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Massive granite blocks from the Lighthouse of Alexandria being lifted from the Mediterranean Sea by a crane.

Something that vanished 1,600 years ago is rising from the sea: archaeologists recover 22 giant pieces of an ancient world wonder

May 9, 2026 at 3:45 PM
An aerial view of the 1,191-meter Kruunuvuori Bridge in Helsinki, featuring its 135-meter central diamond pylon and dedicated lanes for trams, cyclists, and pedestrians.

Goodbye to cars on the world’s longest multimodal bridge: a 1,190-meter giant opens with a 200-year lifespan and a radical rule

May 9, 2026 at 10:35 AM
An aerial view of a massive floating solar panel array floating on the blue waters of Kenyir Lake in Malaysia.

A floating solar plant in Southeast Asia will be built on water rather than land, with batteries capable of powering factories and data centers

May 9, 2026 at 7:45 AM
A long-exposure photograph of a Starlink satellite reentering Earth's atmosphere, appearing as a bright, glowing streak across the night sky.

Elon Musk’s internet network keeps replacing old satellites by letting them fall, and the sky is becoming part of the business plan

May 8, 2026 at 6:45 PM
A digital rendering of the Flex2Power hybrid offshore platform featuring a wind turbine, solar panels, and wave energy converters in a stormy sea.

This offshore platform stacks solar panels, a wind turbine, and wave power in one machine, and it could be at sea within years

May 8, 2026 at 12:30 PM
A satellite view from NASA's Landsat 9 showing vibrant red patches across the Andes in Patagonia, mimicking the appearance of red snow.

NASA spots red “snow” across Patagonia from space, but the strange color is really a forest trick hiding in the Andes

May 8, 2026 at 9:30 AM
A hot-fire test of Astrobotic's Chakram rotating detonation rocket engine at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, showing a bright, stable exhaust plume.

A rocket engine that burns fuel with spinning shock waves just ran longer than expected, and NASA’s Moon plans are watching closely

May 8, 2026 at 6:00 AM
A collection of used iPhones and Samsung Galaxy smartphones piled inside a wooden storage drawer.

Old phones sitting in drawers are becoming cash again, and big retailers are turning forgotten iPhones and Samsungs into a new market

May 7, 2026 at 3:45 PM
A rows of glowing blue server racks inside a massive, high-tech industrial data center.

China blocks Mark Zuckerberg’s $2 billion AI deal, and the move exposes the new war over startups trying to escape Beijing

May 7, 2026 at 10:35 AM
A microscopic image showing translucent, crystalline structures of the rare lunar minerals Magnesiochangesite-(Y) and Changesite-(Ce) found in Chang'e-5 soil samples.

China has discovered two rare minerals in lunar dust, and the crystals are so rare that there is no exact match for either of them on Earth

May 7, 2026 at 7:45 AM
A small, coffee-mug-sized CubeSat deploying its massive, origami-inspired fold-out membrane antenna in low-Earth orbit.

A satellite the size of a coffee mug just unfolded like origami in orbit, and JAXA says the trick could unlock cheaper space missions

May 6, 2026 at 6:45 PM
A microscopic view of an artificial pancreas implant featuring a protective crystalline shield for insulin-producing cells.

Scientists develop a living artificial pancreas that monitors blood sugar and releases insulin by itself, raising hope for millions of diabetics

May 6, 2026 at 12:30 PM
A complex, state-of-the-art superconducting magnet system housed inside the Synergetic Extreme Condition User Facility in Beijing.

China has just activated a 35.6-tesla magnet 700,000 times stronger than Earth’s magnetic field, and it can remain stable for more than 200 hours

May 6, 2026 at 9:30 AM
A cross-section diagram of a hollow steel cylinder filled with solid metal spheres and a central rod system designed to absorb seismic vibrations

Scientists create a steel cylinder filled with spheres that reduces earthquake damage in buildings and bridges without needing electricity

May 6, 2026 at 6:00 AM
An entrance to an abandoned coal mine shaft in Cumberland, British Columbia, now flooded with water.

Canada looks deep inside old coal mines and finds a clean energy alternative that could turn abandoned fossil fuel sites into part of the post-oil future 

May 5, 2026 at 6:45 PM
The S2000 Stratosphere Airborne Wind Energy System, a massive blimp-like flying wind turbine, hovering high above the ground.

China launches a flying wind turbine 2,000 meters into the sky, generates power for the grid and promises energy at one-tenth the cost of conventional wind 

May 5, 2026 at 3:45 PM
A sleek Boom Supersonic Overture passenger jet soaring high above the clouds in the upper stratosphere.

America’s Concorde successor is now two years from production, promises 1,122 mph flights and could bring back supersonic travel after more than two decades 

May 5, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Fresh mackerel on display over ice at a seafood market, illustrating the need for real-time freshness tracking technology.

Japan creates a mathematical system to know in real time whether fish is still fresh, and the food industry may never look at seafood the same way again 

May 5, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Illustration of the NASA Galileo spacecraft plunging through the turbulent, fiery atmosphere of Jupiter.

NASA’s Galileo spacecraft plunged into Jupiter’s hellish clouds after becoming the first human-made object to orbit an outer planet, and what it revealed still sounds impossible 

May 5, 2026 at 9:30 AM
A 15-year-old girl demonstrating her $12 BEACON ocean current generator prototype, made from a PVC tube and a 3D-printed propeller.

A 15-year-old girl built a $12 generator from recycled materials, and her device can turn ocean currents into electricity for remote homes 

May 5, 2026 at 7:45 AM
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