The famous “brain-eating amoeba” is not the only one; the new fear is a whole group of microbes that live in water and soil and are already gaining ground with climate change
A little known group of microbes is quietly moving into the same places we swim, irrigate crops, and turn on the tap. In a…..
South Korea claims to have created a material that solves the main problem with flexible OLED screens
Foldable phones and rollable TVs look futuristic, but they still have a simple problem. Every time the panel bends, it tends to lose brightness……
James Webb discovers (once again) the most distant galaxy in the universe and breaks its own record
Science
Aging changes the fate of your cells, and now we know how to reverse it
What if one of the biggest problems in an aging brain is not just that…..
Scientists have managed to manipulate for the first time a type of magnetism that no one had ever seen in action: “altermagnetism” could revolutionize data storage.
Most of us know magnetism from everyday life, like fridge magnets or the tiny motors…..
A frozen worm buried for more than 46,000 years in Siberian permafrost awakens in a laboratory and baffles scientists: it has survived more than half a million times its natural life expectancy
A tiny roundworm that lay frozen in the ground of Siberia for roughly 46,000 years…..
NASA captured it from space, and it looks like a bad joke: fire burning on the ice of the North Pole. The scary thing is that it has been multiplying for 10 years
Satellites from NASA have captured active wildfires burning across snowy, frozen landscapes near the top…..
They have found crystalline water ice outside the Solar System, in a young system just 23 million years old
Is water ice really common around other stars, or is our solar system a lucky…..
After observing it for years, astronomers discover a strange structure in an iconic object, and now everyone is wondering how it is possible that it had not been seen before
Astronomers have just uncovered something astonishing at the heart of one of the sky’s most…..
James Webb discovers (once again) the most distant galaxy in the universe and breaks its own record
The universe has a new distance champion, and once again the telescope holding the trophy…..
In 1963, a 3,000-year-old “treasure” appeared in Spain: we now know that it contains material that is not from our world
More than sixty years after workers near the town of Villena in southeastern Spain stumbled…..
The enigma that baffles scientists: Amazonian anacondas reached their maximum size 12.4 million years ago, and while other prehistoric giants became extinct, they decided not to change one bit.
Today, most anacondas in the wild grow around four to five meters long, with rare…..
It wasn’t in Altamira or France: the oldest cave painting on the planet (67,800 years old) appears in a remote cave in Asia and forever changes the map of human creativity
For much of the last century, the story of cave art has centered on Europe,…..
Mobility
The Cybertruck already has a historic nickname: “the new Ford Edsel,” and when you’re compared to the biggest commercial failure of the 20th century, things are going very, very badly
In 2025, the stainless steel Cybertruck went from viral star to cautionary tale. Instead of the quarter…..
China promises the “holy grail” of electric vehicles in 2026: an Exeed with a solid-state battery that would exceed 1,500 km and, according to the company, withstand temperatures as low as -30 °C
Most electric car drivers still plan long trips around charging stops and worry about how far the…..
Goodbye to BMW, Mercedes, and Volkswagen: an economist warns that these brands could disappear before 2030
Energy
Economy
What looked like an old farmhouse about to collapse concealed 2,200 retro computers stacked on the second floor… The lot weighed 22 tons and sold on eBay in a matter of days
For more than two decades, over 2,200 unused NABU personal computers sat stacked in an…..
Japan has just lowered its drill to 19,685 feet below the ocean with the Chikyu, and the message to China is clear: we are going after rare earths even if they are 1,180 miles from Tokyo
Far out in the Pacific, near the tiny coral atoll of Minamitorishima Island about 1,900…..
China has just found a 1,444-ton gold “monster” valued at more than $150 billion, and the strangest thing is that they say it is the largest find since 1949
China has confirmed the largest gold discovery in its modern history in the northeastern province…..
China processes around 90% of the world’s rare earths, but Sweden has just pulled an “ace up its sleeve” with 2.2 million tons of oxides in Per Geijer
High above the Arctic Circle, a long-running iron mine in northern Sweden has quietly revealed…..
Millions of people could lose their food this month following the implementation of a controversial law requiring 80 hours of work to retain SNAP benefits
New work rules for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are starting to hit home in…..
A list reveals that three countries are among the most indebted in the world in 2025, with figures exceeding 120% of GDP
Public debt rarely makes front page news compared with inflation or jobs, yet it quietly…..
The longest tunnel in Latin America took more than 10 years to build and now connects two key regions that were previously isolated by mountains
High in the central Andes, a new piece of concrete and steel is changing how…..
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,…..
Technology
Environment
The famous “brain-eating amoeba” is not the only one; the new fear is a whole group of microbes that live in water and soil and are already gaining ground with climate change
A little known group of microbes is quietly moving into the same places we swim,…..
Hidden cameras in Virachey National Park record 42 rare species, surprising even conservationists
Deep in the forests of northeastern Cambodia, motion triggered cameras have captured a secret that…..
They drill into an old coal basin and discover a gigantic reserve of natural hydrogen that could change Europe
Almost a kilometer under old coal mines in Lorraine, France, scientists have found a pocket…..
A geologist descends 7,592 meters into the Atacama trench, marking a historic milestone in the study of the origin of major earthquakes and tsunamis
Deep under the Pacific, almost eight kilometers below the waves, a Chilean state geologist has…..
They measure between 2 and 6 centimeters, but their skin can hide one of the most lethal toxins on the planet, which is why the “poison dart frog” is so fearsome
If you have ever pressed your face against the glass of a zoo terrarium to…..
Mexico pulls a “land-based Panama Canal” out of its hat: 303 km across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec to connect the Pacific and the Gulf without passing through locks
In southern Mexico, bulldozers and rail crews are reshaping one of the narrowest slices of…..
A European satellite confirms what many doubted: between 2019 and 2023, California added hundreds of zero-emission vehicles per area, and the TROPOMI satellite detected a measurable decrease in pollution from space
If you have ever inched through city traffic and watched exhaust hang over the road,…..
Goodbye to mining in the heart of the jungle: Colombia makes history by declaring its entire Amazon region free of hydrocarbons and mega-mining
In a decision that could reshape the future of the rainforest, Colombia has moved to…..
