Mars’s Arsia Mons cloud stretches up to 1,100 miles from a 12-mile-high volcano every morning for months, and scientists think its ice forms without dust, a process never seen in a planetary atmosphere

Mars’s Arsia Mons cloud stretches up to 1,100 miles from a 12-mile-high volcano every morning for months, and scientists think its ice forms without dust, a process never seen in a planetary atmosphere

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October 15, 2026 at 8:01 PM

Around sunrise, during the southern spring and summer on Mars, a white streak of water ice starts growing off the western flank of Arsia…

Switzerland’s Jurapark Aargau switched off streetlights in 29 towns for one night to launch a campaign against light pollution, which hurts hedgehogs and glow-worms, and a police chief says dimmer towns see no rise in burglaries

Switzerland’s Jurapark Aargau switched off streetlights in 29 towns for one night to launch a campaign against light pollution, which hurts hedgehogs and glow-worms, and a police chief says dimmer towns see no rise in burglaries

In a Danish burial mound in 1891, archaeologists found a 3,400-year-old Bronze Age folding chair, the only completely preserved chair from Bronze Age Europe, and its finder wondered if it was a table

In a Danish burial mound in 1891, archaeologists found a 3,400-year-old Bronze Age folding chair, the only completely preserved chair from Bronze Age Europe, and its finder wondered if it was a table

Juan, 29, chose an olive farm near Tarragona, Spain, over a Barcelona apartment costing more than $1,100 a month, and now he sells organic olive oil and grows 80 percent of his vegetables

Juan, 29, chose an olive farm near Tarragona, Spain, over a Barcelona apartment costing more than $1,100 a month, and now he sells organic olive oil and grows 80 percent of his vegetables

UN members voted 164 to 1 to encourage the Equal Earth projection, where Brazil looks nearly four times the size of Greenland, a shift Latin American geographers say gives their region new visibility

UN members voted 164 to 1 to encourage the Equal Earth projection, where Brazil looks nearly four times the size of Greenland, a shift Latin American geographers say gives their region new visibility

A Burkina Faso farmer filled zaï pits with manure and grew a nearly 100-acre forest on abandoned land, and a study found termite tunnels made rain soak in 2 to 4 times faster

A Burkina Faso farmer filled zaï pits with manure and grew a nearly 100-acre forest on abandoned land, and a study found termite tunnels made rain soak in 2 to 4 times faster

October 15, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Scientists in Nanjing simulated greening in China and India, which together account for nearly one-third of Earth’s added leaf area, and the model shows it cooling western Eurasia while northern North America warms

Scientists in Nanjing simulated greening in China and India, which together account for nearly one-third of Earth’s added leaf area, and the model shows it cooling western Eurasia while northern North America warms

October 15, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Uceda, a small town in central Spain, wants volunteers to excavate its hilltop castle and a buried 30-acre Islamic medina, and the archaeologists running the dig offer six weekly spots with breakfast until October 20

Uceda, a small town in central Spain, wants volunteers to excavate its hilltop castle and a buried 30-acre Islamic medina, and the archaeologists running the dig offer six weekly spots with breakfast until October 20

October 15, 2026 at 6:32 AM
A wind farm in Hopefield, South Africa, painted two red stripes on one blade of four turbines, and a preprint not yet peer reviewed estimates bird deaths at those turbines fell a median 83 percent

A wind farm in Hopefield, South Africa, painted two red stripes on one blade of four turbines, and a preprint not yet peer reviewed estimates bird deaths at those turbines fell a median 83 percent

October 15, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Moab uranium tailings have moved by train since 2009, and crews have now hauled 17 million tons from the banks of the Colorado River to a disposal cell 30 miles north at Crescent Junction

Moab uranium tailings have moved by train since 2009, and crews have now hauled 17 million tons from the banks of the Colorado River to a disposal cell 30 miles north at Crescent Junction

October 15, 2026 at 4:06 AM

Mobility

Maersk fueled the 9,016-TEU Tangier Maersk with 100 percent corn ethanol in America’s first ethanol bunkering of a deep-sea container ship, as a national lab says today’s methanol-ready fleet could burn 2 billion gallons yearly

Maersk fueled the 9,016-TEU Tangier Maersk with 100 percent corn ethanol in America’s first ethanol bunkering of a deep-sea container ship, as a national lab says today’s methanol-ready fleet could burn 2 billion gallons yearly

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October 13, 2026 at 12:31 PM

Andrea Lazzaro, head of business development at the marine engine designer WinGD, told Ship &…

The Agua Negra tunnel plan calls for a custom machine to bore twin 8.6-mile tubes under the Andes, but the $1.5 billion Argentina-Chile project has been stuck since the IDB approved it in 2017

The Agua Negra tunnel plan calls for a custom machine to bore twin 8.6-mile tubes under the Andes, but the $1.5 billion Argentina-Chile project has been stuck since the IDB approved it in 2017

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October 12, 2026 at 6:29 PM

By August 7, 2026, the Cristo Redentor pass between Mendoza and Santiago had been closed…

Michigan State engineer John Dorgan ate gummy bears made with an ingredient recovered from a resin designed for wind turbine blades, and the same material can also become plexiglass, diaper polymer and new turbine panels

Michigan State engineer John Dorgan ate gummy bears made with an ingredient recovered from a resin designed for wind turbine blades, and the same material can also become plexiglass, diaper polymer and new turbine panels

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October 11, 2026 at 12:31 PM

John Dorgan says he ate the gummy bears himself. “We recovered food-grade potassium lactate and…

Airbus A350F freighter completes its maiden flight and begins 400-hour test campaign

Airbus A350F freighter completes its maiden flight and begins 400-hour test campaign

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October 10, 2026 at 8:47 AM

Dozens of buyers, financiers and suppliers stood beside the runway in Toulouse, France, on September…

Singapore built 227 concrete caissons, each about 10 stories tall, for a 9.1-kilometer seawall at Tuas Port, and its operator’s own report shows emissions rose 7% in 2025 as more cargo moved to the electric terminal

Singapore built 227 concrete caissons, each about 10 stories tall, for a 9.1-kilometer seawall at Tuas Port, and its operator’s own report shows emissions rose 7% in 2025 as more cargo moved to the electric terminal

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October 4, 2026 at 5:02 PM

Niam Chiang Meng, then chairman of Singapore’s Maritime and Port Authority (MPA), described the first…

A fully electric tractor that recharges from its own solar roof goes on sale in North America, runs about five hours per charge and could save small farms around $15,000 over five years

A fully electric tractor that recharges from its own solar roof goes on sale in North America, runs about five hours per charge and could save small farms around $15,000 over five years

Adrian Villellas
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October 1, 2026 at 8:16 AM

Anyone who has spent a morning next to a diesel tractor knows the routine. The…

Energy

The Tennessee Valley Authority has an NRC permit to build the first U.S. commercial small modular reactor, a 300-megawatt unit at Clinch River in Oak Ridge, and it still needs a separate operating license

The Tennessee Valley Authority has an NRC permit to build the first U.S. commercial small modular reactor, a 300-megawatt unit at Clinch River in Oak Ridge, and it still needs a separate operating license

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October 15, 2026 at 3:02 AM

The signing took place on a Tuesday in TVA’s Knoxville office, with Gov. Bill Lee, Sen. Marsha…

Economy

A miner pushing dirt with a bulldozer near Ruby, Alaska, in 1998 spotted something unusual, and it turned out to be the state’s largest gold nugget, a 294.1-troy-ounce mass that later sold for $750,000

A miner pushing dirt with a bulldozer near Ruby, Alaska, in 1998 spotted something unusual, and it turned out to be the state’s largest gold nugget, a 294.1-troy-ounce mass that later sold for $750,000

October 7, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Someone laying a patio in northern Denmark dug up the country’s largest known Viking silver hoard, 18.5 kilograms of bracelets, bars and coins, and one bar is scratched with a runic word experts have never seen before

Someone laying a patio in northern Denmark dug up the country’s largest known Viking silver hoard, 18.5 kilograms of bracelets, bars and coins, and one bar is scratched with a runic word experts have never seen before

October 6, 2026 at 6:33 AM
A Wyoming coal mine bought for $2 million in 2011 holds what Ramaco calls the largest unconventional rare earth deposit in the US, and a new engineering report has pushed first production back to 2031

A Wyoming coal mine bought for $2 million in 2011 holds what Ramaco calls the largest unconventional rare earth deposit in the US, and a new engineering report has pushed first production back to 2031

October 4, 2026 at 10:13 AM
A metal detectorist near Cologne stopped digging after 15 silver coins and called archaeologists, who then found 934 Roman denarii, the largest hoard from Hadrian’s time ever found in Germany

A metal detectorist near Cologne stopped digging after 15 silver coins and called archaeologists, who then found 934 Roman denarii, the largest hoard from Hadrian’s time ever found in Germany

October 2, 2026 at 6:50 AM

Technology

Science

Mars’s Arsia Mons cloud stretches up to 1,100 miles from a 12-mile-high volcano every morning for months, and scientists think its ice forms without dust, a process never seen in a planetary atmosphere

Mars’s Arsia Mons cloud stretches up to 1,100 miles from a 12-mile-high volcano every morning for months, and scientists think its ice forms without dust, a process never seen in a planetary atmosphere

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October 15, 2026 at 8:01 PM

Around sunrise, during the southern spring and summer on Mars, a white streak of water…

In a Danish burial mound in 1891, archaeologists found a 3,400-year-old Bronze Age folding chair, the only completely preserved chair from Bronze Age Europe, and its finder wondered if it was a table

In a Danish burial mound in 1891, archaeologists found a 3,400-year-old Bronze Age folding chair, the only completely preserved chair from Bronze Age Europe, and its finder wondered if it was a table

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October 15, 2026 at 4:58 PM

In July 1891, in the rain, archaeologist Vilhelm Boye opened a plow-damaged burial mound near…

UN members voted 164 to 1 to encourage the Equal Earth projection, where Brazil looks nearly four times the size of Greenland, a shift Latin American geographers say gives their region new visibility

UN members voted 164 to 1 to encourage the Equal Earth projection, where Brazil looks nearly four times the size of Greenland, a shift Latin American geographers say gives their region new visibility

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October 15, 2026 at 12:32 PM

Tom Patterson had more or less retired from drawing maps for the U.S. national parks….

Uceda, a small town in central Spain, wants volunteers to excavate its hilltop castle and a buried 30-acre Islamic medina, and the archaeologists running the dig offer six weekly spots with breakfast until October 20

Uceda, a small town in central Spain, wants volunteers to excavate its hilltop castle and a buried 30-acre Islamic medina, and the archaeologists running the dig offer six weekly spots with breakfast until October 20

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October 15, 2026 at 6:32 AM

“Open to participation as volunteers,” says the poster the town hall of Uceda put out…

Scientists studying a 2,000-year-old Mithridates warship sunk off Phanagoria in the Black Sea tested 22 nails and a 34-pound bronze ram, and found builders paid for copper over cheaper iron to keep it sailing

Scientists studying a 2,000-year-old Mithridates warship sunk off Phanagoria in the Black Sea tested 22 nails and a 34-pound bronze ram, and found builders paid for copper over cheaper iron to keep it sailing

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October 14, 2026 at 6:29 PM

The Mithridates warship turned up in 2012 in Taman Bay, under more than 5 feet…

Divers off Turkey’s Kekova Island found a shipwreck that archaeologists date to 4,400 to 4,700 years ago and call the oldest known shipwreck, and some of its jars still hold a glossy residue

Divers off Turkey’s Kekova Island found a shipwreck that archaeologists date to 4,400 to 4,700 years ago and call the oldest known shipwreck, and some of its jars still hold a glossy residue

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October 14, 2026 at 8:23 AM

Off Kekova Island in southern Turkey, about 100 feet (30 meters) down, divers have been…

Environment

Scientists in Nanjing simulated greening in China and India, which together account for nearly one-third of Earth’s added leaf area, and the model shows it cooling western Eurasia while northern North America warms

Scientists in Nanjing simulated greening in China and India, which together account for nearly one-third of Earth’s added leaf area, and the model shows it cooling western Eurasia while northern North America warms

October 15, 2026 at 8:46 AM
A wind farm in Hopefield, South Africa, painted two red stripes on one blade of four turbines, and a preprint not yet peer reviewed estimates bird deaths at those turbines fell a median 83 percent

A wind farm in Hopefield, South Africa, painted two red stripes on one blade of four turbines, and a preprint not yet peer reviewed estimates bird deaths at those turbines fell a median 83 percent

October 15, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Moab uranium tailings have moved by train since 2009, and crews have now hauled 17 million tons from the banks of the Colorado River to a disposal cell 30 miles north at Crescent Junction

Moab uranium tailings have moved by train since 2009, and crews have now hauled 17 million tons from the banks of the Colorado River to a disposal cell 30 miles north at Crescent Junction

October 15, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Volunteers and scientists found two new snail species in Montenegro with shells about a quarter inch long and a door on the tail, and one lives in a canyon a planned 561-foot dam would flood

Volunteers and scientists found two new snail species in Montenegro with shells about a quarter inch long and a door on the tail, and one lives in a canyon a planned 561-foot dam would flood

October 14, 2026 at 2:58 PM

Trending

Juan, 29, chose an olive farm near Tarragona, Spain, over a Barcelona apartment costing more than $1,100 a month, and now he sells organic olive oil and grows 80 percent of his vegetables

Juan, 29, chose an olive farm near Tarragona, Spain, over a Barcelona apartment costing more than $1,100 a month, and now he sells organic olive oil and grows 80 percent of his vegetables

October 15, 2026 at 3:01 PM
A Burkina Faso farmer filled zaï pits with manure and grew a nearly 100-acre forest on abandoned land, and a study found termite tunnels made rain soak in 2 to 4 times faster

A Burkina Faso farmer filled zaï pits with manure and grew a nearly 100-acre forest on abandoned land, and a study found termite tunnels made rain soak in 2 to 4 times faster

October 15, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Naples Botanical Garden shows how an empty 2-liter soda bottle becomes a self-watering planter with a cotton wick, and a University of Kentucky extension guide says capillary action can lift water about 4 inches

Naples Botanical Garden shows how an empty 2-liter soda bottle becomes a self-watering planter with a cotton wick, and a University of Kentucky extension guide says capillary action can lift water about 4 inches

October 14, 2026 at 5:02 PM
A village of a few dozen winter residents on Stromboli reopened what Italian media call the smallest school in Europe for one 6-year-old girl, and her mother says the alternative was splitting the family

A village of a few dozen winter residents on Stromboli reopened what Italian media call the smallest school in Europe for one 6-year-old girl, and her mother says the alternative was splitting the family

October 11, 2026 at 8:44 AM
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