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Science and Technology

“Bee drone”: Researchers develop an autonomous drone that does not require GPS and can return home after flights of more than 600 meters — meet the Bee-Nav

Andriely Medeiros de Araújo 15/06/2026 at 22:50

Construction

They built an entire village of houses with their own hands made of earth and old tires, in the ecovillage Aardehuis, in the Netherlands, where 44 residents live in Earthships that generate almost all the energy, heat with the sun, and treat sewage in their own garden.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 15/06/2026 at 13:47

Interesting facts

Sewer work in the Netherlands reveals a medieval ship buried beneath ancient Dorestad and exposes a rare secret of Europe’s trade routes

Caio Aviz 01/06/2026 at 10:50

Science and Technology

The Netherlands moved an entire wooden pavilion by 23 meters in just 10 minutes, without dismantling the structure, to allow dunes to grow and protect a tourist beach against erosion and sea advancement in an unprecedented operation of this kind in the country.

Carla Teles 31/05/2026 at 21:29

Interesting facts

A large part of the Netherlands lies below sea level and remains dry only because an invisible machine of dikes, pumps, and giant gates works nonstop, a system born from the tragedy of 1953, when the North Sea invaded the country and killed 1,836 people.

Bruno Teles 24/05/2026 at 01:17

Interesting facts

While many people see cardboard as packaging waste, the Netherlands transforms 24 rolled layers into a mold for a modular house that arrives ready, accommodates a kitchen and bathroom, and can be installed on the site in just one day.

Flavia Marinho 21/05/2026 at 11:02

Interesting facts

While cities spend fortunes patching potholes and tons of plastic become waste, the Netherlands transforms over 218,000 recycled cups into a modular bike path that can conceal drainage, cables, and pipes.

Flavia Marinho 13/05/2026 at 17:34

Construction

Mobile bridges in the Netherlands transform streets into passages for boats and reveal how sensors, counterweights, and operators make tons of steel move out of the way without disrupting the routine of cyclists, cars, pedestrians, and historic canals in cities where water also functions as a road.

Carla Teles 12/05/2026 at 18:28

Science and Technology

The Netherlands deposits 2.6 million cubic meters of sand into the sea to save natural areas threatened with disappearing under the water, in a mega-operation to curb erosion and slow the rise in sea level.

Ana Alice 03/05/2026 at 23:28

Agribusiness

The world’s largest soybean meal importer is rejecting shipments from South America due to an unauthorized gene. Prices have already soared almost 5% in a month on the Chicago Board of Trade, and Brazil is racing against time to avoid being blocked as well and losing its biggest buyer market.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 29/04/2026 at 18:17

Construction

In the Netherlands, a country where half of the territory is below sea level, entire neighborhoods of floating houses rise and fall with the tide and may be the solution for cities that will face increasingly severe flooding.

Flavia Marinho 22/04/2026 at 19:25

Construction

Dutch people are replacing common fences with “rain fences,” fences that store rainwater in the garden: up to 2,160 liters, relieving the sewage system during storms and helping to cope with drought in the summer.

Carla Teles 13/04/2026 at 14:35

“Bee drone”: Researchers develop an autonomous drone that does not require GPS and can return home after flights of more than 600 meters — meet the Bee-Nav

They built an entire village of houses with their own hands made of earth and old tires, in the ecovillage Aardehuis, in the Netherlands, where 44 residents live in Earthships that generate almost all the energy, heat with the sun, and treat sewage in their own garden.

Sewer work in the Netherlands reveals a medieval ship buried beneath ancient Dorestad and exposes a rare secret of Europe’s trade routes

The Netherlands moved an entire wooden pavilion by 23 meters in just 10 minutes, without dismantling the structure, to allow dunes to grow and protect a tourist beach against erosion and sea advancement in an unprecedented operation of this kind in the country.

A large part of the Netherlands lies below sea level and remains dry only because an invisible machine of dikes, pumps, and giant gates works nonstop, a system born from the tragedy of 1953, when the North Sea invaded the country and killed 1,836 people.

While many people see cardboard as packaging waste, the Netherlands transforms 24 rolled layers into a mold for a modular house that arrives ready, accommodates a kitchen and bathroom, and can be installed on the site in just one day.

While cities spend fortunes patching potholes and tons of plastic become waste, the Netherlands transforms over 218,000 recycled cups into a modular bike path that can conceal drainage, cables, and pipes.

Mobile bridges in the Netherlands transform streets into passages for boats and reveal how sensors, counterweights, and operators make tons of steel move out of the way without disrupting the routine of cyclists, cars, pedestrians, and historic canals in cities where water also functions as a road.

The Netherlands deposits 2.6 million cubic meters of sand into the sea to save natural areas threatened with disappearing under the water, in a mega-operation to curb erosion and slow the rise in sea level.

The world’s largest soybean meal importer is rejecting shipments from South America due to an unauthorized gene. Prices have already soared almost 5% in a month on the Chicago Board of Trade, and Brazil is racing against time to avoid being blocked as well and losing its biggest buyer market.

In the Netherlands, a country where half of the territory is below sea level, entire neighborhoods of floating houses rise and fall with the tide and may be the solution for cities that will face increasingly severe flooding.

Dutch people are replacing common fences with “rain fences,” fences that store rainwater in the garden: up to 2,160 liters, relieving the sewage system during storms and helping to cope with drought in the summer.

Mother and daughter build a 70 m² house with more than 8,000 discarded glass bottles and impress with their creativity; known as the Casa de Sal, the property is located on Itamaracá Island, in Pernambuco.

The river that “dies” in the desert never reaches the sea and yet gives life to one of Africa’s largest natural refuges in a truly impressive way.

Libya built over 4,000 kilometers of underground pipelines to bring water from the Sahara to coastal cities in a project that the government itself called the Eighth Wonder of the World.

Desert sand, previously discarded for being too smooth for concrete, becomes an ecological brick in the United Arab Emirates, dispensing with Portland cement, curing at room temperature, and attempting to transform dunes useless for construction into raw material for a new arid engineering.

He transformed an abandoned plastic water tank into an underground house in the “hobbit hole” style, using only repurposed pallet wood, without heavy machinery or expensive labor.

China transforms desert-devastated area into the world’s largest artificial forest, planting trees for 60 years, blocking sand that reached Beijing, and creating a “green lung” of 92,000 hectares in a region once considered lost.

Toyota launches “family hybrid van” with 7 or 8 seats, 1.8 hybrid engine, fuel consumption of up to 23.8 km/l, and a price equivalent to about R$ 104,000 without taxes, below the Tiggo 8 Pro Plug-in Hybrid sold in Brazil: meet the Noah Hybrid 2026 in Japan.