Tech
A drone inspired by bees flies 600 meters without GPS or external cameras and returns on its own, mimicking the insects’ “olfactory map” for indoor rescue missions
Airbus is testing a passenger aircraft capable of flying 22 hours nonstop and aims to establish a direct route between Sydney and London by 2028
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
A battery built for aircraft and defense hit 465 Wh/kg, and the safety tests may be the bigger story than the energy density
Nebraska is building a $10 million wastewater line to cool a data center, and AI’s heat problem is reaching the sewer
India turned a 650-ton diesel excavator into an electric machine, and the retrofit may be better than building a new one
Switzerland is running trains over solar panels, and the railway itself is turning into part of the power grid
Researchers found a 40-ft. hidden tunnel under roads using acoustic signals, and the clue came from below the ground
A 29-year-old created magnetic cement, and construction may be facing a material shake-up almost nobody saw coming
Tape aluminum foil over a damp wall for 48 hours, and the side that gets wet can reveal what your home is hiding
Rochester researchers turned sunlight into a desalination tool that leaves no liquid brine, while pulling lithium from salty water
America’s fastest train is being built in the desert, with an electric line meant to cut the Las Vegas trip to just over two hours
Denmark is replacing white streetlights with red LEDs on one road, and the reason is hidden in the flight path of bats
A house made from recycled-plastic blocks turns construction into a quick 5-day assembly, and that could change how cheap homes are built



