Economy

Concept rendering of Nauru’s Higher Ground Initiative to develop climate-resilient communities in the island’s interior.

Nauru’s citizenship-by-investment program raises $90,000 per applicant for climate resilience, using island relocation funding while offering passports with access to 85 destinations, no residency required

August 19, 2026 at 12:30 PM
A critically endangered Malayan pangolin walks across a moss-covered log in its forest habitat.

A two-hundred-million-dollar biodiversity pledge protects one hundred threatened species across thirty countries, reshaping how the wealthiest donors approach extinction prevention

August 9, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Chilean student María Javiera Valenzuela holding her NASA Space Apps Challenge award.

A 17-year-old Chilean student is innovating with nuclear energy for Antarctica, a bold proposal mixing youth, extreme science, and one of the harshest places on Earth

July 26, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Land in Taylor, Texas, originally intended for a future children's park and later sold for the construction of a large AI data center.

In 1999, a farmer donated his land for a children’s park, but years later the town sold it for millions to build a data center, and the story now feels like a clash between local memory and tech fever 

July 18, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Technician installing solar panels on a residential rooftop as part of a home energy system

Say goodbye to the old idea of generating a lot of solar energy and then forgetting about it, because batteries, time-of-use rates, and self-consumption are starting to play a key role in household savings

July 10, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Extensive solar panel fields and wind turbines showing large-scale renewable energy infrastructure.

The green economy has just surpassed $10 trillion and would already be the world’s third-largest industry if it were counted as a separate sector

July 4, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Packaged white fish fillets in supermarket trays, showing affordable frozen pangasius commonly sold in bulk.

The inexpensive white fish that many people keep in their freezers has just shown signs of recovery: Vietnam’s exports to the U.S. increased by 4% between January and April 2026

July 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Rare-earth mining exploration site in Campo de Montiel, Spain, where a major monazite deposit could supply European industry.

Neither the U.S. nor Iran: Spain discovers a rare-earth gold mine capable of meeting 33% of Europe’s needs and revolutionizes the geopolitical landscape of the green transition

June 26, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Rendering of Freedom Ship, a proposed floating city vessel designed to carry 80,000 people with schools and a hospital

The world’s largest floating city is back in action: 80,000 residents, a stadium, schools and even eight helipads

June 25, 2026 at 4:58 AM
A series of beaver-built dams in a Swiss stream corridor, showing how these structures create wetlands and trap sediments.

European beavers turn out to be secret carbon hoarders, stashing 26 % more than any human climate model guessed

June 21, 2026 at 6:30 PM
The Iconic Tower rising above the Central Business District in Egypt’s New Administrative Capital, a massive urban development project in the desert.

Egypt’s dead-serious plan: build an entire desert city from scratch and crown it with a 1,312-foot skyscraper that nobody saw coming

June 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Jeddah Tower under construction in Saudi Arabia after surpassing 100 floors on its path to becoming the world's tallest building.

Construction of Jeddah Tower just reached the 100th floor, and the number that makes it feel unreal is the target, more than 3,280 feet tall with over 167 floors as Saudi Arabia aims for the world’s tallest building by 2028

June 20, 2026 at 10:15 AM
SpaceX Starbase launch facility in Boca Chica, Texas, near the Lower Rio Grande Valley wildlife corridor along the US Mexico border.

Elon Musk admits that convincing married engineers to relocate to Starbase, 40 minutes from Brownsville and near the Mexican border, has become his biggest silent problem

June 18, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Close-up of smooth, rounded desert sand grains compared to rough, angular construction sand used in concrete manufacturing.

Saudi Arabia imports sand even though it’s a desert country, but desert sand is too smooth and rounded to make strong concrete

June 13, 2026 at 8:45 AM
ExxonMobil office building facade showing company logo as firm shifts legal home to Texas

ExxonMobil is leaving New Jersey as its legal home after more than 140 years, and what matters isn’t the new address but what it signals about taxes, headquarters power, and corporate strategy

June 12, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Myanmar officials examine a massive rough ruby discovered in Mogok, highlighting the scale of the 11,000-carat gemstone.

An 11,000-carat ruby find (about 4.85 pounds) reshapes mining in Myanmar, and the giant stone reopens the debate over value, traceability, and the real price of gemstones

June 9, 2026 at 6:30 AM
A small Celtic gold coin found in soil during an archaeological discovery near the D35 highway in the Czech Republic.

What started as a routine highway survey near Hradec Králové turned into one of Bohemia’s biggest Celtic finds, a 62-acre settlement where archaeologists pulled up gold and silver coins, Baltic amber, and workshops that suggest a production center, not just a stopover

June 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Aerial view of the Jijiaoshan mining area in Hunan Province, the site of a major lithium-bearing granite deposit discovery.

China discovers a mega-deposit of about 540 million U.S. tons of lithium ore, and the number reshuffles the battery and energy-transition board overnight

June 5, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Rendering of Freedom Ship, a proposed floating city vessel designed to carry 80,000 people with schools and a hospital

The world’s largest floating city is back in action: 80,000 residents, a stadium, schools and even eight helipads

June 4, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Excavator dumping a large pile of recycled oyster shells used for coastal restoration projects.

A marine scientist in Southern California has turned restaurant waste into coastal restoration by collecting more than 24,000 pounds of discarded oyster shells, curing them in the sun, and using them to rebuild reefs that protect shorelines and filter water

June 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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