Tech
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
After typhoons and months of high electricity costs, island residents are moving toward solar systems outside the grid
Solar energy is arriving faster than Ireland’s grid can handle, and the bottleneck is no longer the panels
Mexico’s Petgas turns plastic waste into fuel, but the real question is whether this is recycling or another way to burn carbon
China built Asia’s largest rail station in two years, with 5.1 million ft.² and welding robots setting the pace
Boeing’s MQ-28 autonomous fighter flew internationally for the first time, and unmanned combat aviation crossed a line
China launched Shenzhou-23 toward Tiangong, and more than 100 experiments show how serious its space station has become
SpaceX’s Gigabay was shown up close, and a factory built for 1,000 Starships a year changes the rocket business
Gabe Newell is building a 531-ft. deep-sea vessel, and its 15,000-meter lifting system makes rockets look less lonely
Hermeus broke the sound barrier at Mach 1.21, and the small test jet is turning hypersonic ambition into hardware
China flew a 7.5-ton unmanned hydrogen cargo plane, and the test hints at a cleaner future for heavy aviation
Blue Origin’s New Glenn exploded on a Florida launch pad, and NASA’s Moon timetable suddenly looks less secure
Scientists built a solar desalination system that makes fresh water without toxic brine, and drought regions will notice
China switched on a 26 MW wind turbine that can power 40,000 homes, and offshore wind just changed scale again
SpaceX’s Starship V3 finally flew, but the next test is harder: proving NASA can trust it for the Moon
JAXA tested a Mach 5 hydrogen ramjet on the ground, and the heat problem may decide the future of hypersonic flight
China sent Australia a 15.7-meter tunnel-boring machine that bends at the waist, and Sydney’s harbor is going underground









