Interesting facts

How Discarded Christmas Trees Are Turning Into “Reefs” of Branches in Lakes, Providing Shelter for Fish, Supporting Local Fishing, and Transforming a Seasonal Waste Into an Environmental Tool

Alisson Ficher 17/01/2026 at 15:38

Construction

To Contain Floods Threatening Chicago, Engineers Built An Underground Tunnel-Reservoir System Over 175 Km Long With Reservoirs Capable Of Storing Up To 69 Billion Liters And Diverting Over 1 Trillion Gallons Of Water And Sewage Over Decades

Valdemar Medeiros 17/01/2026 at 15:37

Science and Technology

Peru Recovers Ancient Infiltration Channels In The Andes, “Hides” Water In The Soil And Restores Flow During Drought To Strengthen Lima’s Water Security

Alisson Ficher 17/01/2026 at 15:35

Interesting facts

With The Tide Coming Into Homes And An Entire Community Cramped On A Tiny Island, Pugad Struggles To Survive The Land Sinking In Manila Bay, Philippines

Alisson Ficher 17/01/2026 at 15:32

Construction

A Drainage Canal Was Redesigned to Hold Floods, but the “Recreated River” Began Attracting Wildlife and Transformed an Urban Park in Singapore in an Unexpected Way

Alisson Ficher 17/01/2026 at 15:29

Interesting facts

A Glass-Enclosed Convention Center Became A Collision Hotspot For Migratory Birds For Decades; Just Reducing Nighttime Lighting And Treating Windows Led To A 95% Decrease In Collisions — And Science Explains Why “Turning Off The Lights” Saves Thousands

Alisson Ficher 17/01/2026 at 15:27

Construction

Dubai Transforms Arid Valley Into “Water Battery”: A Pumped-Storage Hydroelectric Plant in the Desert Uses Solar Energy to Pump Millions of Liters Up the Mountain — And What This Changes for the City’s Electric Security

Alisson Ficher 17/01/2026 at 15:23

Science and Technology

The Secret That Could Keep Planets Alive: A Hidden Ocean of Magma Capable of Blocking Radiation for Billions of Years

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 17/01/2026 at 15:19

Science and Technology

Few People Imagine, But A Mollusk That Looks Like A Worm Can Grind Wood From The Inside, Turn Stakes Into “Hollow Shells,” And Put Piers, Marinas, And Coastal Defenses At Risk: The Teredo Navalis And The Structural Damage That Is Often Discovered Too Late

Alisson Ficher 17/01/2026 at 15:16

Economy

When China Made Millions of People Bang Pots, Drums, and Shoot Billions of Sparrows, It Promised Gains and Rapid Growth, It Went Wrong, Tried to Correct the Mistake with Emergency Measures, and Faced Irreversible Human and Productive Consequences

Romário Pereira de Carvalho 17/01/2026 at 15:13

Interesting facts

4,800 Km Alone in the Atlantic: Rowing Athlete Enters the World’s Toughest Row, Rows Up to 16 Hours a Day, Sleeps in Short Blocks, and Is Tracked in Almost Real Time

Alisson Ficher 17/01/2026 at 15:04

Construction

To Ensure Water For More Than 8 Million People, New York Excavated An Underground Tunnel For Over 50 Years, Opened Chambers Hundreds Of Meters Deep, And Created Water Tunnel No. 3, Capable Of Transporting 4.9 Billion Liters Per Day Beneath The Metropolis

Valdemar Medeiros 17/01/2026 at 14:41