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Unitree G1 humanoid robot walking on snow at -47.4 °C in Xinjiang during an extreme cold endurance test

A Chinese humanoid robot has just made history at -47.4 °C, taking more than 130,000 steps on the ice in Xinjiang and even “drawing” an Olympic emblem

February 25, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Collage showing plastic pollution in the ocean, including a sea turtle entangled in fishing net and hermit crabs using plastic as shelter

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is becoming a floating continent populated by marine creatures

February 25, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Shine 2.0 portable wind turbine charging devices in light wind outdoors

A bottle-sized “windmill” that promises to save your cell phone in the middle of nowhere, Shine 2.0 says it charges with just 8 mph of wind and weighs 3 pounds

February 25, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Ripe cloudberries growing in an Arctic bog, the octoploid berry studied for its complex hybrid genome.

It wasn’t just a rare fruit: the humble molt that Nansen took to the North Pole in 1893 could be one of the most complex natural hybrids ever studied, with DNA from at least three extinct species and an evolutionary history written in eight chromosomes that still baffles geneticists

February 25, 2026 at 11:16 AM
WindRunner ultra-large cargo aircraft designed to transport 105-meter wind turbine blades, targeting first flight by 2029.

The “impossible plane” now has a date: WindRunner promises to fly by the end of 2029 and transport 105-meter wind turbine blades as if they were giant suitcases

February 25, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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
Cargo ship facing a massive 35-meter rogue wave in the Pacific as satellites monitor extreme sea conditions

Satellites detect megawaves up to 35 meters high in the Pacific, and the data is concerning because they appear even without “super hurricanes” involved

February 25, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Per Geijer rare earth deposit near Kiruna in northern Sweden, operated by LKAB.

China processes around 90% of the world’s rare earths, but Sweden has just pulled an “ace up its sleeve” with 2.2 million tons of oxides in Per Geijer

February 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Toyota vehicle featured in the 2026 Consumer Reports reliability ranking where the brand scored highest overall.

Toyota reigns supreme again in 2026 with a reliability score of 66, but the big surprise is who sneaks into the top five and breaks Japanese dominance

February 24, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson during discussions on nuclear cooperation with France and the United Kingdom.

Sweden breaks with 50 years of pacifist tradition and sits down with France and the United Kingdom to discuss nuclear weapons amid growing geopolitical tensions in Europe

February 24, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Packaged processed foods and deli meats containing common chemical preservatives

These 12 common preservatives could increase the risk of cancer and type 2 diabetes

February 24, 2026 at 11:50 AM
12-year-old Texas student beside a homemade nuclear fusion device after detecting neutrons

A 12-year-old boy in Texas spends four years building a nuclear fusion device at home and manages to detect real neutrons

February 24, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Highly contaminated water inside the torus room at Fukushima Daiichi where active marine bacteria were detected.

Fifteen years after the 2011 disaster, Fukushima continues to deliver strange surprises. Japan has found active bacteria in highly radioactive water, and what is most disturbing is that they appear “normal,” as if nothing had happened

February 24, 2026 at 8:38 AM
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
Quartz vein with gold deposits in dark rock, showing how earthquakes may help form giant gold nuggets

Earthquakes could be behind the formation of giant gold nuggets

February 24, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Seychelles sea coconut (coco de mer) seed on a beach, the world’s largest seed at up to 66 pounds and nearly 20 inches wide

Weighing up to 66 pounds and measuring nearly 20 inches, the Seychelles sea coconut is the largest seed on the planet

February 23, 2026 at 7:04 PM
10-year-old boy in Rostock programming a small educational robot with block-based code on a laptop during a MikroMINT technology workshop

A 10-year-old boy from Rostock is already programming his own browser in Python with a “history limit” and everything, while others are still learning how to browse safely

February 23, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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
Scientist releases biological control weevils onto invasive floating pennywort in a UK river

The war against invasive plants that devour rivers and fields enters creative mode: British scientists are releasing living allies that no one would have imagined in a modern scientific plan

February 23, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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