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Ground robot maps soil moisture in a California citrus orchard to guide precision irrigation tree by tree

Say goodbye to blind watering: this new robot knows which trees need water and which don’t

April 13, 2026 at 4:38 AM
NASA experiment using concentrated sunlight to extract oxygen from simulated lunar soil in a lab setup

What astronauts step on could end up in their oxygen tanks, and NASA’s new experiment with concentrated sunlight makes the idea of living on the Moon for months without relying so heavily on Earth seem much more plausible

April 9, 2026 at 12:30 PM
China CH-7 stealth drone flying during test flight showcasing advanced military aviation and surveillance capabilities

China tests its new 925 km/h stealth drone, and the first flight of this nearly invisible aircraft sends a message that goes far beyond mere speed

April 9, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Illustration of two Roman men playing an ancient board game linked to an archaeological stone analyzed with artificial intelligence

Archaeologists are turning to artificial intelligence to decipher a 2,000-year-old Roman inscription, and what’s written on the stone could change everything we thought we knew about an ancient lost game

April 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Richard Feynman teaching in front of a blackboard during the era when he inspired the idea of extreme miniaturization

Richard Feynman, physicist and visionary, in 1959: “There is enough space on the head of a pin to fit the entire Encyclopaedia Britannica”

April 8, 2026 at 6:30 AM
China’s 2-watt satellite laser transmits gigabit-speed data to an Earth telescope during a space-to-ground test

China has just achieved an extraordinary feat: a laser with a power output of just 2 watts has transmitted data at a speed of 1 gigabit per second from a distance of 36,705 kilometers to Earth

April 7, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Wet magnetic cement mixture being poured during a wall-finish demonstration for movable no-drill storage

A 29-year-old man wants to put an end to holes in walls with an idea that could transform rental housing

April 2, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Satellite image of a powerful hurricane forming over the ocean as artificial intelligence models analyze storm development

Hurricane forecasting is about to change forever: AI is beginning to detect sudden intensifications before they occur and could help prevent future disasters

March 27, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Frozen blueberries in packaging linked to food recall in the United States and Canada due to contamination risk

Food alert in the U.S. and Canada: thousands of boxes of frozen blueberries may be contaminated with dangerous substances

March 26, 2026 at 6:30 PM
An automated robotic assembly line inside Xiaomi's "lights-out" Smart Factory in Beijing, showing robotic arms assembling flagship smartphones.

Goodbye to human assembly lines: China now has a dark factory that manufactures one smartphone per second, 24 hours a day, without a single worker

March 26, 2026 at 10:15 AM
A digital conceptual illustration of a courtroom gavel resting on a mountain of glowing, binary-coded documents representing AI-generated legal filings.

AI is no longer just a simple writing aid, and 2026 could be the year when courts, universities, and the media are inundated with a flood of texts that can no longer be processed in time

March 25, 2026 at 6:30 PM
A sensor patch worn on a finger that can generate electricity from sweat for battery-free wearables

No more dead batteries: Japanese scientists have developed a sensor that generates electricity from sweat

March 25, 2026 at 1:06 PM
The Chinese "Jetank" (Jiutian) heavy-lift drone on a runway, featuring a 25-meter wingspan and 12-hour endurance.

China already has a giant drone with the payload capacity of a manned fighter jet, and what’s most unsettling is that the “Jetank” can launch entire swarms into the air

March 25, 2026 at 12:30 PM
The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz sailing in Panamanian waters during a visit that has reignited the environmental debate

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is scheduled to arrive in Panama between March 29 and April 2 with some 6,000 people on board for a military port call that has also raised concerns about noise, waste, and emissions

March 25, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Drone flying above a packed soccer stadium at night, illustrating anti-drone security technology for major events like the 2026 World Cup

The United States is investing $115 million in anti-drone technology to protect the 2026 World Cup and its 250th anniversary from a threat that is changing security forever

March 24, 2026 at 3:00 PM
AI simulation evolves vision from blind virtual creatures, revealing how eyes can emerge without direct programming

In 2026, an AI is challenged to design life from scratch, and the unthinkable happens: it starts with blind creatures and ends up developing a functional visual system without instructions, as if evolution had “sneaked” into the code

March 24, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Rendering of Trojena freshwater lake surrounded by mountains and dam structures in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is building a 1.7-mile-long artificial lake in the middle of the desert, featuring three giant dams and a $4.7 billion investment, which will yield 90,000 cubic meters of water per week without significantly impacting the environment

March 24, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Aerial rendering of the Pinglu Canal with locks, cargo ships and surrounding green hills in China

China is building a massive 83-mile canal to transport goods directly from the interior to the sea, and the project’s scale explains why half the world is watching it closely

March 24, 2026 at 3:42 AM
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
Concept image of Sentitech’s Domus Sentinela double-dome perimeter security system protecting a large airfield with layered detection zones.

A Spanish startup founded in April 2025 validates in record time an AI-powered perimeter surveillance system with sensor fusion, covering 40 hectares and 2,500 meters in real air traffic and reaching TRL 6 with a “double dome” that detects up to 3 km

March 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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