Science and Technology
DARPA surprises by launching a program to create an engine capable of taking off and accelerating to hypersonic speeds above 5,300 km/h (Mach 5), combining turbine and ramjet/scramjet in a unique architecture to finally make reusable flight viable.
Valdemar Medeiros 11/04/2026 at 20:31
Armed Forces
With a range of up to 40 km, automated firing in less than 30 seconds, and the ability to operate in any weather, Finland has signed a $642 million deal for 112 K9 howitzers, establishing one of the largest heavy artillery forces in Europe amid the new military race on the continent.
Valdemar Medeiros 11/04/2026 at 20:26
Interesting facts
Archaeologists unearthed in Iraq the largest winged bull statue in history, a lamassu 6 meters tall with the body of a bull, eagle wings, and a human head that guarded the throne room of one of the most powerful kings of the ancient world, and the piece was only found because the Islamic State destroyed the mosque that had hidden the palace for over a thousand years.
Bruno Teles 11/04/2026 at 20:18
Interesting facts
Archaeologists found thousands of sling projectiles dating back 3,500 years concentrated in front of the palace of Troy along with arrowheads, burned buildings, and hastily buried bodies, and now science believes that the war described by Homer in the Iliad may have been real.
Bruno Teles 11/04/2026 at 20:16
Mining
