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Plane drops 700,000 palm seeds over the coast of Paraná in an aerial restoration operation that turns the release into a green rain and targets precisely the areas where criminals plundered the Atlantic Forest by illegally extracting hearts of palm.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 04/06/2026 at 22:47

Interesting facts

With a wingspan of 67.89 meters and four engines, the C-5M Super Galaxy is considered the largest transport aircraft of the United States Air Force.

Ruth Rodrigues 28/05/2026 at 18:28

Accidents

Solar-powered plane crashes into the sea after facing bad weather: the Solar Impulse 2 became known for circumnavigating the world using only solar energy.

Andriely Medeiros de Araújo 15/05/2026 at 08:07

Interesting facts

Man builds cardboard airplane and tests it in an open field; watch the video

Ruth Rodrigues 13/05/2026 at 08:09

Science and Technology

Home-built airplane by a Minas Gerais engineer uses car parts, such as a power window motor for the flaps and a tachometer on the dashboard. The project took six years, and the aircraft has autonomy to fly up to seven hours non-stop.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 12/05/2026 at 23:56

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

Interesting facts

The 23-ton “flying tank” with 2 turbofan engines and a 7-barrel rotary cannon: the A-10 Thunderbolt II destroyed over 900 armored vehicles in the Gulf War and remains active in 2026.

Andriely Medeiros de Araújo 27/04/2026 at 14:13

Air Transport

The seven-blade propeller could equip the M700 FURY aircraft, making it quieter and more efficient, after certification from EASA.

Ruth Rodrigues 16/04/2026 at 09:09

Science and Technology

Embraer takes down the Boeing 717 in its own backyard: E-Jets arrive, deliver a cost per seat up to 20% lower, become the choice of US airlines, and lead Boeing to officially end the aircraft in 2006.

Carla Teles 15/04/2026 at 22:46

Science and Technology

Embraer takes down the Boeing 717 in its own backyard: E-Jets arrive, delivering a cost per seat up to 20% lower, become the choice of U.S. airlines, and lead Boeing to officially end the aircraft in 2006.

Carla Teles 15/04/2026 at 22:45

Agribusiness

In 2026, Brazilian soy becomes airplane fuel: Corsia mandates SAF, oil gains a premium of 40% to 80%, biorefineries alongside crushing plants and long-term contracts remove the producer from the commodity discount.

Carla Teles 09/04/2026 at 11:48

Interesting facts

(Video): Italian pilot lands plane on moving train at 120 km/h and achieves unprecedented feat in aviation, even with a narrow runway and without direct visual contact.

Ruth Rodrigues 01/04/2026 at 08:33

Plane drops 700,000 palm seeds over the coast of Paraná in an aerial restoration operation that turns the release into a green rain and targets precisely the areas where criminals plundered the Atlantic Forest by illegally extracting hearts of palm.

With a wingspan of 67.89 meters and four engines, the C-5M Super Galaxy is considered the largest transport aircraft of the United States Air Force.

Solar-powered plane crashes into the sea after facing bad weather: the Solar Impulse 2 became known for circumnavigating the world using only solar energy.

Man builds cardboard airplane and tests it in an open field; watch the video

Home-built airplane by a Minas Gerais engineer uses car parts, such as a power window motor for the flaps and a tachometer on the dashboard. The project took six years, and the aircraft has autonomy to fly up to seven hours non-stop.

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.

The 23-ton “flying tank” with 2 turbofan engines and a 7-barrel rotary cannon: the A-10 Thunderbolt II destroyed over 900 armored vehicles in the Gulf War and remains active in 2026.

The seven-blade propeller could equip the M700 FURY aircraft, making it quieter and more efficient, after certification from EASA.

Embraer takes down the Boeing 717 in its own backyard: E-Jets arrive, deliver a cost per seat up to 20% lower, become the choice of US airlines, and lead Boeing to officially end the aircraft in 2006.

Embraer takes down the Boeing 717 in its own backyard: E-Jets arrive, delivering a cost per seat up to 20% lower, become the choice of U.S. airlines, and lead Boeing to officially end the aircraft in 2006.

In 2026, Brazilian soy becomes airplane fuel: Corsia mandates SAF, oil gains a premium of 40% to 80%, biorefineries alongside crushing plants and long-term contracts remove the producer from the commodity discount.

(Video): Italian pilot lands plane on moving train at 120 km/h and achieves unprecedented feat in aviation, even with a narrow runway and without direct visual contact.

The end of Nokia: the brand that was the cellphone of an entire generation has ended its smartphones, left Brazil, and today survives only in basic phones in India while seeking a new partner.

Dissatisfied with seeing people sleeping on the street, a man named Ryan Donais started building small mobile homes so that homeless people can escape the cold, each equipped with a bed, running water, electricity, and heating.

Cambodia has started digging a nearly 180-kilometer canal to connect the Mekong River directly to the sea and reduce its dependence on the ports of neighboring Vietnam.

China has put millions of electric cars on the roads, but now faces the side effect: more than 1 million tons of batteries are expected to go out of use per year by 2030, while the government expands tracking and combats illegal dismantling with environmental risks.

An Indonesian fisherman pulls a mysterious object from the sea and discovers that it is a Chinese underwater monitoring system, part of the so-called Underwater Great Wall that Beijing uses to track submarines and unmanned vehicles in strategic straits of the region.

Physics has been challenged: researchers have discovered something that moves faster than the speed of light, but the phenomenon does not break relativity because it involves dark patterns within optical vortices.

To shorten a crossing that is currently done by sea from five hours to half an hour, the Philippines is building a 32-kilometer bridge over the water connecting the provinces of Bataan and Cavite.