A rock drilled by Curiosity in Gale Crater in 2013 is back in the news because it might hold a key clue to ancient life on Mars—and no one expected that from an “old” hole
Could a rock sample drilled more than a decade ago hold one of the clearest clues yet to ancient life on Mars? In March…..
Mars is not just dust and cold: a study claims that its atmosphere is becoming a “poison factory” with active chemistry that never stops
Mars is not just a cold, dusty world quietly waiting for astronauts. New research suggests its thin air and swirling dust storms are constantly…..
It’s not gold or diamonds: the most expensive material on the planet costs $27,000,000 per gram
Albert Einstein: “Strive not to be a man of success, but rather a man of value”
Science
A rock drilled by Curiosity in Gale Crater in 2013 is back in the news because it might hold a key clue to ancient life on Mars—and no one expected that from an “old” hole
Could a rock sample drilled more than a decade ago hold one of the clearest…..
Mars is not just dust and cold: a study claims that its atmosphere is becoming a “poison factory” with active chemistry that never stops
Mars is not just a cold, dusty world quietly waiting for astronauts. New research suggests…..
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
A deep sea robot exploring waters off Australia has filmed a ghostly ribbon about 15…..
Carl Sagan, astronomer: “The universe was not created to accommodate man, nor is it hostile to him. It is indifferent to him”
Most people have looked up at the night sky and felt, for a second, that…..
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
Could one of the world’s most studied ancient sites still be hiding giant underground structures?…..
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
Scientists analyzing lunar dust from the far side of the Moon have spotted something that,…..
It’s not gold or diamonds: the most expensive material on the planet costs $27,000,000 per gram
Forget gold and diamonds. Right now the most expensive material available for industrial use is…..
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
Future missions to the Moon and Mars will keep astronauts in deep space for months…..
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
Handing a phone to a fussy baby can feel like a lifesaver while you cook…..
Most people think that taking a shower at night says a lot about who you are, but research points to something far less glamorous and far more important: a predictable routine that can improve sleep and calm the mental turmoil of the day
Does showering at night really reveal who you are? Not quite. The research around this…..
Mobility
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
Most barn finds are about nostalgia. This one feels bigger than that. In Lincolnshire, a 1983 Citroën…..
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
An order that once sat in the books of Airbus under the name of an unnamed customer…..
Energy
Economy
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
A cruise line known for taking travelers into quieter corners of Southeast Alaska has shut…..
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
On March 10, one of the most famous error coins in American history is set…..
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
Chinese geologists say they have uncovered more than 1,000 metric tons of gold beneath the…..
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
Most readers hear about soda and candy first when SNAP comes up. But for many…..
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
During a recent interview, Elon Musk described SpaceX’s Starbase launch site complex in South Texas…..
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…..
Technology
Environment
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
If you ride a train through Switzerland, there is a moment when daylight disappears, your…..
It is no longer floating trash: “rocks” made of plastic have been discovered that could remain on Earth as fossils of the future
On a tiny volcanic outcrop in the South Atlantic, green turtles are quietly turning human…..
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
At first glance, it looked almost cute. A tiny spider in a museum jar seemed…..
The exact place where Buddha was born more than 2,500 years ago and which today faces a race against time
At sunrise in Lumbini in southern Nepal, monks circle the white Maya Devi Temple, chanting…..
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
For decades, the global phaseout of chlorofluorocarbons has been held up as one of humanity’s…..
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
For years, climate talks have focused on melting ice and rising seas. A new satellite…..
What seemed like bad news could take an unexpected turn: fresh water from West Antarctica could help the AMOC better withstand the impact of Greenland’s melting ice and, in some scenarios, even prevent its collapse
At first glance, the collapse of Antarctic ice sounds like the worst climate news you…..
A great white shark has been caught in waters near the Spanish coast: this is the third verified sighting in less than 11 years and reopens the debate about their presence in the Mediterranean
In spring 2023, fishermen working off the coast of Alicante pulled up a catch they…..
