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

Science and Technology

Scientists Narrow Search to 100 Mysterious Signals – And One of Them Could Be Of Extraterrestrial Origin

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 17/01/2026 at 14:38

Construction

South Korea Dredged 72 Million Cubic Meters of Sediments, Raised Giant Seawalls, and Built a Deep-Water Industrial Port Where Once There Was Only Open Sea — The Busan New Port Megaproject

Débora Araújo 17/01/2026 at 14:08

Interesting facts

Muskoxen Were Reintroduced to the Arctic Tundra, And Just A Few Years Later, Snow Began Freezing the Soil, Permafrost Stabilized, Vegetation Changed Completely, and Scientists Are Now Observing Even by Satellite a Silent Reversal of Climate Degradation

Bruno Teles 17/01/2026 at 14:08

Construction

With 2.3 Km Suspended Over the Sea, Exposed Pillars to Extreme Salinity and Winds That Can Exceed 140 Km/H, An Indian Railway Has Been Operating for Over 100 Years to Reach an Isolated Island in the Indian Ocean

Valdemar Medeiros 17/01/2026 at 14:04

Science and Technology

Water Returned To The Oder Delta And, Within A Few Years, Wetlands Reappeared, Beavers Reshaped Rivers, Carbon Stopped Escaping From The Soil And Rare Birds Returned, Revealing Profound Ecological Changes That Are Already Transforming Agricultural Landscapes, Reducing Droughts And Surprising Researchers

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 17/01/2026 at 13:57

Economy

China In ‘Desperation’ To Save Its $20 Billion In Loans To Banks In Caracas After The Fall Of Venezuela’s President And Neighboring Country’s Billion-Dollar Debt In Brazil

Flavia Marinho 17/01/2026 at 13:54

Science and Technology

After 30 Years in Orbit, Hubble Is Losing Altitude and Could Fall to Earth: NASA Reveals When This Is Expected to Happen

Ruth Rodrigues 17/01/2026 at 13:51

Economy

City Tightens Rules Against Street Drinking, Prohibits Consumption at Dawn, Enhances Oversight, and Prepares Fines Over R$ 1,000 in 2026, Changing Nightlife in Santa Catarina

Bruno Teles 17/01/2026 at 13:35