Interesting facts Demolishing a highway that carried 170,000 cars per day to put a stream in its place seemed crazy, but that’s exactly what Seoul did in the early 2000s, creating one of the most studied cases of urban renewal in the world, with nature returning to the heart of the city. Bruno Teles 22/05/2026 at 21:55
Construction Concrete blocks weighing up to 80 tons with a four-arm shape have become Japan’s weapon against the ocean and today cover half of the country’s coastline, in a French invention from 1950 that has spread to Morocco, the Maldives, Brazil, and dozens of other coasts around the world. Bruno Teles 22/05/2026 at 21:38
Science and Technology Germany prepares Europe’s largest battery with 4 GWh, a giant project by LEAG and Fluence that promises to store renewable energy, stabilize the power grid, and transform the former coal region into a showcase of the energy transition. Carla Teles 22/05/2026 at 21:35
Interesting facts Scientists drilled 4 kilometers of ice in Antarctica in search of life hidden in lakes sealed for 15 million years, and what they found below, microbes that eat rock and survive without sunlight, became the key to searching for extraterrestrials on the icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn. Bruno Teles 22/05/2026 at 21:26
Science and Technology The Gaia telescope found an “invisible black hole” with 33 times the mass of the Sun hidden less than 2,000 light-years from Earth and revealed one of the strangest objects ever discovered within the Milky Way. Valdemar Medeiros 22/05/2026 at 21:17
Science and Technology Chinese autonomous ship V180 measures 24 meters, operates without a crew on the high seas, and launches and recovers ROVs by itself with an operational capacity of up to 3,000 meters deep and autonomy of up to 30 days on missions with no humans on board. Valdemar Medeiros 22/05/2026 at 20:58
Automotive Without a category A driver’s license, without a minimum age of 21, and without two years of licensing: a new Provisional Measure from the government allows any Brazilian aged 18 to become a motorcycle courier or motorcycle taxi driver with just an Authorization to Drive a Moped on a 50cc motorcycle. Douglas Avila 22/05/2026 at 20:56
Economy The largest batch of Income Tax refunds ever paid in Brazil releases R$ 16 billion for 8.75 million taxpayers, a value 45% above the previous record, with consultations open this Friday and the deposit scheduled for May 29. Bruno Teles 22/05/2026 at 20:23
Interesting facts The world’s strongest land crane arrives with 6,000 tons to lift mega pieces, reduce high-altitude assemblies, and change the construction of plants and platforms. Flavia Marinho 22/05/2026 at 20:16
Science and Technology Water pipelines may conceal a new source of hydroelectric energy, according to a project by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory that investigates how municipal, industrial, and irrigation systems could generate electricity using existing infrastructure and with less environmental impact. Carla Teles 22/05/2026 at 20:14
Economy Tool giant closes historic factory and lays off about 300 workers after a drop in tape measure sales Romário Pereira de Carvalho 22/05/2026 at 20:12
Economy One of the largest food distributors in China has closed the purchase of 15,000 tons of açaí from Brazil for the next five years, in a historic agreement brokered at the largest food fair in Asia, bringing the fruit from the mouth of the Amazon directly to the Chinese market. Bruno Teles 22/05/2026 at 20:10