From the gold that sparked the rush of the 1850s to antimony, which now accounts for 5% of the world’s supply: Victoria’s surprising new mining revolution
Gold put Victoria on the mining map. But the minerals driving today’s clean tech boom are different, and so are the stakes. Antimony and…..
Goodbye to the “normal” SSI payment in March: that’s why millions of beneficiaries believe their money has suddenly disappeared
Did your SSI payment seem to vanish this March? For nearly 7.5 million people who receive Supplemental Security Income, that kind of gap can…..
Neither Russia nor China: the (other) enemy of the U.S. Navy is the rust on its ships
By studying the human brain, they discover the switch that activates its “navigation system”
An American study shows that humans could live up to 200 years if its method were applied
Science
Before collapsing, the observatory detected 100 signals that it suspected came from extraterrestrial beings
Have you ever imagined your old home computer quietly listening for aliens while you checked…..
They reconstruct the Jurassic ecosystem and discover that giant baby dinosaurs left to fend for themselves were the favorite prey of large predators.
Tiny, newly-hatched, long-necked dinosaurs may have been the main fuel that kept Jurassic predators going,…..
What they discovered in a bird could change what we know about redheads
If you have red hair or freckles in the family, you have probably heard that…..
In 2026, NASA breaks a long-standing rule and authorizes the use of smartphones on Artemis II, the first manned mission to the Moon since 1972, and the idea of seeing iPhones in orbit is already making headlines around the world
For the first time in NASA history, astronauts heading for the Moon will carry something…..
By studying the human brain, they discover the switch that activates its “navigation system”
Have you ever walked home on “autopilot” and barely remembered the route, then felt totally…..
For 70 years, they believed they were mammoth bones… until they discovered they belonged to whales from 1,800 years ago
For a moment, it looked like woolly mammoths had clung to life in Alaska until…..
For years we believed that glaciers carried the stones to Stonehenge, but now science says it was the work of other creatures
A new geological study of river sands around Stonehenge has delivered some of the clearest…..
An American study shows that humans could live up to 200 years if its method were applied
For most of us, living past one hundred already sounds like science fiction. Now imagine…..
NASA accidentally discovers a starless cloud in deep space
Astronomers have spotted something in the sky that looks like a galaxy that never managed…..
They analyzed the blood of more than half a million people, and only three had this genetic mutation so rare that even doctors did not know how to classify it
Have you ever rolled up your sleeve at a blood drive and assumed your blood…..
Mobility
Washington pressures Ottawa and warns that it could modify the historic NORAD agreement if the $27.7 billion contract is broken
The delicate military partnership between the United States and Canada is under new pressure after Washington warned…..
France already has 25 A400Ms and wants more: the super plane capable of dropping 116 paratroopers from 11,000 meters and landing on dirt runways is making its mark in Europe
France has taken another step in modernizing its military transport fleet. Airbus has delivered the 25th A400M…..
Energy
Economy
From the gold that sparked the rush of the 1850s to antimony, which now accounts for 5% of the world’s supply: Victoria’s surprising new mining revolution
Gold put Victoria on the mining map. But the minerals driving today’s clean tech boom…..
Goodbye to the “normal” SSI payment in March: that’s why millions of beneficiaries believe their money has suddenly disappeared
Did your SSI payment seem to vanish this March? For nearly 7.5 million people who…..
Musk admits on X that production of the Cybercab robotaxi and Optimus humanoid is not taking off, and that could prove very costly
Musk did not simply promise new gadgets. He painted a vision of ultra-cheap robotaxis that…..
The disturbing quote from John D. Rockefeller that explains why you are never satisfied with what you have
More than a century ago, oil magnate John D. Rockefeller was asked how much money…..
A hidden deposit 2,000 meters underground could contain one of the largest gold reserves on the planet
Deep under the hills of central China, geologists say they have located more than one…..
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…..
Technology
Environment
Farewell to a century-old legend: Gramma, the Galapagos tortoise at San Diego Zoo, has died at the age of 141
Gramma, a Galápagos giant tortoise, has died at an estimated age of 141, according to…..
The “secret” garden of Angkor that has already attracted 600,000 visitors in just three years (and almost no one talks about it)
Less than three years after its official opening, the Angkor Botanical Garden inside the Angkor…..
Beneath an ice sheet averaging 1.2 miles thick and peaking at 3.1 miles, Antarctica concealed mountains, valleys, and giant rivers, and in 2026 we finally had the most detailed map to predict how much sea levels would rise
Hidden beneath more than two kilometers of ice, Antarctica conceals a rugged world of mountains,…..
The invasive Chinese crab adapts to almost any environment, feeds on invertebrates, fry, and even protected species, and competes with local fauna as if the river were its own
Walk along a quiet canal or past a city bridge and the water can look…..
Australia is culling thousands of donkeys so that dogs can save farms and water
In the remote interior of Australia, helicopters still fly low over red soil, shooting at…..
He saw it lying on the side of the road, picked it up, fed it, and kept it safe during the trip: that’s how the rescue of the Leopardus pardalis ocelot in Fusagasugá began
On a long drive from Colombia’s Caribbean coast to the interior, a traveler spotted something…..
Ostrava has its own “secret Venice” that almost no one knows about: 70 fishermen’s huts on stilts, set back from the shore and connected by narrow walkways
From a distance, Heřmanický Pond on the edge of Ostrava looks like a quiet, flat…..
They have shared rivers for decades, and no one understands why alligators do not attack capybaras. Now scientists believe they have the answer
Scroll through your feed and you will probably see it sooner or later. A capybara…..
