Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges, Author of CPG Click Oil and Gas

Construction

An architect transformed plastic waste into bricks that fit together like Lego, and with just four people, built a 40 m² two-bedroom house in five days for about US$ 6,800, proving that street pollution can become a roof for the poor.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 11/07/2026 at 13:11

Science and Technology

In Andradina, in the interior of SP, a tannery transformed tilapia skin that slaughterhouses used to throw away into exotic leather for bags, shoes, and even wedding dresses, producing about 2,000 pieces per month and exporting to seven countries, proving that fish waste has become high-value fashion.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 11/07/2026 at 02:05

Interesting facts

A couple bought a house in Sheffield and, when removing the carpet from the hallway, found a trapdoor leading to a secret 23 m² basement with a 2-meter ceiling height, a discovery that eliminated the need for an expensive extension and, according to them, added £70,000 to the property’s value.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 11/07/2026 at 00:26

Interesting facts

A nurse bought for 20,000 a 1955 house abandoned by a hoarder in Texas, and months later, rain revealed a buried pool in the backyard valued at $160,000, which he restored himself for about $10,000, a fraction of the cost of building a new one.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 10/07/2026 at 23:53

Agribusiness

Without anyone betting that Amazonian açaí would catch on in Rio Grande do Norte, he brought the seedling from Pará, planted 80 hectares, and transformed the “unlikely land” into a business that harvests 280 tons of fruit and exports pulp to Italy, the Netherlands, and Kuwait, proving that the superfood from the North thrived in the semi-arid region.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 10/07/2026 at 23:19

Interesting facts

Erected in just 30 minutes over the water that had already engulfed the courtyard, a motorized floating bridge from China evacuated more than 6,000 students trapped inside a school surrounded by the flood in the south of the country, after Typhoon Maysak turned the region into a flooded area.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 10/07/2026 at 21:03

Science and Technology

He has never read a line of code, but he already knows how to work: the French company UMA presented in Paris the Northstar, its first AI-powered humanoid robot designed for factories and warehouses, capable of copying tasks just by observing an employee in action.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 10/07/2026 at 18:25

Science and Technology

Where it almost never rains, residents hung giant nets in the desert mountains and started to ‘fish’ drinking water from the fog: the nets can collect thousands of liters per day directly from the mist.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 10/07/2026 at 14:04

Interesting facts

A college in Peru turned a street billboard into a ‘factory’ for drinking water that pulls moisture from the air: in three months, the panel produced almost 9,500 liters in one of the driest capitals on the planet.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 10/07/2026 at 14:01

Interesting facts

The coast of Pernambuco has more than a dozen deliberately sunken ships at the bottom of the sea, and what started as a junkyard has become one of the largest wreck diving parks in Brazil, a refuge for turtles and schools of fish.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 10/07/2026 at 14:00

Interesting facts

A Dutchman created a ‘box’ that makes trees grow in the desert almost without water and without irrigation: the invention has already brought seedlings to dozens of countries and achieves up to 90% survival where common planting did not exceed 10%.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 10/07/2026 at 01:11

Construction

28-meter, 156-ton titans traveled 20,000 km from China to the port of Santa Catarina: Portonave received 7 fully electric megacranes, part of a R$ 210 million package, to double container handling.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 09/07/2026 at 22:56

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges

An architect transformed plastic waste into bricks that fit together like Lego, and with just four people, built a 40 m² two-bedroom house in five days for about US$ 6,800, proving that street pollution can become a roof for the poor.

A couple bought a house in Sheffield and, when removing the carpet from the hallway, found a trapdoor leading to a secret 23 m² basement with a 2-meter ceiling height, a discovery that eliminated the need for an expensive extension and, according to them, added £70,000 to the property’s value.

A nurse bought for 20,000 a 1955 house abandoned by a hoarder in Texas, and months later, rain revealed a buried pool in the backyard valued at $160,000, which he restored himself for about $10,000, a fraction of the cost of building a new one.

Erected in just 30 minutes over the water that had already engulfed the courtyard, a motorized floating bridge from China evacuated more than 6,000 students trapped inside a school surrounded by the flood in the south of the country, after Typhoon Maysak turned the region into a flooded area.

He has never read a line of code, but he already knows how to work: the French company UMA presented in Paris the Northstar, its first AI-powered humanoid robot designed for factories and warehouses, capable of copying tasks just by observing an employee in action.

Where it almost never rains, residents hung giant nets in the desert mountains and started to ‘fish’ drinking water from the fog: the nets can collect thousands of liters per day directly from the mist.

A college in Peru turned a street billboard into a ‘factory’ for drinking water that pulls moisture from the air: in three months, the panel produced almost 9,500 liters in one of the driest capitals on the planet.

The coast of Pernambuco has more than a dozen deliberately sunken ships at the bottom of the sea, and what started as a junkyard has become one of the largest wreck diving parks in Brazil, a refuge for turtles and schools of fish.

A Dutchman created a ‘box’ that makes trees grow in the desert almost without water and without irrigation: the invention has already brought seedlings to dozens of countries and achieves up to 90% survival where common planting did not exceed 10%.

28-meter, 156-ton titans traveled 20,000 km from China to the port of Santa Catarina: Portonave received 7 fully electric megacranes, part of a R$ 210 million package, to double container handling.

Finnish Man Buys Unwanted Island for a Bargain, Builds Home with Seven Trees and €400 Roof, Lives Off-Grid with Family in -35°C

South Korea Tows 18 Concrete Blocks Weighing Up to 48,000 Tons Over 36 km to Construct a 3.2 km Underwater Tunnel Between Busan and Geoje, Installed Nearly 50 Meters Deep

More than 6,000 trucks poured nearly 70,000 cubic meters of concrete without interruption for 72 hours to create the largest continuous concrete pour in history and erect a megaproject in Saudi Arabia.

Indian Driver Spends 14 Years Digging 10-Meter Tunnel Through Mountain to Connect Isolated Village to the World

China’s masterstroke: a plant capable of regrowing even when buried by sand helps to recover more than 7,300 hectares of desert with 5 million seedlings, roots over 10 meters deep, and rainfall below 150 mm per year.

Man Who Spent 27 Years Cleaning Classrooms in Louisiana Becomes Principal of the Same School at 39

Indian Teens Win National Geographic Award at Google Science Fair for Using Common Sour Fruit to Naturally Coagulate Rubber in 6 Hours, Reducing Production Time by 10 Hours