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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
Stephen Hawking portrait highlighting his legacy in physics and his reflections on calm and powerful thinking

Stephen Hawking, scientist: “Calm and peaceful people have the strongest and most expressive minds”

March 19, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Construction crews in hard hats stand inside a large, concrete lined tunnel, a visual of Europe’s hidden underground routes.

Switzerland has excavated a “second country” beneath the Alps: more than 1,400 tunnels and about 1,243 miles beneath the rock to change the climate… without almost anyone noticing when traveling

March 19, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Transparent deep-sea siphonophore drifting in dark water, showing the gelatinous colonial animal filmed at extreme depth

At a depth of 6,000 meters in Australia, a 15-meter-long organism has been discovered, and scientists admit that they have rarely seen anything like it

March 19, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Carl Sagan smiling in front of a cosmic background, reflecting on his idea that the universe is indifferent to humanity

Carl Sagan, astronomer: “The universe was not created to accommodate man, nor is it hostile to him. It is indifferent to him”

March 19, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Alaskan Dream cruise ship moored in Alaska waters, representing the small-ship line that suddenly ceased operations before the 2026 season.

A popular Alaska cruise line suddenly closes and cancels all future cruises, leaving reservations, refunds, and questions about what happened just before the season began up in the air

March 18, 2026 at 6:30 PM
NASA SR-71 Blackbird flying at high altitude, the legendary aircraft linked to the Japan to California flight that appeared to travel through time

The plane that “traveled through time”: it left Japan on Saturday and arrived in California “on Friday”

March 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Great Sphinx and Pyramid of Khafre at Giza, Egypt, amid debate over possible underground structures beneath the pyramid complex

What researchers have just discovered beneath the Great Pyramid of Giza could change everything we thought we knew about the only surviving wonder of the ancient world

March 18, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Chinese lunar lander on the Moon’s surface, linked to the Chang’e mission that returned far-side samples revealing natural nanotubes

An “impossible” material appears on the Moon: Chinese scientists identify single-layer atomic nanotubes and confirm for the first time that they can form naturally

March 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Close-up of metallic californium crystals, the synthetic radioactive material considered one of the most expensive substances on Earth

It’s not gold or diamonds: the most expensive material on the planet costs $27,000,000 per gram

March 18, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Dusty white 1983 Citroen BX parked outside a house after being stored away for nearly four decades.

He bought a new car, locked it away in a barn for 38 years… and now they open the door: what appears inside looks like something out of a movie

March 18, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Green plastic rock formations spread across a rocky shoreline, showing fused plastic and sediment on a polluted beach

It is no longer floating trash: “rocks” made of plastic have been discovered that could remain on Earth as fossils of the future

March 18, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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