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Aerial view of the Colombian Amazon rainforest, now declared free of new hydrocarbon and mega mining projects.

Goodbye to mining in the heart of the jungle: Colombia makes history by declaring its entire Amazon region free of hydrocarbons and mega-mining

February 26, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Researcher standing in a shallow Mediterranean temporary pond in São Marcos da Ataboeira, Castro Verde, Portugal after heavy rain

They look like simple puddles of water, but every time it rains, they activate a prehistoric ecosystem whose lineage began more than 100 million years ago and which the European Union considers a priority

February 26, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Deep sea image of thousands of pearl octopuses gathered at a hydrothermal nursery site near Davidson Seamount.

At a depth of 3.2 km and next to a volcano, they have recorded the largest octopus nursery on the planet, the size of 233 soccer fields and full of incubating mothers

February 26, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant sarcophagus structure after power outage affecting cooling systems

Chernobyl is left without power after damage to the Ukrainian power grid, and the IAEA confirms that cooling systems are losing capacity, causing the world to turn its attention back to the sarcophagus

February 26, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Ancient Aboriginal rock art showing a large seafaring vessel with human figures in northern Australia

Confirmed: a study of more than 2,400 genomes reveals that the first humans arrived in Australia 60,000 years ago… and that they may have coexisted with prehistoric “hobbits”

February 25, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Construction work at Rota Naval Base as Spain prepares facilities for the new F-110 frigates.

“They’re not ships, they’re floating brains”: why the Spanish Navy is redesigning an entire naval base so that the F-110s, valued at more than 4.3 billion, can operate without limits from 2026 onwards

February 25, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Excavation site in Riyadh where Saudi Arabia halted construction of the Mukaab mega cube project in New Murabba.

Saudi Arabia’s “impossible cube” no longer exists. On January 28, 2026, they stopped the Mukaab, a 400-square-meter colossus that would have swallowed up 20 Empire State Buildings

February 24, 2026 at 3:55 PM
566-year-old coolabah “matriarch” tree in the Gwydir Wetlands, NSW, studied for five centuries of climate and flood history

A 566-year-old “matriarch” tree still stands in the Gwydir wetlands, and scientists say its trunk contains a climate record spanning five centuries

February 24, 2026 at 6:38 AM
Naturally mummified cheetah preserved inside a dry cave in northern Saudi Arabia

The discovery of 4,000-year-old mummified cheetahs in Saudi Arabia could lead to the recovery of a lost ecosystem

February 23, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Close-up of a wild boar linked to Fukushima’s post-disaster genetic experiment in abandoned farmlands

Fifteen years after the March 11, 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima, scientists discover that wild boars were the subject of an unexpected genetic experiment

February 23, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Chestnut mining bee Andrena rehni on an American chestnut flower in a Syracuse research orchard

It looked like a normal bee in an orchard, but after a few seconds, a scientist realized she was seeing something that almost no one had ever seen in that area before

February 22, 2026 at 12:30 PM
A high-speed passenger train used by Brazil’s ANTT to illustrate the proposed Rio to São Paulo high-speed rail project.

Say goodbye to endless journeys between Rio and São Paulo: Brazil announces South America’s fastest train, which will cover approximately 317 miles in just 1 hour and 45 minutes

February 22, 2026 at 6:30 AM
BMW, Mercedes Benz, and Volkswagen vehicles parked together as Germany’s auto industry faces restructuring fears

Goodbye to BMW, Mercedes, and Volkswagen: an economist warns that these brands could disappear before 2030

February 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Handwritten note showing mixed uppercase and lowercase letters within the same word

If you write using a mixture of upper and lower case letters within the same word, this is what your brain could be revealing, according to psychologists

February 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM
A newborn baby is held in a hospital in Bogotá, Colombia, shortly after birth.

Colombia has just broken all traditional family patterns with a statistic that surprises even Europe: 87% of babies are born outside of marriage, and this is only the beginning

February 20, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Dwarf plum tree growing in a small garden, known for sweet summer fruit and non-invasive roots

This tree bears sweet fruit in summer, does not break the soil with its roots, and is drought-resistant even when planted in a small garden

February 19, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Hobby Lobby storefront exterior where viral cabbage-shaped ceramic plates under $13 are sold

They look like shiny cabbages and seem like something you would find at your grandmother’s house, but they are more fashionable than ever, and this supermarket sells them for less than $13

February 19, 2026 at 8:45 AM
World map made of US dollar bills illustrating global public debt and the most indebted countries in 2025.

A list reveals that three countries are among the most indebted in the world in 2025, with figures exceeding 120% of GDP

February 18, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Illustration of the human digestive system highlighting the colon and gut microbiota linked to toxin buildup in blood.

Scientists discover that defecating too often or too little could affect the microbiota and filter toxic substances into the blood

February 18, 2026 at 12:30 PM
California AB 60 driver license issued by the California Department of Motor Vehicles

If you have an AB 60 license in the United States, these four violations could cause you to lose it immediately and without the right to appeal

February 18, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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