It is between 300 and 400 million years old, flows through mountains as if they did not exist, and has survived mass extinctions: now, the oldest river on the planet faces its most modern threat
Rivers can feel timeless when you stand on a bridge and watch the water slide by. Yet they are born, reshaped, and sometimes vanish…..
Social Security launches its biggest digital change in decades: $17 billion in retroactive payments
Science
The gold in your ring may have started moving 80 km underground, and a new study reveals the chemical “trick” that releases it
Most of us have seen gold in a wedding ring, a coin, or the tiny…..
There is no such thing as a “quantum un-do button” in nature, and that limitation could explain why your coffee cools down but never reheats on its own
For as long as people have dreamed about time machines, physics has wrestled with a…..
The whale, which can live for over 200 years, hides a cellular trick that humans also have, but almost no one uses it in this way
Imagine blowing out birthday candles at 120 and still feeling strong enough to chase grandkids…..
A student picks up a fragment of fossilized resin, and suddenly invisible trade routes that crossed half of Europe 5,400 years ago appear
Have you ever thought about what a Stone Age status symbol looked like? On the…..
It was first spotted by environmental police, and a week later science arrived. The video of orange-and-black fish climbing wet rock is already being called a historic discovery
A routine observation near a police headquarters in Brazil has turned into one of those…..
The black “chewing gum” that appeared in Neolithic villages concealed something unexpected, and scientists have finally managed to decipher it
What if the best record of your daily habits was stuck inside something that looks…..
They detected that the magnetic North Pole has crossed an invisible “border” in the Arctic, and the question is no longer whether it is moving, but what will happen when the “north” ceases to seem like a stable concept
Earth’s magnetic north pole has quietly crossed an invisible line in the Arctic, leaving its…..
The story seemed perfect: for 70 years, these vertebrae were touted as the “youngest mammoth” in Alaska, and the twist comes when science decides to review them from scratch
For years, museum visitors and researchers alike thought they were looking at the youngest woolly…..
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…..
Mobility
The rumor that is frightening millions: there is no “federal law” to revoke the driver’s licenses of people over 70 in the US, but many states are already tightening (or changing) their tests
Across the United States, older drivers are hearing scary claims that a sweeping federal rule will force…..
Two United States Navy aircraft plunged into the sea within just 30 minutes off an aircraft carrier in the South China Sea, setting off alarm bells
Two U.S. Navy aircraft operating from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz went down in the South China…..
Energy
Economy
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…..
China drills beneath the Wangu gold field and discovers a “treasure” of more than 1,000 tons that could be hidden 3,000 meters underground
Chinese geologists say they have uncovered an enormous gold deposit buried beneath the Wangu gold…..
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…..
Technology
Environment
It is between 300 and 400 million years old, flows through mountains as if they did not exist, and has survived mass extinctions: now, the oldest river on the planet faces its most modern threat
Rivers can feel timeless when you stand on a bridge and watch the water slide…..
Photos taken from space show an iceberg “boiling” from within: this is the silent collapse of A-23A in the South Atlantic
A slab of ice bigger than New York City is quietly falling apart in the…..
Australia did the unthinkable in Kosciuszko: in just 12 months, it reduced the number of wild horses from 17,000 to 3,000… and the park is already changing color (literally)
High in Australia’s Snowy Mountains, Kosciuszko National Park is starting to look a little less…..
Beneath the lawns in your neighborhood and cornfields lies a gigantic carbon “bank,” and a new study suggests that in some soils, it is emptying ten times faster than previously assumed
Beneath lawns, cornfields, and city parks, soil holds a vast hidden stash of carbon. Scientists…..
A national map identifies 5,500 “hot spots” along the US coastline, and the danger is not the water itself, but what the water can carry with it
By the end of this century, about 5,500 hazardous sites along US coasts could face…..
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…..
