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A wide view of the Mount Sendatsu solar plant, showing the layout of panels that are causing unexpected light reflection in nearby neighborhoods.

A Fukushima megasolar plant was expected to reflect light for 5 minutes, but the glare lasted up to 53 minutes

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June 27, 2026 at 12:30 PM

A massive electric-converted mining excavator operating in an open-pit mine, showing the power and scale of the new electric architecture.

India turned a 650-ton diesel excavator into an electric machine, and the retrofit may be better than building a new one

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June 26, 2026 at 3:45 PM

A wide shot of a hydroelectric dam facility in British Columbia, symbolizing the province's reliance on clean power.

BC Hydro is quietly looking for gas contracts, and the move exposes the harder side of the clean-power shortage

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June 26, 2026 at 9:30 AM

A hand taping a square of aluminum foil over a damp, discolored patch on a home wall to perform a moisture diagnostic test.

Tape aluminum foil over a damp wall for 48 hours, and the side that gets wet can reveal what your home is hiding

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June 25, 2026 at 10:35 AM

The Leonardo AW249 Fenice performing an agile flight demonstration at the ILA Berlin Airshow.

Leonardo flew the AW249 Fenice in public for the first time, putting Italy’s answer to the Apache into Europe’s attack-helicopter race

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June 24, 2026 at 12:30 PM

The iconic Seven Mile Bridge stretching across the turquoise waters of the Florida Keys, showcasing the Overseas Highway.

Florida turned an old railroad into a 113-mile road over the sea, and 42 bridges still explain the gamble

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June 23, 2026 at 9:30 AM

FBI puts drones under pressure, and the issue is no longer the gadget but who controls the sky above cities

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June 22, 2026 at 6:00 AM

A Flock Safety drone hovering above a residential neighborhood in Stockton, California, as part of a new police surveillance expansion.

Drones will now assist police in a California city like never before, but some are pushing back

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June 21, 2026 at 12:30 PM

The two-seat Saab Gripen F fighter jet being unveiled during its official rollout ceremony in Linköping, Sweden.

Brazil’s Gripen bet is growing again, and Saab’s fighter could become the aircraft that keeps Sweden inside Latin America’s airpower race

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June 19, 2026 at 6:45 PM

The Katmerciler HIZIR 4x4 MRAP vehicle navigating rough terrain during a military field exercise.

The Khidr armored vehicle is not just another troop carrier, and its multi-role platform shows how modern ground warfare is changing

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June 19, 2026 at 10:35 AM

A Scorpène-class submarine at the Itaguaí Naval Complex in Brazil, representing the potential for a new era of regional naval cooperation.

Argentina could build submarines with a partner almost no one expected, and the alliance says more about power than shipyards

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June 19, 2026 at 7:45 AM

The Spanish Navy S-81 Isaac Peral submarine docked at the Cartagena Naval Base.

Spain shows a submarine with no cabins for 43 sailors, and the steel cage reveals the human cost of underwater patrols

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June 18, 2026 at 3:45 PM

A Brazilian Army Guarani 6x6 amphibious armored troop carrier driving through a flooded area during rescue operations.

Brazil’s 39,700-lb. Guarani carries 11 troops across water on six wheels, and its V-shaped hull explains the new armored vehicle race

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June 18, 2026 at 10:35 AM

The first two-seat Saab Gripen F fighter jet developed for the Brazilian Air Force during its rollout in Linköping, Sweden.

Brazil may add 20 more Gripen fighters after rejecting the Rafale, and Sweden’s bet on Latin America is suddenly growing

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June 17, 2026 at 10:35 AM

A portable home battery unit set up on an apartment balcony next to a small solar panel array.

Plug-in batteries are spreading illegally through homes, and the fight over balcony solar is turning into a bigger grid problem

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June 16, 2026 at 10:35 AM

An industrial tunnel at the Onkalo repository where radioactive waste will be encased in copper canisters and buried in deep bedrock.

Finland buried nuclear waste in copper canisters 430 meters underground, but some scientists warn the metal may not last long enough

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June 16, 2026 at 9:30 AM

The 151-ton center cutterhead for TBM Monica being transported through Cooma on a specialized 152-wheel heavy-load trailer.

A 152-wheel truck moved a 302,000-lb. tunnel cutterhead, and the logistics became a second engineering project

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June 15, 2026 at 10:35 AM

Construction site of the Technology Center Laufenburg, showing the massive underground excavation pit for the world's largest vanadium redox flow battery.

Switzerland dug a hole the size of two soccer fields for a 1.2 GW underground battery, and the real shock is that it can react in milliseconds

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June 14, 2026 at 9:30 AM

A municipal snowplow spraying a road with a tinted liquid mixture of brine and beet juice as an alternative to traditional rock salt.

Pickle juice, molasses and beer residue are replacing road salt, turning industrial waste into infrastructure chemistry

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June 13, 2026 at 3:45 PM

The Long March-2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou-23 crewed spacecraft lifting off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

China launched Shenzhou-23 toward Tiangong, and more than 100 experiments show how serious its space station has become

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June 12, 2026 at 6:45 PM

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A Fukushima megasolar plant was expected to reflect light for 5 minutes, but the glare lasted up to 53 minutes

India turned a 650-ton diesel excavator into an electric machine, and the retrofit may be better than building a new one

BC Hydro is quietly looking for gas contracts, and the move exposes the harder side of the clean-power shortage

Tape aluminum foil over a damp wall for 48 hours, and the side that gets wet can reveal what your home is hiding

Leonardo flew the AW249 Fenice in public for the first time, putting Italy’s answer to the Apache into Europe’s attack-helicopter race

Florida turned an old railroad into a 113-mile road over the sea, and 42 bridges still explain the gamble

FBI puts drones under pressure, and the issue is no longer the gadget but who controls the sky above cities

Drones will now assist police in a California city like never before, but some are pushing back

Brazil’s Gripen bet is growing again, and Saab’s fighter could become the aircraft that keeps Sweden inside Latin America’s airpower race

The Khidr armored vehicle is not just another troop carrier, and its multi-role platform shows how modern ground warfare is changing

Argentina could build submarines with a partner almost no one expected, and the alliance says more about power than shipyards

Spain shows a submarine with no cabins for 43 sailors, and the steel cage reveals the human cost of underwater patrols

Brazil’s 39,700-lb. Guarani carries 11 troops across water on six wheels, and its V-shaped hull explains the new armored vehicle race

Brazil may add 20 more Gripen fighters after rejecting the Rafale, and Sweden’s bet on Latin America is suddenly growing

Plug-in batteries are spreading illegally through homes, and the fight over balcony solar is turning into a bigger grid problem

Finland buried nuclear waste in copper canisters 430 meters underground, but some scientists warn the metal may not last long enough

A 152-wheel truck moved a 302,000-lb. tunnel cutterhead, and the logistics became a second engineering project

Switzerland dug a hole the size of two soccer fields for a 1.2 GW underground battery, and the real shock is that it can react in milliseconds

Pickle juice, molasses and beer residue are replacing road salt, turning industrial waste into infrastructure chemistry

China launched Shenzhou-23 toward Tiangong, and more than 100 experiments show how serious its space station has become

NASA’s silent X-59 breaks the sound barrier for the first time without a sonic boom, paving the way for the return of civilian supersonic flights

A hypersonic prototype promises a flight from New York to London in 57 minutes at Mach 5.5, reigniting the dream of supersonic travel four times faster than the Concorde

Kenyan students are turning coconut shells and corn kernels into an exhaust filter that reduces particulate matter by 65% without the need for rare earth elements or an expensive catalyst

The F-35 is getting a new brain, and the first Marine jets to receive it send a warning about the next war in the skies

Recycled-plastic blocks can snap into a small house in five days, as construction starts to look like a puzzle

The United States used almost everything short of nuclear weapons against Iran, and the target was an underground network built to survive war

A battery built for aircraft and defense hit 465 Wh/kg, and the safety tests may be the bigger story than the energy density

The U.S. Coast Guard put 33-ft. surveillance drones on the Great Lakes, and privacy fears followed them into the water

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