The brick that promises to cool down a bus stop in the middle of a heatwave without plugs and with a trick so simple it’s surprising
Extreme heat is turning many cities into ovens, especially during long summer heat waves when concrete, asphalt, and glass trap the sun’s energy. Researchers…..
A U.S. nuclear supercarrier (USS Abraham Lincoln) fires its Phalanx in the South China Sea
The Moon is not “dead,” and a new map of the far side reveals young scars that could still be shifting today
Science
They placed 56 volunteers in a virtual reality environment inside the scanner and detected a gradual change in the hippocampus that could explain that sudden feeling of confusion when you get lost on a street you know well
Think about the last time you took a wrong turn in a familiar neighborhood and…..
Africa is splitting in two in slow motion, and geologists have found the crack where a new ocean is being born
Most people grew up with a simple world map in school where Africa is one…..
For the first time on video: orcas and dolphins “team up” to hunt chinook salmon off the coast of Vancouver Island
For the first time, scientists have filmed killer whales and dolphins apparently working together to…..
The Moon is not “dead,” and a new map of the far side reveals young scars that could still be shifting today
Scientists have pushed the direct chemical record of life on Earth back to at least…..
For years, there was talk of a global sea beneath the ice, but the new model paints a stranger picture: a spongy moon with layers of slush and pockets of water hidden deep below
For years, scientists pictured Titan, Saturn’s biggest moon, as a world with a huge hidden…..
A strange animal with no head or face turns out to be “almost all head” at the genetic level, and the idea sounds absurd until you see how it is organized inside
At first glance, the purple sea urchin is just a spiky ball you try not…..
Goodbye to drinking water: “Day Zero” will arrive sooner than you thought, and science already knows when and where it will happen
What if the taps in your city simply stopped running. Not because of a broken…..
The Panama Sea stopped “breathing” in 2025, and what satellites and fishermen saw had never been recorded in four decades
For four decades, the Pacific coast of Panama has counted on a reliable seasonal pulse…..
They captured a gamma-ray burst lasting just 10 seconds, and the question is no longer what it was, but how it could have traveled almost 13 billion years to arrive right now
For barely ten seconds in March 2025, a burst of high-energy light slammed into the…..
A skier was carving turns in the freshly fallen snow when, behind the ridge line, a volcano began spewing ash and smoke as if winter had run out of sky in Sicily
Snow-covered Mount Etna erupted on December 27, sending thick columns of ash and smoke high…..
Mobility
A Russian aircraft flew in silence over the Baltic Sea, forcing Germany and Sweden to scramble fighter jets amid a month of heightened tension
German and Swedish fighter jets were scrambled early Sunday, September 21, 2025, after a Russian reconnaissance aircraft…..
An aviation giant triggered the 7700 emergency code over the Pacific and turned back toward Travis Air Force Base
A U.S. Air Force C-5M Super Galaxy declared an in-flight emergency while cruising over the Pacific Ocean…..
Energy
The largest project in history has begun: 52 billion solar panels to cover America
Economy
As Trump’s war against the Federal Reserve over a $2.5 billion “green” reform erupts, money for solar and energy transition comes to the fore
President Donald Trump’s long running clash with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has spilled into…..
He went for a walk “for health reasons” on an island in Norway and the detector exploded: 9 gold pendants, 10 beads, and 3 rings from the year 500… The museum is already calling it “the find of the century”
Most of us head out for a walk to clear our heads or close the…..
The IRS opens tax season on January 26, and many are expecting larger refunds, but there is some fine print you should be aware of
If you are hoping this year’s tax refund will help with the electric bill or…..
The great hoax of the farmer who found a treasure worth 4 billion that never existed and now raises a question that makes half the country uncomfortable
Over the past year, social networks and clickbait sites have been buzzing with a story…..
Architecture and nursing lose official status in the US, and student loan cuts now have a date
Starting in July 2026, a quiet change in U.S. student loan policy could reshape who…..
Suspicious websites appear claiming a $2,000 deposit from the IRS, and many wonder if the income is real or a scam
As social media fills up with posts promising a $2,000 IRS direct deposit arriving in…..
A 55-year-old mechanic from Arkansas sat his children down for dinner and told them something that many parents don’t dare say out loud about college
When a pipe bursts or the family car refuses to start, most people reach for…..
In 2026, your Social Security check will increase, but the blow will come from another direction, and many will not see it coming until they look at this
In 2026, Social Security checks will go up while Medicare premiums climb and a new…..
The unexpected breakthrough for millions of retirees in Canada will come sooner than expected
As the year draws to a close, many Canadian seniors are counting the days until…..
The Federal Reserve cuts interest rates and retirees fear the Social Security increase in 2027 may not be enough
The Federal Reserve has lowered interest rates again, trimming its key rate by a quarter…..
Technology
Environment
The brick that promises to cool down a bus stop in the middle of a heatwave without plugs and with a trick so simple it’s surprising
Extreme heat is turning many cities into ovens, especially during long summer heat waves when…..
Mountains of tires become “black gold” for roads: rubber-coated asphalt promises greater durability and less noise, but raises environmental concerns
Mountains of worn-out tires that once gathered dust in empty lots are now being ground…..
He dug a 60 cm “pond” in the garden, and within weeks, something unexpected happened: five groups of frog eggs appeared… and the yard went from being a useless lawn to an amphibian nursery
As global amphibian populations slide toward crisis, with roughly four in ten species now threatened…..
China has managed to build entirely new islands from scratch by pumping sand from the seabed day after day for more than a decade
For more than a decade, fleets of dredgers have been pouring sand onto remote reefs…..
Switzerland has excavated a “second country” beneath the Alps: more than 1,400 tunnels and 2,000 km 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…..
The highest waves ever recorded did not originate in the open sea, and the reason for this surprises even scientists
When most people picture a tsunami, they imagine a powerful earthquake far offshore and a…..
China takes a manned submersible to the “forbidden ground” 5,277 meters below the Arctic, and what it records on the Gakkel Ridge could change maps and theories
For the first time, scientists have used a crewed scientific submersible to slip beneath thick…..
Alert for “paralyzing storm” this weekend: up to 60 inches of snow, near-zero visibility, and widespread power outages
The alert pops up on your phone, the kind that buzzes twice and makes you…..
