Economy

Compressed wool pellets being spread onto dry, parched agricultural soil in rural Australia to improve water retention.

Australia is covering its fields with sheep wool to fight a farming crisis, and the numbers suggest the strange idea is working 

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May 17, 2026 at 9:30 AM
The "Don" floating OTEC platform being deployed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Canary Islands for thermal energy testing.

A giant offshore platform is being thrown into the Atlantic to turn ocean temperature differences into electricity, and the test could change clean power

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May 16, 2026 at 9:30 AM
A conceptual rendering of a high-speed bullet train traveling through a futuristic undersea tunnel.

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

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May 15, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Construction site of the Daofu pumped-storage power station at high altitude in the mountains of Sichuan, China.

The world’s highest hydroelectric plant could power an entire region, but its real test is surviving where engineering reaches the limit

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May 15, 2026 at 6:00 AM
A deepwater drilling rig operating offshore, supported by logistics vessels in the Ionian Sea.

ExxonMobil’s Ionian drilling plan has started a port race in Greece, and one small gateway is chasing a €400 million prize

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May 8, 2026 at 3:45 PM
An aerial view of the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao Bridge stretching across the Pearl River Delta, showing the transition between bridge spans and artificial islands.

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

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May 7, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Aerial view of the narrow Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul crowded with massive cargo ships and oil tankers.

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 route 

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May 3, 2026 at 12:30 PM
An architectural rendering of a lush, plant-covered wildlife bridge spanning across a busy multi-lane highway in Southern California.

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 ecosystem 

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May 1, 2026 at 7:45 AM
A large two-story house sitting on a very small plot of land, illustrating the limited space available for a septic system.

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 toilets 

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April 30, 2026 at 7:45 AM
An aerial view of the Giza Plateau showing the Great Sphinx, the pyramids, and surrounding sandy terrain.

What this Italian researcher believes is buried beneath Giza is bigger than another statue, because a second Sphinx would shake ancient history

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April 25, 2026 at 8:00 AM
A 14-year-old boy explaining his educational bird conservation board game to a group of interested players.

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

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April 22, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Aerial view of the Pinglu Canal construction in China, showing new commercial waterways alongside ecological green buffer zones.

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

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April 21, 2026 at 12:30 PM
A modern toilet equipped with an electronic bidet wash seat attachment next to a single roll of toilet paper.

Goodbye to toilet paper, because the bathroom shift already underway could save households more money than most people expect

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April 21, 2026 at 7:45 AM
A close-up view of the 1896 Athens Olympic silver medal featuring the engraved image of Zeus and Nike.

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

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April 20, 2026 at 7:45 AM
A heavy-lift Chinese unmanned cargo helicopter carrying a large payload over rugged mountainous terrain.

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

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April 17, 2026 at 7:00 AM
A close-up of a frustrated person reviewing federal student loan documents and calculating repayment plans on a laptop.

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

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April 13, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Spools of ultra-high-strength carbon fiber thread being processed in a modern Chinese manufacturing facility.

What China just scaled up looks like a science fiction material: thinner than it should be, stronger than steel, and suddenly ready for industry

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April 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM
A close-up view of a pharmacist's hand counting prescription pills on a tray next to an open pill bottle.

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

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April 12, 2026 at 9:30 AM
An expansive, dusty open-pit copper mining operation nestled high within the snow-capped peaks of the Andes mountains.

The treasure no one saw coming in the Andes may help power the energy transition, but digging it up could open a much darker chapter

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April 9, 2026 at 7:45 AM
A wide view of the United Downs deep geothermal energy facility in Cornwall, featuring metal pipelines and vapor cooling systems against an overcast sky.

Goodbye to oil as the only answer: the U.K. is pushing a water-based energy path just as fossil prices start biting harder

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April 8, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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