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IRS logo on a smartphone next to U.S. dollar bills and an American flag

The IRS may owe refunds to millions of people for fees charged between 2020 and 2023

March 21, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Map of the northeastern United States Atlantic coast showing offshore areas where a freshwater aquifer was discovered beneath the seabed

Beneath the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of New York, there is a freshwater “bank” that could supply the city for 800 years. This has been confirmed by drilling 400 meters below the seabed

March 21, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Air Canada Airbus A350-1000 widebody aircraft designed for ultra long haul international flights.

Airbus has finally revealed the identity of the “mystery customer” who ordered eight A350-1000s, and the name comes as a surprise, as it changes the commercial landscape of long-haul flights and opens the door to a new battle for the most profitable routes

March 21, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Artist’s reconstruction of Tanyka amnicola, a 275-million-year-old herbivore from Brazil with an unusual jaw and sideways teeth

A 275-million-year-old herbivore with a crooked jaw and “sideways” teeth has been found in Brazil and dubbed a living fossil

March 21, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Portrait of James Watson, the American biologist and Nobel laureate who co-discovered the DNA double helix structure.

James Watson went from being a scientific icon to falling from grace in the public eye. The 1962 Nobel Prize winner for the discovery of DNA died on November 6, 2025, at the age of 97, after years of controversy for making baseless claims that Black people were less intelligent

March 21, 2026 at 6:30 AM
NASA map showing seasonal surface velocity changes on Stonebreen glacier in Svalbard, with red areas marking faster summer flow

NASA detects a strange “red pulse” on a Norwegian glacier, and what happens every summer in Svalbard is leaving many people speechless

March 21, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Aerial view of cracked dry ground beside dense green vegetation near China’s Taklamakan Desert restoration zone

China planted more than 66 billion trees to combat desertification, and now the success of its megaproject in the Taklamakan Desert is creating an unexpected problem

March 21, 2026 at 4:51 AM
A vast open-pit iron ore mine in Western Australia's Hamersley Province, showcasing the rich red hematite deposits.

Australia has just discovered the largest iron deposit ever recorded, weighing 5.7 billion tons, and the most impressive thing is not its size, but its age

March 20, 2026 at 6:30 PM
The British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales navigating through icy Arctic waters during a naval deployment.

The United Kingdom takes a step forward in the Arctic in 2026 and deploys its aircraft carrier Prince of Wales to “protect” Greenland, a geostrategic shift reminiscent of the old Cold War logic, but with melting ice as the new backdrop

March 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM
An artistic rendering of Voyager 2 approaching Neptune, highlighting the planet's tilted and off-center magnetic field lines.

In 1989, Voyager 2 observed “something that didn’t add up” on Neptune, and it took us decades to understand it. Now, a study published in Nature suggests that dark ice could be the cause of the planet’s strange magnetism

March 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Black-and-white portrait of Leo Tolstoy writing at a desk, tied to his famous quote about happiness and purpose

Tolstoy, Russian philosopher: “The secret of happiness is not always doing what you want, but always wanting what you do”

March 20, 2026 at 12:45 PM
White bust of Pythagoras, the Greek philosopher and mathematician associated with a quote about old wine, friendship, and long life.

Pythagoras, Greek philosopher and mathematician: “If you want to live a long life, keep aged wine and an old friend”

March 20, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Aerial view of a solar thermal plant with heliostat fields and a central tower, linked to Vast Renewables’ Port Augusta project.

The great solar promise that received millions in public aid is on the verge of total collapse. Vast Renewables has debts worth around $79 million, and its creditors could only recover between 3.2 and 4.2 cents for every dollar

March 20, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Red boat moving through icy Greenland waters near large ice formations, illustrating the coastal regions affected by ice loss and sea-level change.

The strange “Greenland effect” now has figures and defies intuition: the more ice the island loses, the more sea levels along its coastline can drop due to a truly brutal double geological and gravitational mechanism

March 20, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Large fleet of Chinese fishing boats moving in formation at sea, illustrating the mass vessel presence linked to the East China Sea barrier.

China coordinated more than 1,400 fishing boats in the East China Sea: what is known about the 200-mile “barrier” and why it matters

March 19, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Social Security cards placed over U.S. dollar bills, illustrating retirement benefits and savings concerns for Americans turning 65.

You turn 65, retire, and discover the real surprise: the average Social Security benefit is $1,607, and typical 401(k) savings barely reach $2,400 per month

March 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Helix Nebula infrared image by James Webb showing glowing gas rings from a dying Sun-like star

The James Webb Space Telescope points to the “Eye of God,” and what it sees looks like a scene from the future: this is how the Sun could end up in 5 billion years, according to models

March 19, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Satellite view of storm system over Spain showing heavy rainfall and flooding across the Iberian Peninsula

ESA analyzes the storm system battering Spain from space and reveals an atmospheric pattern that could recur more frequently

March 19, 2026 at 12:30 PM
NASA’s Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars, where scientists detected organic molecules in an ancient lakebed sample

A rock drilled by Curiosity in Gale Crater in 2013 is back in the news because it might hold a key clue to ancient life on Mars—and no one expected that from an “old” hole

March 19, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Close-up of Martian surface with dust storm patterns driving electrostatic chemical reactions

Mars is not just dust and cold: a study claims that its atmosphere is becoming a “poison factory” with active chemistry that never stops

March 19, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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