Technology

Composite image showing a misty forest with migrating birds and an inset photo of a small drone on the ground.

A dispute over drones between North Korea and South Korea could threaten one of Asia’s last natural refuges, where bears, deer, and cranes survive amid mines and barbed wire

January 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A US Air Force F-117 Nighthawk stealth aircraft flies over the Nevada desert during a training mission.

The poacher that refuses to die: why the United States will keep the F-117 flying until 2034 and how its training missions could be leaving an invisible climate footprint

January 29, 2026 at 6:30 AM
A sleek new smartphone with a large camera module resting on a surface, highlighting modern mobile design.

This new phone promises a giant battery and an incredible camera, but experts warn of a significant problem

January 27, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Chinese stealth fighter jet in flight with afterburner and contrails, illustrating the carbon footprint of modern military aviation

China’s J-35 stealth fighter is already flying from aircraft carriers with electromagnetic catapults: behind its hidden technology lies an invisible carbon bomb that will affect the climate for decades to come

January 27, 2026 at 8:45 AM
NATO and Arctic waters as melting sea ice exposes new routes and raises military tensions in the rapidly warming northern region.

NATO issues a warning about the Arctic: what they have found under the melting ice changes everything you thought you knew about the north

January 25, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Royal Marines training in Arctic conditions in northern Norway under the UK Norway Lunna House defense agreement.

United Kingdom and Norway sign the “Lunna House” agreement and send Royal Marines to train year-round in the Arctic, just as the region is warming three times faster than the rest of the planet

January 25, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Laurent Simons stands in a physics lab at the University of Antwerp, the teen researcher now pursuing AI-driven medical science to study aging.

It sounds like something out of a science fiction series, but it’s real: at just 15 years old, Laurent Simons has already completed a PhD and is now researching how to defeat aging with artificial intelligence

January 23, 2026 at 3:00 PM
USS Zumwalt stealth destroyer making a sharp turn during sea trials

The United States launched its 610-foot, 78 MW “stealth destroyer” from the shipyard

January 22, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Infrared-style image of U.S. forces boarding an oil tanker at sea during a pre-dawn seizure operation.

Assault before dawn in the Caribbean: Marines rappel from the USS Gerald R. Ford and seize the tanker Olina with 700,000 barrels on board

January 22, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Aerial view of a coastal water facility in California beside the Pacific Ocean, with industrial buildings, a smokestack, and intake lagoons.

California’s new water plan sounds like science fiction: plants that consume millions of tons of seawater and factories that convert wastewater into drinking water

January 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Mother and daughter pose outside a seven room house built from thousands of recycled glass bottles in Itamaracá, Brazil

They collected 8,000 abandoned bottles from a beach in Pernambuco and ended up building a real seven-bedroom house that today seems almost impossible

January 21, 2026 at 4:19 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
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
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
North Korean leader stands inside an indoor shipyard beside a large submarine hull shown in newly released state media photos.

North Korea shows what it claims to be its nuclear submarine for the first time, and the images raise more questions than answers

January 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Technicians in a cleanroom work with a sealed glovebox while an illustration highlights lunar south pole cold traps tied to NASA’s sample freezer plan.

NASA has just awarded a $37 million contract for something that almost no one sees

January 14, 2026 at 8:45 AM
German officials meet under NATO and German flags as MQ-9B SeaGuardian drones and maritime patrol aircraft fly over warships at sea.

Germany is buying U.S.-made maritime drones for $1.5 billion, exposing cracks in Europe’s military sovereignty

January 14, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Artist rendering of Japan’s H3 rocket in flight above Earth, with the upper stage firing as it climbs toward orbit.

Japan looked to the skies once again with its H3 rocket until the engine malfunctioned and minutes later the plan began to unravel

January 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Composite graphic of ESA’s Flight Ticket Initiative showing a Vega C launch, CubeSats in orbit, Earth at night, and EU stars.

Europe wants to test its technology directly in space and has already reserved the first “tickets” on new rockets

January 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Static test firing of the P160C solid rocket motor at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, sending a huge smoke plume skyward.

Europe has just fired up a more powerful engine in French Guiana, and the change could alter who calls the shots in space launches

January 13, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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