Trump declares national emergency to “safeguard” $2.5 billion worth of Venezuelan oil… and what no one is telling you about its environmental and geopolitical impact
What counts as a national emergency today? For U.S. President Donald Trump, it now includes shielding $2.5 billion in Venezuelan oil revenue in U.S……
Science
Archaeologists open a chamber sealed for 40,000 years, and what they find beneath the sand in Gibraltar changes what we thought we knew about Neanderthals: coastal hunters, glue makers, and Paleolithic artists
On the steep Mediterranean cliffs of Gibraltar, archaeologists have stepped into a room that no…..
Scientists find microplastics inside the human brain for the first time… and they’re not alone: there are more than in the liver and kidneys combined
Tiny fragments of plastic are no longer just in the ocean, the soil, or the…..
It wasn’t Columbus, nor was it a myth: a solar storm in the year 993 left its mark on trees… and a thousand years later helped discover the exact year the Vikings arrived in America
More than a thousand years ago, red auroras flickered across the sky after a powerful…..
The countdown has begun: in a few days, the truth about 3I/ATLAS will be revealed
Earth is about to get a rare, almost straight-line view of a visitor from another…..
In a laboratory, they manage to teleport quantum information between photons born in different crystals, and the technical detail that makes this possible sounds like the internet of the future
In a lab in Stuttgart, physicists have quietly pulled off something that once belonged in…..
You enter Mammoth Cave looking for darkness… and encounter sharks: a park ranger discovers fossils of 10–12-foot predators that swam here 325 million years ago on the ceiling of this cave
Most visitors step into Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave for cool air and quiet darkness, not for…..
Images capture how a baby star shoots a jet at full speed 440 light-years away and the “rebound” ends up hitting its own disk where planets are born
Astronomers have caught a baby star in the middle of a cosmic backfire. A high-speed…..
Four images of the same quasar reveal the “aura” of a black hole 6 billion light-years away, and its size surprises even astronomers
Black holes are famous for being invisible. So how do you measure a halo of…..
The strangest “truce.” A capybara was filmed sleeping next to a massive caiman, and the explanation is not friendship. It is pure survival
Scroll through wildlife photos from Brazil and you will spot an odd-looking “peace treaty” on…..
Geologists confirm the existence of a mineral never before seen in one of the richest deposits on the planet
Chinese geologists have confirmed a new mineral species named Jinxiuite, found in a high-grade nickel-cobalt…..
Mobility
These 141 companies ignored a traffic regulation and now could lose everything: fines, jail time, and bans on participating in public contracts
If you have ever felt a heavy lorry roar past your bus stop a little too fast,…..
A cheap car from the 1970s ended up starring in a surreal story involving tunnels, limestone rocks, and a gigantic underground parking garage beneath the city of Kansas City
In the early 1970s, Ford Motor Company found itself with a very modern problem tucked inside a…..
Goodbye to the magnetic strip: your driver’s license no longer just authorizes you to drive
Immigration agents conduct a raid at Home Depot and bring to light an open secret
Energy
Economy
Trump declares national emergency to “safeguard” $2.5 billion worth of Venezuelan oil… and what no one is telling you about its environmental and geopolitical impact
What counts as a national emergency today? For U.S. President Donald Trump, it now includes…..
International law applies to everyone, including the United States, says German finance minister after Trump’s threats over Greenland
Greenland, usually known for icebergs and polar bears rather than diplomatic crises, is suddenly at…..
An 18-year-old designs a micro-house that can be assembled in a day and will move into it for 12 months to test it out: his plan is for it to serve as a real shelter for homeless people and reduce emissions
At just 18, engineering student Ribal Zebian is trying something most city councils have not…..
Australia has just confirmed the existence of a “monster” beneath Pilbara: 55 billion tons of high-quality iron… valued at over $6.52 trillion
Deep under the red rock of Western Australia, scientists have confirmed that the Hamersley Province…..
China locates a huge gold deposit valued at $85.9 billion at a depth of 2,000 meters with dozens of veins, and geologists are now trying to confirm whether it exceeds 1,000 tons
Far below the mountains of central China, geologists say they have found one of the…..
Social Security is on track for an automatic cut that could affect your check by 23%: the new official report confirms it
Social Security was designed to feel solid and automatic. You work, payroll taxes quietly leave…..
Goodbye to routine, goodbye to identity: the moment when the question “What do you do for a living?” becomes impossible to answer and a risk begins that is rarely talked about
Retirement is sold as a finish line. You work hard, save what you can, and…..
A popular organic brunch chain that offered local menus and artisanal waffles has closed due to bankruptcy, leaving thousands of workers and years of collaborations with neighboring farms in indefinite limbo
Taste of Belgium, the Cincinnati brunch chain built around Liège waffles and locally sourced menus,…..
They promise “$2,000 from the IRS in January,” and thousands of people are already waiting to pay their electricity bills: the problem is that no new payments have been approved for 2026
Over the past few days, posts have spread across social media promising that the IRS…..
Social Security launches its biggest digital change in decades: $17 billion in retroactive payments
More than 70 million Americans depend on Social Security payments each month, which is close…..
Technology
Environment
A couple found a white lump among some branches and rails on a trail in New York and thought it was trash next to the tracks, but it was a swan trapped far from the water
In Massapequa, New York, a couple walking a local trail recently spotted what looked like…..
Louisiana goes from sweltering heat to “near freezing” in a matter of hours: nights close to 0°C, light frosts, and the key 4P warning (people, pets, pipes, and plants)
After a stretch of short sleeves and muggy afternoons, much of Louisiana is waking up…..
From 15 survivors to more than 2,300: giant tortoises have returned to Española and are now “reprogramming” the island, slowing down scrub growth and pushing the landscape toward a more open savanna
For decades, conservationists hoped that putting giant tortoises back on their home islands would do…..
A family was preparing to go on a trip to the mountains of California when they noticed a strange, thick air in Mammoth Lakes and ended up quickly returning home due to an unexpected alert that puts children, the elderly, and people with lung diseases at risk
In one of California’s postcard mountain regions, the air has suddenly turned from crisp to…..
The National Weather Service in Philadelphia issues a new warning: prepare for another potentially historic snowfall that could threaten the Northeast’s energy system
After a brutal winter storm left much of the United States shivering under Arctic air,…..
The National Weather Service Buffalo on high alert: Lake Ontario’s snow machine kicks into gear and threatens to paralyze roads with up to 3 inches of snow per hour
Communities east and southeast of Lake Ontario are hunkering down for yet another intense blast…..
NOAA issues an urgent warning: another mega winter storm could hit the eastern US this weekend… just as millions of people are still trying to recover from the historic snowfall that left more than 800,000 without power
Millions of people from Texas to New England are still shoveling out after a historic…..
The Ingram Independent School District issues an urgent alert: classes are canceled. Ice takes hold of Texas and forces the mass closure of schools
Freezing rain and an Arctic blast have turned the Texas Hill Country into an ice…..
