Adrian Villellas
Japan ups the ante in naval defense and tests a 100 kW laser weapon mounted on a 6,200-ton ship that promises “nearly infinite ammunition” against drones and mortars
Anti-drone technologies are multiplying and seem straight out of science fiction (nets, inhibitors, lasers, and much more), but the warning is disturbing: there is no foolproof system, and real defense requires combining several layers, as each drone and each attack breaks part of the plan
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
New research into space fuels promises to reduce costs and facilitate missions such as SpaceX’s journey to Mars
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 70 years, they were believed to be mammoths… but no, they were whales. Two “megafauna” vertebrae in Alaska have been relabeled, and history is changing in 2026
In 1901, Edison already had a battery for electric cars that could change everything: the forgotten invention that today is once again challenging lithium
A Chinese family builds a 15-story building for all its members after ruling out separate homes and opting for a unique model of cohabitation
The deep ocean once again looks like something out of a movie, with sperm whales and giant squids locked in an evolutionary “war” that has lasted millions of years, and the scars give it away
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
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
Earthquakes beneath the waters of Antarctica could be “fueling” explosions of life on the surface, and the mechanism surprises even experts
China succeeds in mimicking photosynthesis and transforming CO₂ and water into fuel: the experiment that could revolutionize the production of synthetic gasoline
A four-month trial involving 208 men revealed that a daily capsule containing broccoli, turmeric, blueberries, and live bacteria could slow down worrying signs in the prostate
The Earth could enter a phase with a weakly oxygenated or anoxic atmosphere, which would be a major red flag for our search for life on exoplanets
Although Arctic ice is disappearing faster than ever, scientists are discovering that polar bears in Norway are getting fatter and healthier
From rebuilding a small plane between the ages of 12 and 14 to earning a PhD from Harvard and graduating from MIT with the highest grade point average in her class, the physicist born in Chicago in 1993 has been leading a line of research on celestial holography since 2022 and is already being compared to Einstein, although she does not want that label









