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Aerial view of the Finke River (Larapinta) winding through a dry landscape in central Australia, with green reeds along the water.

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

January 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
USS Zumwalt stealth destroyer making a sharp turn during sea trials

The United States launched its 610-foot, 78 MW “stealth destroyer” from the shipyard

January 22, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Infrared-style image of U.S. forces boarding an oil tanker at sea during a pre-dawn seizure operation.

Assault before dawn in the Caribbean: Marines rappel from the USS Gerald R. Ford and seize the tanker Olina with 700,000 barrels on board

January 22, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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

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

January 22, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Alarm clock over Social Security cards and U.S. flag symbolizing time-sensitive digital changes in Social Security payments.

Social Security launches its biggest digital change in decades: $17 billion in retroactive payments

January 22, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Aerial view of a coastal water facility in California beside the Pacific Ocean, with industrial buildings, a smokestack, and intake lagoons.

California’s new water plan sounds like science fiction: plants that consume millions of tons of seawater and factories that convert wastewater into drinking water

January 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Long row of older rooftop solar panels installed on a Swiss building, showing early-generation photovoltaic modules still in use.

These solar panels have been on Swiss rooftops for more than 30 years, and they are still delivering over 80% of their original output in Switzerland

January 21, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Student archaeologist documents a red-ochre burial pit linked to a 5,400-year-old amber grave near Lake Onega, Russia.

A student picks up a fragment of fossilized resin, and suddenly invisible trade routes that crossed half of Europe 5,400 years ago appear

January 21, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Neolithic lakeside villagers work near a fire and hut while preparing tools and materials, illustrating birch bark tar use in daily life.

The black “chewing gum” that appeared in Neolithic villages concealed something unexpected, and scientists have finally managed to decipher it

January 20, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Satellite orbits above Arctic sea ice, illustrating Earth observation used to track magnetic north drift

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

January 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Two U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets fly in formation at dusk

A blue laser was aimed at F-16 pilots during a nighttime approach to Spangdahlem, and German police are now investigating who came within inches of causing a tragedy

January 20, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Massive offshore wind turbine being installed at sea near Hainan, with other turbines visible in the distance.

China has brought a giant offshore wind turbine of up to 20 MW online off the coast of Hainan, and the debate is not just about energy but about what may be changing in the air around it

January 19, 2026 at 6:30 PM
An F-35A stealth fighter sits on a wet runway in cold conditions, photographed during a military training deployment.

The Netherlands has sent 12 F-35 jets to the United States for realistic NATO war training amid rising global tensions

January 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A transit stop with a green sculptural structure and a modular terracotta cooling brick shown in an inset, designed to cool air during heatwaves.

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

January 19, 2026 at 10:15 AM
“People and vehicles gather beside a deep ground fissure that ripped across a road in Kenya, part of the East African Rift zone.”

Africa is splitting in two in slow motion, and geologists have found the crack where a new ocean is being born

January 19, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Phalanx Close-In Weapon System fires from USS Abraham Lincoln during live-fire drills in the South China Sea.

A U.S. nuclear supercarrier (USS Abraham Lincoln) fires its Phalanx in the South China Sea

January 18, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivers remarks amid scrutiny over $2.5B green building overhaul

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

January 18, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Artist illustration of a spacecraft near Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, with sunlight flaring behind the hazy world in the background.

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

January 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Gold bracteate pendants, beads, and rings covered in soil on a patterned plate after being recovered from a Norwegian archaeological find.

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”

January 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
A towering ocean wave rises in the foreground with snow-covered mountains in the background, illustrating extreme wave energy near cold coasts.

The highest waves ever recorded did not originate in the open sea, and the reason for this surprises even scientists

January 17, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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