Interesting facts

A construction site hid 500 medieval cannonballs near the old town hall and now exposes a past of defense, war, and destruction that spans centuries.

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 26/04/2026 at 20:12

Interesting facts

Who is the 28-year-old businesswoman who bought a R$ 115 million ranch with a 1,400 m² house and 2.4 hectares in California, which impresses with its equestrian facilities in a celebrity area?

Andriely Medeiros de Araújo 26/04/2026 at 20:02

Construction

Boskalis transforms a ship into a 227-meter giant subsea vessel capable of carrying 45,500 tons of rock per trip, making the Windpiper the largest vessel of its kind to protect offshore structures and offshore wind farms.

Carla Teles 26/04/2026 at 19:53

Science and Technology

Scientists drilled 15 holes in Arctic Russia and recovered 3,650 meters of rocks up to 2.5 billion years old, trying to decipher the moment when oxygen transformed Earth from a hostile planet into a system capable of sustaining complex life.

Valdemar Medeiros 26/04/2026 at 19:44

Construction

Jordan is spending US$6 billion to build the world’s second-largest desalination plant and transform Red Sea water into drinking water — while Northeast Brazil is still waiting for desalination projects promised more than a decade ago.

Douglas Avila 26/04/2026 at 19:37

Interesting facts

Four years after the slap at the 2022 Oscars, Will Smith tries to rebuild his career with a 14-track album, boosted by Bad Boys 4 (over $400 million) and still banned from the event for 10 years.

Carla Teles 26/04/2026 at 19:33

Oil and Gas

Brazil sold US$ 7.2 billion in crude oil to China alone in the first quarter — a 94% jump — but continues to import gasoline because it cannot refine what it extracts from its own soil.

Douglas Avila 26/04/2026 at 19:18

Agribusiness

With an 18-meter wingspan, the AGH3000 is a large Brazilian agricultural drone with a 6-hour autonomy that promises to transform field spraying in 2027.

Andriely Medeiros de Araújo 26/04/2026 at 19:09

Construction

Lesotho activates a giant 423-meter tunnel boring machine to accelerate the 38 km tunnel between Polihali and Katse, while the dam already exceeds 7.7 million m³ of rockfill and advances to strengthen water and energy in Southern Africa.

Carla Teles 26/04/2026 at 19:04

Science and Technology

TOI-201, a planetary system published in Science, orbits a star 30% larger and more massive than the Sun and brings together a rocky super-Earth of 6 Earth masses in less than 6 days, a gas giant half a Jupiter in 53, and an elliptical outer body that perturbs everything.

Carla Teles 26/04/2026 at 18:59

Science and Technology

The push for zinc batteries is gaining momentum with a water-based electrolyte that reduces dendrites, protects the metal, and promises to lower the cost of solar and wind energy storage when the wind and sun are not available.

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 26/04/2026 at 18:52

Construction

Bombs hit desalination plants in the Persian Gulf, and now millions of people could be without water — Iran is already facing its 5th consecutive year of drought, and the destroyed plants were the only source of drinking water for entire cities.

Douglas Avila 26/04/2026 at 18:48