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• It wasn’t in Altamira or France: the oldest cave painting on the planet (67,800 years old) appears in a remote cave in Asia and forever changes the map of human creativity
• It’s not a virus, it’s not a bacterium… it’s something stranger: Japanese scientists discover a life form that doesn’t fit into any known biological category
• The Cybertruck already has a historic nickname: “the new Ford Edsel,” and when you’re compared to the biggest commercial failure of the 20th century, things are going very, very badly
• They measure between 2 and 6 centimeters, but their skin can hide one of the most lethal toxins on the planet, which is why the “poison dart frog” is so fearsome
• The cables that carry 99% of the internet could become a giant microphone for detecting earthquakes, tsunamis and even whales
• China has just launched a hydroelectric “beast” in Tibet that generates 11 billion kWh per year, and whose dam, at 295 meters high, is almost as tall as the Eiffel Tower
• It was buried under 30 meters of polar ice and had been missing since 1967: NASA unexpectedly finds an old secret nuclear test site in the middle of the Arctic
• This isn’t about hypersonic missiles: the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) has a serious operational problem, and it’s purely plumbing-related