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Science and Technology

With nearly 1.6 km and a capacity for 80,000 people, a floating city aims to navigate the planet with 30 decks, hospitals, schools, a stadium, and nuclear energy, but it has been struggling for 30 years to move from paper to reality in the ocean as a mobile megacity never before constructed.

Carla Teles 09/06/2026 at 23:38

Interesting facts

A ship that swallows ocean trash uses a U-shaped barrier, sensors, and artificial intelligence to capture plastic without sucking up fish, while the largest system of Ocean Cleanup removed 11.5 million kg in 2024.

Carla Teles 08/06/2026 at 22:23

Interesting facts

China launches a destination-less cruise with a giant domestically-made ship, departing from Shanghai for 3 days without stops, turning the ship itself into an attraction, offering a new way to travel without rushing between ports along the Chinese coast.

Carla Teles 06/06/2026 at 19:40

Interesting facts

About 150 workers are driving, one by one, 4,585 BYD electric cars off a 220-meter ship at the Port of Itajaí. The 48-hour mega-operation is the largest shipment from the Chinese automaker in Santa Catarina this year.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 31/05/2026 at 00:14

Interesting facts

The giant oil tanker of the US Navy measures over 206 meters, carries about 180,000 barrels of fuel, and can refuel ships in the open ocean without interrupting operations; meet the USNS Patuxent, a vessel created to keep military fleets operating for weeks at sea.

Ruth Rodrigues 29/05/2026 at 12:08

Science and Technology

China launches the world’s largest smart and 100% electric container ship, with 740 TEUs and 19,600 kWh, cutting 1,462 tons of CO₂ per year and challenging the era of fuel-powered cargo ships in Chinese coastal transport.

Carla Teles 28/05/2026 at 15:59

Interesting facts

Giant ship operates in the Russian Arctic with two nuclear reactors, with enough power to break ice up to 3 meters thick and was built to operate in temperatures as low as -50°C; meet the Arktika, an icebreaker ship.

Andriely Medeiros de Araújo 27/05/2026 at 19:50

Interesting facts

Almost no ship sails directly between South America and Australia, and the reason is a combination of the vast distance, winds that circle the planet nonstop, and the absence of ports along the way, leaving the South Pacific as a water desert.

Bruno Teles 26/05/2026 at 00:50

Construction

More than 20 billion dollars and 600 km of railway were built in record time in Africa to extract the hidden iron ore from Simandou from the forest, now the first ships are arriving in China and the IMF predicts a 25% jump in Guinea’s GDP.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 25/05/2026 at 23:59

Interesting facts

Weighing as much as nine nuclear aircraft carriers, the Pioneering Spirit is the largest ship ever built and was made for a single task that no other machine in the world can accomplish: removing entire oil platforms from the seabed of the North Sea in one go.

Bruno Teles 24/05/2026 at 00:00

Armed Forces

U.S. Navy ends production of the LCS class Freedom variant, and the last ship of the class, the USS Cleveland, enters service.

Ruth Rodrigues 19/05/2026 at 23:26

Science and Technology

Research vessel departs from Fortaleza this Sunday for a 35-day mission to map the Brazilian ocean floor and search for unknown marine species, two-ton robot on board can descend up to 6,500 meters deep.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 17/05/2026 at 01:30

With nearly 1.6 km and a capacity for 80,000 people, a floating city aims to navigate the planet with 30 decks, hospitals, schools, a stadium, and nuclear energy, but it has been struggling for 30 years to move from paper to reality in the ocean as a mobile megacity never before constructed.

A ship that swallows ocean trash uses a U-shaped barrier, sensors, and artificial intelligence to capture plastic without sucking up fish, while the largest system of Ocean Cleanup removed 11.5 million kg in 2024.

China launches a destination-less cruise with a giant domestically-made ship, departing from Shanghai for 3 days without stops, turning the ship itself into an attraction, offering a new way to travel without rushing between ports along the Chinese coast.

About 150 workers are driving, one by one, 4,585 BYD electric cars off a 220-meter ship at the Port of Itajaí. The 48-hour mega-operation is the largest shipment from the Chinese automaker in Santa Catarina this year.

The giant oil tanker of the US Navy measures over 206 meters, carries about 180,000 barrels of fuel, and can refuel ships in the open ocean without interrupting operations; meet the USNS Patuxent, a vessel created to keep military fleets operating for weeks at sea.

China launches the world’s largest smart and 100% electric container ship, with 740 TEUs and 19,600 kWh, cutting 1,462 tons of CO₂ per year and challenging the era of fuel-powered cargo ships in Chinese coastal transport.

Giant ship operates in the Russian Arctic with two nuclear reactors, with enough power to break ice up to 3 meters thick and was built to operate in temperatures as low as -50°C; meet the Arktika, an icebreaker ship.

Almost no ship sails directly between South America and Australia, and the reason is a combination of the vast distance, winds that circle the planet nonstop, and the absence of ports along the way, leaving the South Pacific as a water desert.

More than 20 billion dollars and 600 km of railway were built in record time in Africa to extract the hidden iron ore from Simandou from the forest, now the first ships are arriving in China and the IMF predicts a 25% jump in Guinea’s GDP.

Weighing as much as nine nuclear aircraft carriers, the Pioneering Spirit is the largest ship ever built and was made for a single task that no other machine in the world can accomplish: removing entire oil platforms from the seabed of the North Sea in one go.

U.S. Navy ends production of the LCS class Freedom variant, and the last ship of the class, the USS Cleveland, enters service.

Research vessel departs from Fortaleza this Sunday for a 35-day mission to map the Brazilian ocean floor and search for unknown marine species, two-ton robot on board can descend up to 6,500 meters deep.

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.

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.

Chinese woman planted trees for decades while sand buried part of her house, received $5,000 from an American in 1999, and helped transform the desert into a forest of 8 million trees in China.

Described by astronauts as one of the most unlikely natural phenomena on Earth, the Okavango Delta spreads over up to 15,000 square kilometers in the middle of the desert and transforms Botswana into a living labyrinth of channels, islands, and flooded areas.

Scientists have created a material six times lighter than air, 75 times lighter than styrofoam, and that becomes stronger the more it is compressed: aerographite seems impossible, but it can reinforce structures, batteries, and satellites.