Science and Technology Built in 1773 by two rival British inventors, the mechanical Silver Swan still works perfectly 253 years later inside the Bowes Museum, in the English county of Durham, without any electric motor, powered only by clock springs wound once a day, and Mark Twain described it in Paris in 1867 as a creature with lively eyes. Douglas Avila 18/05/2026 at 06:47
Science and Technology 57 years and one day ago, the Soviet probe Venera 6 traversed the clouds of Venus for 51 minutes under parachutes and stopped transmitting 10 kilometers from the surface because the pressure of 60 bar and the heat of 320 degrees Celsius crushed its 405-kilogram hull, and no space agency has managed to replicate the feat to this day. Douglas Avila 18/05/2026 at 06:17
Science and Technology Harvard researchers discover that the more elderly people walk 3,000 to 7,500 steps per day, the more years they delay the progression of Alzheimer’s in the brain: a study by Mass General Brigham followed at-risk patients and showed a gain of up to seven years compared to sedentary individuals, while Brazil races against the clock with 5.7 million cases expected by 2050. Douglas Avila 18/05/2026 at 06:02
Interesting facts A perfect 6 km ring in the far east of Russia intrigues NASA satellites as it appears to be a meteor crater or an extinct volcano, but the agency has already confirmed that it is neither and harbors a much stranger origin beneath the Earth. Valdemar Medeiros 18/05/2026 at 00:07
Construction Australia positions a barge with 78-meter legs at sea to install ocean sockets connected to tunnels under the seabed to supply a desalination plant that will produce 150 million liters of water per day in Alkimos until 2028. Carla Teles 17/05/2026 at 23:54
Interesting facts From a simple approach at the gate to more than R$ 45,000 in donations, the story of a gardener offering volunteer work shows how a well-tended garden can pave the way for food, hope, and an almost finished home for a Brazilian family. Carla Teles 17/05/2026 at 23:44
Construction Couple buys 380 seedlings online to create an 80-meter hedge on their property, tests drip irrigation, and begins transforming open area into a green wall at the refuge they are building in Santa Catarina. Carla Teles 17/05/2026 at 23:30
Interesting facts 3.09-carat white diamond found by woman in a United States park after losing her father and son, and the rare stone valued at up to R$ 240,000 becomes a symbol of unexpected joy during a period of mourning Carla Teles 17/05/2026 at 23:19
Science and Technology Between Alaska and Siberia, there is an abyss on the sea floor, a submarine trench 2,600 meters deep that surpasses the Grand Canyon in vertical scale and hosts one of the rarest ecosystems on the planet. Romário Pereira de Carvalho 17/05/2026 at 21:23
Science and Technology End of separate pressure cooker, air fryer, and electric pot? Ninja Foodi MAX SmartLid combines 15 functions, three cooking modes, and a smart lid to cook, fry, bake, and steam in the same device. Valdemar Medeiros 17/05/2026 at 20:57
Interesting facts It seems like something out of a movie, but it’s real: how technology uses invisible sound waves to extinguish small fires without water, without chemicals, and without destroying household furniture. Fabio Lucas Carvalho 17/05/2026 at 20:48
Interesting facts Chinese boats accelerate the collapse of fishing in Senegal, cause an annual loss of US$ 300 million, affect 1.3 million people, and help transform West Africa into the epicenter of 40% of the planet’s illegal trawling. Alisson Ficher 17/05/2026 at 20:20