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Google Revives Historic Hangar for Cutting-Edge Tech in Silicon Valley: Once Built for a "Flying Aircraft Carrier," Now a Hub for Drones and Robotics
2+ hour, 26+ min ago (909+ words) The giant hangar known as Hangar One has returned to the spotlight in Silicon Valley following the completion of its restoration at Moffett Field, near Mountain View, California. On March 20, 2026, officials and community members gathered inside the restored structure to…...
Brazilian Producer Adopts Hydroponic Strawberry Farming in Western Paran, Achieving Year-Round Harvests and Becoming a Model for Continuous Production
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (1039+ words) The hydroponic strawberries cultivated in Xaxim, district of Toledo, in western Paran, show how the choice of variety, daily irrigation, and full sun management can change the logic of a fruit generally associated with a specific season. On producer Paulo's…...
Philosophy Student Invents Self-Moving Wheelchair Controlled by Body Weight Using Pressure Sensors
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (751+ words) Indian student Nabajit Bharali, from the state of Assam, created an automated wheelchair capable of moving as the user shifts their body weight. According to the National Innovation Foundation of India (NIF), the equipment works through pressure sensors: to turn,…...
23and Me Convinced 15 Million to Share Genetic Data, Went Bankrupt in 2025, and Auctioned DNA Database for $305 Million
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (974+ words) The genetic data of 15 million people overnight became a bankruptcy commodity. The American company 23and Me, which popularized the home ancestry test where the customer spits into a tube and receives a map of their own origin, filed for bankruptcy protection…...
General Motors Halts Self-Driving Car Service After $10 Billion Investment Following Pedestrian Incident in San Francisco
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (921+ words) General Motors has decided to bury one of the automotive industry's biggest dreams: running entire cities with driverless robotaxis. After spending more than 10 billion dollars on its Cruise division and seeing one of its autonomous cars drag a pedestrian in…...
U. S. City Spent Millions Building Subway Tunnels and Stations, But No Trains Have Run There
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (762+ words) More than three kilometers of tunnels of the Cincinnati subway remain preserved under the Central Parkway, in Ohio, United States, even without ever having received passengers. Started in 1920, the project had stations, platforms, and part of the infrastructure completed but…...
New Offshore Borehole Mining Technique Extracts Lithium and Cobalt Without Damaging Ocean Floor
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (654+ words) Borehole mining works radically differently. A hole is drilled in the seabed, similar to an oil or water well. Inside the hole, a hydraulic system injects fluid under pressure that fragments and dissolves the ore in situ. The liquefied material…...
Sanitation Worker Transforms Street-Discarded Books into Library to Aid Underprivileged Children in Brazil
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (1093+ words) Jos" Alberto Guti"rrez, a former garbage collector in Bogot, Colombia, transformed discarded books on the streets into a free library aimed at children and families from poor regions, gathering about 25, 000 copies from materials found during work. Known as La…...
A $18 Trillion Treasure of Nickel, Cobalt, Copper, and Manganese Lies 4, 000 Meters Deep in the Pacific Ocean, Poised to Transform Electric Cars, Batteries, Renewable Energy, and Global Industry
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (485+ words) An extensive area between Hawaii and Mexico concentrates billions of tons of polymetallic nodules on the Pacific Ocean floor. The presence of these resources has placed the Clarion-Clipperton Zone at the center of interest for governments, companies, and technology-related sectors....
California Project Aims to Store Heat Underground in Former Oil Reservoir to Generate 100 k W of Electricity for Over 12 Hours
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (944+ words) A depleted oil reservoir can take on a new role in California: storing heat underground to generate electricity later. The project plans a thermal energy storage demonstration unit, with a capacity of 100 k W and expected to provide electricity for…...