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Geologists examine drill core samples from the Wangu gold field in Hunan, China

China drills beneath the Wangu gold field and discovers a “treasure” of more than 1,000 tons that could be hidden 3,000 meters underground

January 20, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Two U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jets fly in formation at dusk

A blue laser was aimed at F-16 pilots during a nighttime approach to Spangdahlem, and German police are now investigating who came within inches of causing a tragedy

January 20, 2026 at 10:15 AM
U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter flying over the ocean during carrier operations

Two United States Navy aircraft plunged into the sea within just 30 minutes off an aircraft carrier in the South China Sea, setting off alarm bells

January 20, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Illustration of a woolly mammoth standing on Arctic ice, symbolizing a study that reclassified “young mammoth” bones as whales.

The story seemed perfect: for 70 years, these vertebrae were touted as the “youngest mammoth” in Alaska, and the twist comes when science decides to review them from scratch

January 20, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Massive offshore wind turbine being installed at sea near Hainan, with other turbines visible in the distance.

China has brought a giant offshore wind turbine of up to 20 MW online off the coast of Hainan, and the debate is not just about energy but about what may be changing in the air around it

January 19, 2026 at 6:30 PM
An F-35A stealth fighter sits on a wet runway in cold conditions, photographed during a military training deployment.

The Netherlands has sent 12 F-35 jets to the United States for realistic NATO war training amid rising global tensions

January 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Aerial view of a California apartment complex with large rooftop solar arrays covering multiple flat buildings.

The California Supreme Court has reopened the rooftop solar fight, leaving uncertainty over whether NEM 3.0 credit cuts will survive the next legal challenge

January 19, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Workers in protective suits stand in a flooded facility, using tools to clean up standing water after a coastal flood or storm surge.

A national map identifies 5,500 “hot spots” along the US coastline, and the danger is not the water itself, but what the water can carry with it

January 19, 2026 at 12:30 PM
A transit stop with a green sculptural structure and a modular terracotta cooling brick shown in an inset, designed to cool air during heatwaves.

The brick that promises to cool down a bus stop in the middle of a heatwave without plugs and with a trick so simple it’s surprising

January 19, 2026 at 10:15 AM
A volunteer lies on an MRI table with a head coil in place while researchers stand nearby, preparing a high-field brain scan experiment.

They placed 56 volunteers in a virtual reality environment inside the scanner and detected a gradual change in the hippocampus that could explain that sudden feeling of confusion when you get lost on a street you know well

January 19, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Two workers walk beside a massive pile of used tires repurposed for rubber-modified asphalt roads

Mountains of tires become “black gold” for roads: rubber-coated asphalt promises greater durability and less noise, but raises environmental concerns

January 18, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Phalanx Close-In Weapon System fires from USS Abraham Lincoln during live-fire drills in the South China Sea.

A U.S. nuclear supercarrier (USS Abraham Lincoln) fires its Phalanx in the South China Sea

January 18, 2026 at 4:36 PM
For the first time on video: orcas and dolphins “team up” to hunt chinook salmon off the coast of Vancouver Island

For the first time on video: orcas and dolphins “team up” to hunt chinook salmon off the coast of Vancouver Island

January 18, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Map of the Moon’s far side showing red fault lines, revealing young geological scars that suggest active tectonics

The Moon is not “dead,” and a new map of the far side reveals young scars that could still be shifting today

January 18, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivers remarks amid scrutiny over $2.5B green building overhaul

As Trump’s war against the Federal Reserve over a $2.5 billion “green” reform erupts, money for solar and energy transition comes to the fore

January 18, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Aircela’s rooftop machine in Manhattan converting air into gasoline using direct air capture and renewable electricity.

A New York startup says it can already make gasoline from air on a rooftop, and it demonstrated the process in Manhattan with a machine about the size of a refrigerator

January 18, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Aerial view of sand-filled artificial islands linked by a narrow causeway, built by dredging in the South China Sea.

China has managed to build entirely new islands from scratch by pumping sand from the seabed day after day for more than a decade

January 17, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Artist illustration of a spacecraft near Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, with sunlight flaring behind the hazy world in the background.

For years, there was talk of a global sea beneath the ice, but the new model paints a stranger picture: a spongy moon with layers of slush and pockets of water hidden deep below

January 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM
A naval laser weapon system fires a green beam over the ocean at dusk during a test, illustrating directed-energy ship defense technology.

Rheinmetall and MBDA want to create a “light weapon” for the German Navy: long-range precision and actual deployment planned for 2029

January 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Gold bracteate pendants, beads, and rings covered in soil on a patterned plate after being recovered from a Norwegian archaeological find.

He went for a walk “for health reasons” on an island in Norway and the detector exploded: 9 gold pendants, 10 beads, and 3 rings from the year 500… The museum is already calling it “the find of the century”

January 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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