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China’s CR450 prototype bullet train on a test track, built for 400 km/h service and 450 km/h trial runs

China unveils the fastest bullet train ever built, reaching speeds of 450 km/h in tests and leaving Japan and Germany behind in the global race for the future of transportation

February 18, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Entrance to the La Línea Tunnel in Colombia, the longest road tunnel in Latin America, cutting through the Andes mountains

The longest tunnel in Latin America took more than 10 years to build and now connects two key regions that were previously isolated by mountains

February 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Damian Gordon collecting cans and bottles through Australia’s Return and Earn program to fund his first home deposit

For seven years, he collected more than 450,000 cans and bottles without knowing that this gesture would end up becoming the down payment on his first home

February 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A mouse pulls at the tongue of an unresponsive cage mate during a lab-recorded rescue-like behavior.

Never-before-documented behavior: mice attempt to rescue their companions with actions similar to CPR

February 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Synthetic diamond crystal held between fingers, symbolizing US-Japan plans to invest $550B to reduce reliance on China

The United States and Japan want to spend $550 billion on synthetic diamonds, which says a lot about the problem with China

February 17, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Remains of a 17th-century blubber oven at Smeerenburg with glacier and Arctic mountains in Svalbard.

They spent the deadliest winter of the 17th century in a makeshift cabin eating whale blubber, not knowing if anyone would ever come back to rescue them

February 17, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Thousands of California truck drivers are losing their licenses overnight, and many still don't know why or how to avoid it

Thousands of California truck drivers are losing their licenses overnight, and many still don’t know why or how to avoid it

February 17, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Lake Neuron, a massive underground thermal lake discovered 127 meters deep inside Atmos Cave in Albania.

At a depth of 100 meters underground in Albania, scientists have just discovered a thermal lake so large that it challenges our understanding of the world

February 17, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Primrose Candy Company factory in Chicago after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

An iconic Chicago candy factory with nearly 100 years of history has filed for bankruptcy and could close permanently after losing millions

February 17, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Astronomers look back 11.1 billion years and see something that doesn't fit: a twin of the Milky Way ten times more massive and out of control

Astronomers look back 11.1 billion years and see something that doesn’t fit: a twin of the Milky Way ten times more massive and out of control

February 17, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Humpback whale underwater releasing bubbles during a bubble display.

Humpback whales are making perfect bubble rings… and no one knows why

February 16, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Say goodbye to reading glasses with just one drop a day: the FDA approves revolutionary eye drops that improve vision for up to 10 hours straight

Say goodbye to reading glasses with just one drop a day: the FDA approves revolutionary eye drops that improve vision for up to 10 hours straight

February 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Concept rendering of a bat-shaped fighter jet flying above clouds, a proposed Mach 4 carrier aircraft designed to coordinate drones.

A bat-shaped aircraft could be the next US fighter jet: it promises to fly at Mach 4 and coordinate drones from aircraft carriers

February 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Dense clusters of invasive quagga mussels cling to rocks underwater, a species newly detected in Lower Lough Erne, Northern Ireland.

For the first time, an invasive species capable of destroying freshwater ecosystems in just a few months has been detected in Northern Ireland, and no one knows how to stop it

February 16, 2026 at 12:30 PM
A container ship docks at a Panama Canal port as cranes load stacks of cargo, amid a dispute over long-term terminal concessions.

China directly threatens Panama for canceling historic port contracts signed in the 1990s and warns that it will pay a high political and economic price if it does not rectify the situation

February 16, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Traffic backs up at a busy California intersection under red lights, where automated cameras can issue citations for red-light running.

Thousands of Californians refuse to pay their fines for running red lights, and the reason has to do with a legal loophole that almost no one knows about

February 16, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Europa, Jupiter’s icy ocean moon, showing a bright cracked surface with reddish-brown streaks against black space.

Jupiter’s moon could be dead inside

February 16, 2026 at 6:30 AM
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic jet runs its engine at night with a bright exhaust plume during an afterburner ground test in Palmdale.

The photos that confirm it: NASA’s X-59 fires up its afterburner and takes a key step toward breaking the sound barrier without breaking our ears

February 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Stone age quartz arrowheads from South Africa bearing traces of ancient plant based poison

60,000-year-old poisoned arrows discovered in South Africa reveal that early humans mastered lethal chemistry long before agriculture or writing

February 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Concept illustration of an interstellar probe accelerated by a relativistic electron beam toward Alpha Centauri

Goodbye to chemical rockets: scientists propose an idea that would allow interstellar travel in just 40 years using beams of electrons traveling at close to the speed of light.

February 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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