CATL manufactures more batteries for electric cars than all its competitors worldwide combined, and the company founded 14 years ago in a coastal city in China that no one knew delivered 661 GWh in 2025, commands 39.2% of the global market and supplies batteries to Tesla, BMW, Toyota, and Volkswagen.

While Belo Monte progressed slowly in Brazil, China is building in Tibet 5 cascade hydropower plants on the Yarlung Tsangpo that will generate 3 times the energy of the Three Gorges.

Douglas Avila 13/05/2026 at 07:02

While Ferrogrão has been stalled for 16 years in Brazil, Chinese engineers are drilling 34.5 km of rock under Gaoligong Mountain to open Asia’s largest railway tunnel.

Douglas Avila 13/05/2026 at 06:47

Interesting facts

Chinese probe Tianwen-2 is traveling 45 million kilometers to touch Earth’s quasi-satellite Kamoʻoalewa and bring 100 grams of sample back home.

Douglas Avila 13/05/2026 at 06:32

Interesting facts

Researchers are excavating in Morocco the world’s oldest ankylosaur, dating back 165 million years, with nearly 1-meter long spines protruding from its neck.

Douglas Avila 13/05/2026 at 06:17

Construction

While Belo Monte progressed slowly in Brazil, China is building in Tibet 5 cascade hydropower plants on the Yarlung Tsangpo that will generate 3 times the energy of the Three Gorges.

Douglas Avila 13/05/2026 at 07:02

While Ferrogrão has been stalled for 16 years in Brazil, Chinese engineers are drilling 34.5 km of rock under Gaoligong Mountain to open Asia’s largest railway tunnel.

Douglas Avila 13/05/2026 at 06:47

An Italian architect created a bamboo tower that collects up to 100 liters of drinking water per day from rain, fog, and dew, costs less than US$1,000 to install, and already operates in isolated communities in Haiti, Brazil, India, Cameroon, and other countries where clean water does not arrive via plumbing.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 12/05/2026 at 23:58

Small on the outside and surprising on the inside, the Emerald prefabricated house draws attention by featuring a full kitchen, luxury bathroom, dishwasher, smart climate control, thermal and acoustic insulation, and mobility for less than 8,000 euros.

Caio Aviz 12/05/2026 at 22:55

A 33-year-old Paranaense practically built a two-story, 200-square-meter house by himself, without ever having had experience in civil construction, engineering, or architecture.

Bruno Teles 12/05/2026 at 21:15

Geopolitics

Construction 13/05/2026 at 07:02

While Belo Monte progressed slowly in Brazil, China is building in Tibet 5 cascade hydropower plants on the Yarlung Tsangpo that will generate 3 times the energy of the Three Gorges.

Russia is sailing all 8 nuclear icebreakers of its fleet simultaneously for the first time in history, as the Arctic freezes two weeks earlier than expected.

Douglas Avila 13/05/2026 at 06:02

End of an era at sea: The US Navy wants to retire legendary Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, Ohio-class nuclear submarines, and the first Arleigh Burke-class destroyers in a naval plan that could reshape the fleet by 2031.

Caio Aviz 12/05/2026 at 16:35

“Venezuela loves Trump,” says Donald Trump while suggesting historical annexation of the country as the 51st US state amid a dispute over $40 trillion in oil and the advance of American influence in Latin America.

Felipe Alves da Silva 12/05/2026 at 15:08

U.S. report raises a warning about the advancing influence of China in Latin America and cites Brazil among the countries where space infrastructure, ports, cables, and strategic assets increase Beijing’s weight on the continent.

Valdemar Medeiros 12/05/2026 at 11:17

Interesting facts

Interesting facts

Chinese probe Tianwen-2 is traveling 45 million kilometers to touch Earth’s quasi-satellite Kamoʻoalewa and bring 100 grams of sample back home.

Douglas Avila 13/05/2026 at 06:32

Interesting facts

Researchers are excavating in Morocco the world’s oldest ankylosaur, dating back 165 million years, with nearly 1-meter long spines protruding from its neck.

Douglas Avila 13/05/2026 at 06:17

Interesting facts

Few know, but India has a 36 km wall that surrounds a fort in the mountains and is considered the second largest in the world, behind the Great Wall of China.

Ana Alice 13/05/2026 at 00:04

Interesting facts

Mayor creates a “prank” with fake speed cameras

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 12/05/2026 at 23:48

Interesting facts

Former Brazilian car washer who washed cars to help his family overcomes a daily commute of up to 8 buses and earns a PhD in Engineering in Australia.

Ana Alice 12/05/2026 at 23:45

Science and Technology

Interesting facts 13/05/2026 at 06:32

Chinese probe Tianwen-2 is traveling 45 million kilometers to touch Earth’s quasi-satellite Kamoʻoalewa and bring 100 grams of sample back home.

Interesting facts

Researchers are excavating in Morocco the world’s oldest ankylosaur, dating back 165 million years, with nearly 1-meter long spines protruding from its neck.

Douglas Avila 13/05/2026 at 06:17

Science and Technology

Home-built airplane by a Minas Gerais engineer uses car parts, such as a power window motor for the flaps and a tachometer on the dashboard. The project took six years, and the aircraft has autonomy to fly up to seven hours non-stop.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 12/05/2026 at 23:56

Science and Technology

With 4 engines, an 8,000 km range, torpedoes and anti-ship missiles, the Kawasaki P-1 is the Japanese submarine hunter made to patrol the Pacific and find invisible threats on the seabed.

Ana Alice 12/05/2026 at 23:39

Science and Technology

It seems like science fiction, but it already exists: a Swedish electric boat uses a car battery, carbon fiber hull, and smart hydrofoils to fly over the water and travel 105 km in almost total silence.

Ana Alice 12/05/2026 at 22:17

Most recent

CATL manufactures more batteries for electric cars than all its competitors worldwide combined, and the company founded 14 years ago in a coastal city in China that no one knew delivered 661 GWh in 2025, commands 39.2% of the global market and supplies batteries to Tesla, BMW, Toyota, and Volkswagen.

Valdemar Medeiros 13/05/2026 at 07:07

While Belo Monte progressed slowly in Brazil, China is building in Tibet 5 cascade hydropower plants on the Yarlung Tsangpo that will generate 3 times the energy of the Three Gorges.

Douglas Avila 13/05/2026 at 07:02

While Ferrogrão has been stalled for 16 years in Brazil, Chinese engineers are drilling 34.5 km of rock under Gaoligong Mountain to open Asia’s largest railway tunnel.

Douglas Avila 13/05/2026 at 06:47

Interesting facts

Chinese probe Tianwen-2 is traveling 45 million kilometers to touch Earth’s quasi-satellite Kamoʻoalewa and bring 100 grams of sample back home.

Douglas Avila 13/05/2026 at 06:32

Interesting facts

Researchers are excavating in Morocco the world’s oldest ankylosaur, dating back 165 million years, with nearly 1-meter long spines protruding from its neck.

Douglas Avila 13/05/2026 at 06:17

Russia is sailing all 8 nuclear icebreakers of its fleet simultaneously for the first time in history, as the Arctic freezes two weeks earlier than expected.

Douglas Avila 13/05/2026 at 06:02

Interesting facts

Few know, but India has a 36 km wall that surrounds a fort in the mountains and is considered the second largest in the world, behind the Great Wall of China.

Ana Alice 13/05/2026 at 00:04

Hyundai Creta 2029 appears in new spy shots with a completely revamped design, a more modern digital interior, a larger multimedia center, a more comfortable passenger seat, and electrification finally on the radar.

Caio Aviz 13/05/2026 at 00:02

Former CIA analyst warns that China has already surpassed the US in missiles, electronic warfare, cyber, and military production, transforming the Pacific into a zone without safe spaces while Washington clings to its submarine advantage.

Ana Alice 13/05/2026 at 00:00

An Italian architect created a bamboo tower that collects up to 100 liters of drinking water per day from rain, fog, and dew, costs less than US$1,000 to install, and already operates in isolated communities in Haiti, Brazil, India, Cameroon, and other countries where clean water does not arrive via plumbing.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 12/05/2026 at 23:58

Science and Technology

Home-built airplane by a Minas Gerais engineer uses car parts, such as a power window motor for the flaps and a tachometer on the dashboard. The project took six years, and the aircraft has autonomy to fly up to seven hours non-stop.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 12/05/2026 at 23:56

Interesting facts

Mayor creates a “prank” with fake speed cameras

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 12/05/2026 at 23:48