Tech

A digital elevation model generated by LiDAR showing the rectangular urban grid and terraces of a buried city in the hills of Córdoba.

Córdoba hides a “lost city” linked to Almanzor: they explore the terrain and find a historical clue that doesn’t fit with the classic story

March 16, 2026 at 7:45 AM
A scientific diagram illustrating the Einstein-Rosen bridge as a connection between two mirrored regions of space-time.

Einstein, space-time, and black holes: the research that aims to bring everything together (and why it’s important now)

March 15, 2026 at 6:45 PM
A Home Assistant Green hub connected to a router with several smart home devices nearby, illustrating a local-first setup.

He blocked the internet on all his smart devices and discovered something he didn’t expect

March 15, 2026 at 12:30 PM
A long-exposure shot of a road in Gladsaxe, Denmark, illuminated by red LED streetlights designed to protect local bat colonies.

Denmark changes the color of its streetlights and manages to alleviate a problem that affects almost all cities

March 15, 2026 at 9:30 AM
A close-up of a quantum computing dilution refrigerator used to house high-performance qubits like the Zuchongzhi 3.0.

John Martinis, 67, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, issues a global warning about China’s secret weapon, which is nanoseconds away from being activated

March 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
A massive data center server room highlighting the immense computing power and energy required to train advanced AI translation models.

This singularity could arrive in just four years, and it all stems from a metric that almost no one outside the industry knew about

March 14, 2026 at 10:35 AM
A high school student using a laptop to generate assignments with ChatGPT.

He used ChatGPT to complete around 150 tasks at school since 2022. At first, he was caught, but he learned not to leave any traces and ended up being expelled. Today, however, he claims that he actually did himself “a big favor”

March 14, 2026 at 6:00 AM
The United Nations General Assembly voting board displaying the passage of Mexico's resolution to limit artificial intelligence in nuclear command systems.

Mexico achieves an unprecedented victory at the UN and sets limits on artificial intelligence in decisions regarding nuclear weapons

March 13, 2026 at 10:35 AM
The autonomous robotic submarine Ran mapping the jagged and melting underside of the Dotson Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

A robotic submarine ventures 27 days beneath an Antarctic ice shelf, discovers “impossible” structures hidden 11 miles beneath the ice, and then disappears without a trace

March 13, 2026 at 6:00 AM
An artist's illustration of a small black hole plunging into a stripped helium star, emitting a bright and long-lasting gamma-ray burst jet.

A mysterious signal from space lasted seven hours, and astronomers believe they have finally figured out what it really was

March 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Seattle's SR 99 South Access northbound off-ramp, which is built with earthquake-resistant shape memory alloy columns.

Seattle installs smart metal on a bridge that bends with earthquakes, does not break, and returns to its place on its own

March 12, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Millions of black plastic shade balls completely covering the surface of the 175-acre Los Angeles Reservoir to protect the water supply.

The United States is forced to cover one of its largest water reservoirs with an unusual method to curb evaporation and toxicity

March 11, 2026 at 10:35 AM
The Shine 2.0 portable wind turbine deployed on its ground mount in a coastal setting, with its three blades spinning to generate power.

It looks like just another camping gadget, but this small wind turbine could be the solution many people have been looking for to charge their cell phones, laptops, or external batteries

March 10, 2026 at 6:45 PM
13-year-old Aiden McMillan adjusting the vacuum chamber of his homemade tabletop nuclear fusion reactor.

He is 12 years old, builds a fusion reactor at home, and manages to detect real neutrons after four years of scientific obsession

March 10, 2026 at 12:30 PM
A GIGA Copper G.hn bridge adapter plugged into an older home's telephone wall jack to transmit high-speed internet.

A British man converts his home’s old telephone wiring into gigabit Internet, and the result makes many alternative PLC solutions look ridiculous

March 9, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Person monitoring the Shine 2 portable wind turbine on a smartphone while using the device for off-grid power near the coast.

It looks like just another camping gadget, but this small wind turbine could be the solution many people have been looking for to charge their cell phones, laptops, or external batteries

March 9, 2026 at 3:45 PM
The Russian humanoid robot AIdol falling face-first on a stage at the Yarovit Hall Congress Center in Moscow during a live demonstration.

Russia took its AI robot for a walk… and it ended up “eating the ground”: the public demonstration that has gone viral around the world

March 6, 2026 at 3:45 PM
The EMO humanoid robot face, featuring 26 actuators beneath a silicone skin, practicing lip-syncing gestures in front of a mirror.

They programmed a robot to watch YouTube for hours… and what it learned wasn’t programmed into it (it’s a bit dizzying)

March 6, 2026 at 9:30 AM
A microscopic 10-micrometer elephant 3D printed inside the cytoplasm of a living HeLa cell using two-photon polymerization.

They shoot a laser at living cells and create 3D structures inside them: the experiment that looks like magic… but is pure science

March 5, 2026 at 12:30 PM
A user connecting a compact USB-C OTG adapter to a smartphone to transfer image files directly to a flash drive.

Transfer photos and files from your cell phone to a USB drive without a computer: the easy method that works if you have the right adapter/USB

March 5, 2026 at 7:45 AM