Interesting facts

Rural residents of Northern Ireland accuse a £300 million electricity project of transforming their lands into an energy corridor for data centers, with over 100 pylons, visual impact, and fear of devaluation.

Flavia Marinho 02/05/2026 at 19:02

Science and Technology

China proposes to transform the rarefied atmosphere of Mars into electricity, heat, and fuel with CO₂, nuclear microreactors, and a Sabatier reactor, in a study that could reduce dependence on cargo sent from Earth and pave the way for more autonomous human missions.

Carla Teles 02/05/2026 at 18:55

Interesting facts

Nobody imagined that the famous Korean melons would be dragged into a geopolitical crisis, until a military radar in Seongju became suspected of contaminating fruits and causing protests.

Flavia Marinho 02/05/2026 at 18:36

Interesting facts

While in Brazil, bridges of this size require years of construction and calculations against wind and sea, Japan erected a 3,911-meter crossing over violent currents, saw the structure stretch 1 meter after an earthquake, and transformed the Akashi Kaikyō into an engineering landmark.

Alisson Ficher 02/05/2026 at 18:34

Interesting facts

Japan deployed 3,911 meters of steel over a strait with violent currents to connect Kobe to Awaji Island with a colossal bridge — at its center, a 1,991-meter span and towers nearly 300 meters tall defy wind, sea, and earthquakes.

Alisson Ficher 02/05/2026 at 18:32

Science and Technology

The USA approves a 1,200 MW pumped-hydro plant with a 40-year license and prepares a hydro megabattery to store wind and solar energy for up to 12 hours in Washington.

Alisson Ficher 02/05/2026 at 18:30

Interesting facts

The Transoceânica is the longest bus route, departing from Rio de Janeiro to Lima, Peru, and takes over 4 days; while the world’s longest non-stop flight route connects New York to Singapore, covering 15,349 km.

Andriely Medeiros de Araújo 02/05/2026 at 18:28

Science and Technology

Elon Musk’s rocket has pieces coming from space falling in Poland, and the sequence of Space X finds on the ground reignited an alert that came from orbit.

Alisson Ficher 02/05/2026 at 18:26

Science and Technology

Nasa sent engineers three times to an inland city in Santa Catarina to visit a century-old metalworks, and what they found there was so impressive that they hired the company for a mission that could take humanity back to the Moon and then to Mars.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 02/05/2026 at 18:24

Interesting facts

After two weeks of walking only 1,500 steps per day, science confirms that adults already lose muscle mass, worsen their metabolism, and end up with an altered body.

Alisson Ficher 02/05/2026 at 18:21

Interesting facts

Workers were excavating the ground to erect a building when they found a 24.5-meter medieval ship, buried 1.5 meters under a street in Tallinn since the 1360s.

Alisson Ficher 02/05/2026 at 18:19

Economy

Tolls on SP-310 and other highways in the interior of São Paulo become more expensive

Andriely Medeiros de Araújo 02/05/2026 at 18:13