Economy
Australia is covering its fields with sheep wool to fight a farming crisis, and the numbers suggest the strange idea is workingÂ
A giant offshore platform is being thrown into the Atlantic to turn ocean temperature differences into electricity, and the test could change clean power
A submarine bullet train will run at more than 250 km/h under the sea, and two key cities are about to feel much closer
The world’s highest hydroelectric plant could power an entire region, but its real test is surviving where engineering reaches the limit
ExxonMobil’s Ionian drilling plan has started a port race in Greece, and one small gateway is chasing a €400 million prize
A 34-mile bridge cuts across the sea for 40 minutes, and the engineering behind it feels closer to a floating city than a road
Turkey wants to build a new canal next to the free Bosphorus, a $15 billion gamble that could turn Black Sea traffic into a paid routeÂ
The world’s largest wildlife crossing finally has an opening date: a $114 million bridge over 10 lanes of California freeway will reconnect mountain lions, bobcats and a broken ecosystemÂ
A family bought a seven-bedroom home for less than €100,000, but after being denied a septic tank they now have to use gas station toiletsÂ
What this Italian researcher believes is buried beneath Giza is bigger than another statue, because a second Sphinx would shake ancient history
A 14-year-old came up with a game adults should have invented first, and now it may change how children learn to protect what they rarely notice
What China is building is bigger than a canal, because this 83-mile water artery is designed to pull the interior straight into global shipping
Goodbye to toilet paper, because the bathroom shift already underway could save households more money than most people expect
A tiny medal from the first modern Olympics just sold for $181,000, and the real shock is how small objects can carry giant history
China just built a flying mule that can lift 600 kg into places trucks cannot reach, and that is why this drone feels bigger than cargo
What looked like a final path out of student debt is starting to get steeper, and public-service borrowers may be the first to feel the hit
What China just scaled up looks like a science fiction material: thinner than it should be, stronger than steel, and suddenly ready for industry
An official prescription discount is now slashing the sticker shock on major drugs, and the new price gap is bigger than most patients would expect








