to loans for non-citizens: the 2026 measure that could change the landscape of entrepreneurship in the US (and it’s not the first time this has happened)
A rule change in Washington, D.C. is about to hit many of the people opening…..
Chinese geologists make history: they discover a deposit buried 3,000 meters underground with more gold than South Africa’s reserves, which could be worth more than a country’s total GDP
Deep under the hills of central China, geologists say they have located more than one…..
The U.S. government shuts down again and millions of people fear for their Social Security checks, but the agency responds with six words that bring immediate relief
Millions of Americans who rely on Social Security faced new worries as the federal government…..
Millions of people could face fines of up to $680 for failing to meet the most important tax deadline of the year, which expired on January 31
The most important IRS deadline for wage and contractor forms has already passed, and millions…..
Spain activates its largest naval plan since the Cold War: approximately $650 million, four high-tech submarines, and five F-110 frigates to address future threats.
In the middle of debates about energy bills and heatwaves, Spain has quietly launched its…..
Technology
Environment
They spent the deadliest winter of the 17th century in a makeshift cabin eating whale blubber, not knowing if anyone would ever come back to rescue them
Almost four hundred years ago, eight English sailors spent a winter stranded on the shores…..
For the first time, an invasive species capable of destroying freshwater ecosystems in just a few months has been detected in Northern Ireland, and no one knows how to stop it
Tiny shellfish that most people would never notice have triggered a major warning in Northern…..
He created a lake to raise fish and installed cameras to monitor them, but ended up attracting eagles, deer, and owls to one of the continent’s most unexpected wildlife sanctuaries
It was supposed to be a straightforward farm project. Dig a five-acre lake, raise tiger…..
In 1940, a boy chased his dog through a hole in a tree and ended up finding a secret cave with more than 600 human paintings dating back 17,000 years that no one had ever seen before
In 1940, an eighteen year old and his dog squeezed into a hole beneath a…..
For the first time in global legal history, a country has recognized the legal rights of insects, and it is the stingless bees of the Peruvian Amazon that are taking the first step toward a new model of coexistence between nature and the law
In a remote corner of the Amazon rainforest, a tiny pollinator has just gained something…..
Alert in the forests: the unusual US plan to release 2,000 mice with paracetamol to curb a deadly plague
Picture 2,000 dead rodents, each carrying a small tablet of paracetamol, drifting into tropical treetops…..
2025 is expected to be the second or third hottest year on record, warns the UN
If 2024 felt unbearably hot, brace yourself. 2025 is not giving the planet much of…..
A biologist gets her fingers stained with berry juice… and accidentally discovers a species of bee that was believed to have been extinct in the region since 1904
Last summer, a scientist walking through a campus orchard in Syracuse noticed a small, plain…..
