Stephen Hawking portrait highlighting his legacy in physics and his reflections on calm and powerful thinking

Stephen Hawking, scientist: “Calm and peaceful people have the strongest and most expressive minds”

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March 19, 2026 at 8:45 AM

How does a scientist end up reshaping black hole physics and becoming a household name at the same time? Stephen Hawking did exactly that……

Construction crews in hard hats stand inside a large, concrete lined tunnel, a visual of Europe’s hidden underground routes.

Switzerland has excavated a “second country” beneath the Alps: more than 1,400 tunnels and about 1,243 miles beneath the rock to change the climate… without almost anyone noticing when traveling

Adrian Villellas
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March 19, 2026 at 7:26 AM

If you ride a train through Switzerland, there is a moment when daylight disappears, your ears pop, and your reflection floats in the window……

Green plastic rock formations spread across a rocky shoreline, showing fused plastic and sediment on a polluted beach
1948 portrait of Albert Einstein by Yousuf Karsh, showing the physicist seated with his hands clasped beside papers on a table
Front and back views of a rare 1943 Lincoln cent, the famous bronze error coin long known as the 1943 copper penny
Concept image of Sentitech’s Domus Sentinela double-dome perimeter security system protecting a large airfield with layered detection zones.
Colorized microscope image of a tardigrade, the tiny animal whose Dsup protein may protect DNA but also harm cells.
Close-up of a small spider with parasitic mite larvae attached around its body, forming a necklace-like cluster.
Japan’s test ship JS Asuka equipped with a 100 kW naval laser weapon designed to intercept drones and incoming threats.
Wind turbines across a green field, illustrating Ireland’s renewable energy system and the new battery built to store wind power
Counter-drone defense system targeting an unmanned aerial vehicle using radar or laser technology near protected airspace.
Baby holding a smartphone or tablet, illustrating research on early screen exposure and its potential effects on brain development.

Science

Transparent deep-sea siphonophore drifting in dark water, showing the gelatinous colonial animal filmed at extreme depth

At a depth of 6,000 meters in Australia, a 15-meter-long organism has been discovered, and scientists admit that they have rarely seen anything like it

Kevin Montien
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March 19, 2026 at 6:30 AM

A deep sea robot exploring waters off Australia has filmed a ghostly ribbon about 15…..

Carl Sagan smiling in front of a cosmic background, reflecting on his idea that the universe is indifferent to humanity

Carl Sagan, astronomer: “The universe was not created to accommodate man, nor is it hostile to him. It is indifferent to him”

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March 19, 2026 at 5:39 AM

Most people have looked up at the night sky and felt, for a second, that…..

Great Sphinx and Pyramid of Khafre at Giza, Egypt, amid debate over possible underground structures beneath the pyramid complex

What researchers have just discovered beneath the Great Pyramid of Giza could change everything we thought we knew about the only surviving wonder of the ancient world

Adrian Villellas
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March 18, 2026 at 3:35 PM

Could one of the world’s most studied ancient sites still be hiding giant underground structures?…..

Chinese lunar lander on the Moon’s surface, linked to the Chang’e mission that returned far-side samples revealing natural nanotubes

An “impossible” material appears on the Moon: Chinese scientists identify single-layer atomic nanotubes and confirm for the first time that they can form naturally

Adrian Villellas
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March 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Scientists analyzing lunar dust from the far side of the Moon have spotted something that,…..

Close-up of metallic californium crystals, the synthetic radioactive material considered one of the most expensive substances on Earth

It’s not gold or diamonds: the most expensive material on the planet costs $27,000,000 per gram

Kevin Montien
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March 18, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Forget gold and diamonds. Right now the most expensive material available for industrial use is…..

Colorized microscope image of a tardigrade, the tiny animal whose Dsup protein may protect DNA but also harm cells.

They wanted to equip astronauts with the “armor” of a tardigrade, but DNA gave them a resounding NO: the Dsup protein protects, yes, but in return it can kill cells

Sonia Ramírez
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March 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Future missions to the Moon and Mars will keep astronauts in deep space for months…..

Baby holding a smartphone or tablet, illustrating research on early screen exposure and its potential effects on brain development.

A study sounds the alarm for the entire planet: screen time before the age of 2 could accelerate brain maturation and increase the risk of anxiety in adolescence

Adrian Villellas
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March 17, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Handing a phone to a fussy baby can feel like a lifesaver while you cook…..

Woman showering at night as part of a calming bedtime routine linked to better sleep quality
Engineered stem cell–derived sensory neurons used in SN101 therapy to absorb inflammatory pain signals in osteoarthritis research.

Scientists “hack” the pain signal before it reaches the brain: they create a biological “sponge” called SN101 to eliminate chronic pain at its source

Kevin Montien
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March 16, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Imagine treating chronic pain by stopping it before the brain ever notices it. That is…..

Portrait of Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Nobel Prize-winning biochemist linked to the discovery of vitamins

Frederick Hopkins, Nobel Prize in Medicine: “No animal can live on a mixture of pure proteins, fats, and carbohydrates alone”

Sonia Ramírez
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March 16, 2026 at 7:21 AM

Could a living body thrive on a “perfect” diet made only of purified protein, fat,…..

Mobility

Dusty white 1983 Citroen BX parked outside a house after being stored away for nearly four decades.

He bought a new car, locked it away in a barn for 38 years… and now they open the door: what appears inside looks like something out of a movie

Adrian Villellas
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March 18, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Most barn finds are about nostalgia. This one feels bigger than that. In Lincolnshire, a 1983 Citroën…..

Airbus A350-1000 aircraft taking off, illustrating Air Canada’s newly revealed order for eight long-haul widebody jets.

Airbus has finally revealed the identity of the “mystery customer” who ordered eight A350-1000s, and the name comes as a surprise, as it changes the commercial landscape of long-haul flights and opens the door to a new battle for the most profitable routes

Adrian Villellas
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March 14, 2026 at 8:15 AM

An order that once sat in the books of Airbus under the name of an unnamed customer…..

Economy

Alaskan Dream cruise ship moored in Alaska waters, representing the small-ship line that suddenly ceased operations before the 2026 season.

A popular Alaska cruise line suddenly closes and cancels all future cruises, leaving reservations, refunds, and questions about what happened just before the season began up in the air

Kevin Montien
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March 18, 2026 at 6:30 PM

 A cruise line known for taking travelers into quieter corners of Southeast Alaska has shut…..

Front and back views of a rare 1943 Lincoln cent, the famous bronze error coin long known as the 1943 copper penny

Millions of people searched for it for decades during the currency changeover, and now one of the world’s most coveted mythical coins, minted in 1943, is back on the market

Adrian Villellas
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March 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM

On March 10, one of the most famous error coins in American history is set…..

Close-up of gold nuggets, illustrating China’s reported discovery of a massive underground gold deposit in Hunan Province

More than 1,000 metric tons of gold have been found underground in China, and the astonishing figure is its price: around $85.9 billion, in a discovery that could redefine the global map of this precious metal

Adrian Villellas
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March 14, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Chinese geologists say they have uncovered more than 1,000 metric tons of gold beneath the…..

Protest sign reading “SNAP feeds families” with a blurred American flag in the background

Millions of people could lose SNAP without realizing it, and the real change isn’t in soda or candy, but in a new rule that severely affects adults between the ages of 55 and 64

Sonia Ramírez
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March 11, 2026 at 6:11 AM

Most readers hear about soda and candy first when SNAP comes up. But for many…..

SpaceX Starbase launch facility in Boca Chica, Texas, near the Lower Rio Grande Valley wildlife corridor along the US Mexico border.

Elon Musk admits in February 2026 that convincing married engineers to relocate to Starbase, 40 minutes from Brownsville and near the Mexican border, has become his biggest silent problem

Adrian Villellas
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March 10, 2026 at 8:15 AM

During a recent interview, Elon Musk described SpaceX’s Starbase launch site complex in South Texas…..

Mining operations in Victoria, Australia, where antimony and critical minerals are emerging as key resources for clean energy technologies.

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

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March 9, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Gold put Victoria on the mining map. But the minerals driving today’s clean tech boom…..

SSI payment schedule 2026 showing why no separate Supplemental Security Income payment arrives in March

Goodbye to the “normal” SSI payment in March: that’s why millions of beneficiaries believe their money has suddenly disappeared

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March 9, 2026 at 10:27 AM

Did your SSI payment seem to vanish this March? For nearly 7.5 million people who…..

Elon Musk stands beside Tesla’s Cybercab concept vehicle at night with the door open, highlighting delays in robotaxi production.

Musk admits on X that production of the Cybercab robotaxi and Optimus humanoid is not taking off, and that could prove very costly

Sonia Ramírez
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March 7, 2026 at 10:45 AM

Musk did not simply promise new gadgets. He painted a vision of ultra-cheap robotaxis that…..

Portrait of oil magnate John D. Rockefeller, whose famous quote about money still resonates today

The disturbing quote from John D. Rockefeller that explains why you are never satisfied with what you have

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March 6, 2026 at 12:30 PM

More than a century ago, oil magnate John D. Rockefeller was asked how much money…..

Drill cores from deep gold exploration project at Wangu gold field in Hunan Province, China

A hidden deposit 2,000 meters underground could contain one of the largest gold reserves on the planet

Sonia Ramírez
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March 5, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Deep under the hills of central China, geologists say they have located more than one…..

Environment

Construction crews in hard hats stand inside a large, concrete lined tunnel, a visual of Europe’s hidden underground routes.

Switzerland has excavated a “second country” beneath the Alps: more than 1,400 tunnels and about 1,243 miles beneath the rock to change the climate… without almost anyone noticing when traveling

Adrian Villellas
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March 19, 2026 at 7:26 AM

If you ride a train through Switzerland, there is a moment when daylight disappears, your…..

Green plastic rock formations spread across a rocky shoreline, showing fused plastic and sediment on a polluted beach

It is no longer floating trash: “rocks” made of plastic have been discovered that could remain on Earth as fossils of the future

Sonia Ramírez
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March 18, 2026 at 8:45 AM

On a tiny volcanic outcrop in the South Atlantic, green turtles are quietly turning human…..

Close-up of a small spider with parasitic mite larvae attached around its body, forming a necklace-like cluster.

A spider with a “pearl necklace” has been discovered, and the most disturbing thing is that each pearl is a living parasite attached to its body

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March 17, 2026 at 12:30 PM

At first glance, it looked almost cute. A tiny spider in a museum jar seemed…..

Maya Devi Temple in Lumbini, Nepal, reflected in a pond, illustrating the site traditionally recognized as the birthplace of Buddha.

The exact place where Buddha was born more than 2,500 years ago and which today faces a race against time

Sonia Ramírez
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March 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM

At sunrise in Lumbini in southern Nepal, monks circle the white Maya Devi Temple, chanting…..

Illustration of atmospheric pollution showing how refrigerant gases break down into trifluoroacetic acid that returns to Earth in rain.

Between 2000 and 2022, humanity dumped 335,500 tons of an “eternal chemical” while trying to save the ozone layer, and now it appears in water, the Arctic, and even in our blood

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March 16, 2026 at 2:46 PM

For decades, the global phaseout of chlorofluorocarbons has been held up as one of humanity’s…..

Satellite-based visualization of global freshwater loss showing regions experiencing long-term continental drying.

Goodbye to water security as we knew it: 6 billion people live in countries that have lost freshwater on a sustained basis in just 22 years

Adrian Villellas
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March 16, 2026 at 8:45 AM

For years, climate talks have focused on melting ice and rising seas. A new satellite…..

Ice and meltwater flowing from the West Antarctic ice sheet, a process scientists say could influence the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.
Juvenile great white shark accidentally caught by fishermen in waters near Alicante, Spain in the western Mediterranean.