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Aerial view of a major container port near the Panama Canal, showing cranes, cargo areas, and ships at berth amid the port dispute

The battle for Panama’s ports is entering a new phase, and China has issued a stern warning

March 22, 2026 at 10:15 AM
According to this new study, what lies at the center of the Milky Way may not be what it seemed

According to this new study, what lies at the center of the Milky Way may not be what it seemed

March 22, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Interstellar comet 3I ATLAS traveling through space with a glowing coma and tail releasing gas and dust

Why objects such as 3I/ATLAS could be the cheapest ticket to cross the galaxy

March 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM
IRS logo on a smartphone next to U.S. dollar bills and an American flag

The IRS may owe refunds to millions of people for fees charged between 2020 and 2023

March 21, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Map of the northeastern United States Atlantic coast showing offshore areas where a freshwater aquifer was discovered beneath the seabed

Beneath the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of New York, there is a freshwater “bank” that could supply the city for 800 years. This has been confirmed by drilling 400 meters below the seabed

March 21, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Air Canada Airbus A350-1000 widebody aircraft designed for ultra long haul international flights.

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

March 21, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Portrait of James Watson, the American biologist and Nobel laureate who co-discovered the DNA double helix structure.

James Watson went from being a scientific icon to falling from grace in the public eye. The 1962 Nobel Prize winner for the discovery of DNA died on November 6, 2025, at the age of 97, after years of controversy for making baseless claims that Black people were less intelligent

March 21, 2026 at 6:30 AM
NASA map showing seasonal surface velocity changes on Stonebreen glacier in Svalbard, with red areas marking faster summer flow

NASA detects a strange “red pulse” on a Norwegian glacier, and what happens every summer in Svalbard is leaving many people speechless

March 21, 2026 at 5:56 AM
The British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales navigating through icy Arctic waters during a naval deployment.

The United Kingdom takes a step forward in the Arctic in 2026 and deploys its aircraft carrier Prince of Wales to “protect” Greenland, a geostrategic shift reminiscent of the old Cold War logic, but with melting ice as the new backdrop

March 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Red boat moving through icy Greenland waters near large ice formations, illustrating the coastal regions affected by ice loss and sea-level change.

The strange “Greenland effect” now has figures and defies intuition: the more ice the island loses, the more sea levels along its coastline can drop due to a truly brutal double geological and gravitational mechanism

March 20, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Satellite view of storm system over Spain showing heavy rainfall and flooding across the Iberian Peninsula

ESA analyzes the storm system battering Spain from space and reveals an atmospheric pattern that could recur more frequently

March 19, 2026 at 12:30 PM
NASA’s Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars, where scientists detected organic molecules in an ancient lakebed sample

A rock drilled by Curiosity in Gale Crater in 2013 is back in the news because it might hold a key clue to ancient life on Mars—and no one expected that from an “old” hole

March 19, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Stephen Hawking portrait highlighting his legacy in physics and his reflections on calm and powerful thinking

Stephen Hawking, scientist: “Calm and peaceful people have the strongest and most expressive minds”

March 19, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Carl Sagan smiling in front of a cosmic background, reflecting on his idea that the universe is indifferent to humanity

Carl Sagan, astronomer: “The universe was not created to accommodate man, nor is it hostile to him. It is indifferent to him”

March 19, 2026 at 5:39 AM
NASA SR-71 Blackbird flying at high altitude, the legendary aircraft linked to the Japan to California flight that appeared to travel through time

The plane that “traveled through time”: it left Japan on Saturday and arrived in California “on Friday”

March 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Concept image of Sentitech’s Domus Sentinela double-dome perimeter security system protecting a large airfield with layered detection zones.

A Spanish startup founded in April 2025 validates in record time an AI-powered perimeter surveillance system with sensor fusion, covering 40 hectares and 2,500 meters in real air traffic and reaching TRL 6 with a “double dome” that detects up to 3 km

March 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Close-up of a small spider with parasitic mite larvae attached around its body, forming a necklace-like cluster.

A spider with a “pearl necklace” has been discovered, and the most disturbing thing is that each pearl is a living parasite attached to its body

March 17, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Illustration of atmospheric pollution showing how refrigerant gases break down into trifluoroacetic acid that returns to Earth in rain.

Between 2000 and 2022, humanity dumped 335,500 tons of an “eternal chemical” while trying to save the ozone layer, and now it appears in water, the Arctic, and even in our blood

March 16, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Autonomous undersea vehicle developed by Lockheed Martin operating at the ocean surface during a test demonstration.

Lockheed Martin is developing an autonomous submarine capable of operating with drones and torpedoes: a venture that could transform naval warfare

March 16, 2026 at 10:15 AM
African sharptooth catfish leaving a pond at night and moving across wet ground, recorded by a wildlife camera trap.

A camera trap records a “group” of fish leaving the water at night to walk on land for almost 20 minutes

March 16, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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