A smartphone screen displaying icons for Shein, Temu, and TikTok with a "prohibited" security stamp overlay.

Texas bans dozens of popular apps on official devices… and chances are, many of them are on your phone right now

Kevin Montien
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February 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Cheap clothes and flash deals from apps like Shein and Temu feel like part of everyday life in Texas. Now they sit on a…..

A line of parked semi-trucks sitting idle in a California transport lot due to commercial license cancellations.

California revokes thousands of truck driver licenses, causing chaos: more than 20,000 professionals could lose their jobs by 2026

Adrian Villellas
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February 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM

A date printed on plastic should not decide whether someone can pay their mortgage. Yet that is exactly what thousands of immigrant truck drivers…..

The iconic neon sign and entrance of Ragin Cajun Cafe in Redondo Beach, California.
A decorative glass jar containing a homemade purple scented gel air freshener with dried lavender sprigs inside.
A sleek, modern high-speed bullet train designed by TAV Brasil for the Rio de Janeiro to São Paulo corridor.
An aerial view of a 100km long artificial river flowing through the Saudi Arabian desert, surrounded by a green corridor of vegetation.
The Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian (hull number 18) docked at a naval port in Sanya during its official commissioning ceremony.
A vintage 1970s television set that has been gutted and repurposed into a cozy, cushioned bed for a small cat.
Elon Musk presenting the Tesla Optimus humanoid robot at a shareholder meeting in Austin.
A doctor or researcher explaining sleep patterns next to a digital graph showing the stages of light and deep sleep.
A high-speed electric mountain bike with no pedals and a motorcycle-style digital display seized by French highway police.

News

A smartphone screen displaying icons for Shein, Temu, and TikTok with a "prohibited" security stamp overlay.

Texas bans dozens of popular apps on official devices… and chances are, many of them are on your phone right now

Kevin Montien
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February 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Cheap clothes and flash deals from apps like Shein and Temu feel like part of…..

The iconic neon sign and entrance of Ragin Cajun Cafe in Redondo Beach, California.

After more than 30 years as the heart and soul of the area, this restaurant beloved by generations announced its permanent closure, and customers were not prepared

Adrian Villellas
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February 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM

After three decades of gumbo, jambalaya, and zydeco nights in the South Bay, Ragin Cajun…..

The Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian (hull number 18) docked at a naval port in Sanya during its official commissioning ceremony.

Taiwan’s blunt warning to China’s most-modern aircraft carrier and why it could become a floating target for more than 100 missiles: “If the Fujian enters the strait, we will sink it”

Kevin Montien
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February 7, 2026 at 6:30 AM

China has officially taken its most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, into service at a…..

A TSA agent checking traveler documents at an airport security checkpoint next to a Real ID informational sign.

Starting February 1, the TSA will charge a $45 fee for security screenings

Adrian Villellas
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February 6, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Starting February 1, 2026, travelers in the United States who show up at an airport…..

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier underway in the Arabian Sea as part of a US military buildup near Iran.

Trump issues a nuclear ultimatum to Iran and threatens a “swift and violent” response if no agreement is reached

Kevin Montien
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February 5, 2026 at 10:15 AM

US President Donald Trump has drawn a stark line with Iran. Either Tehran accepts new…..

A historical view of the Siebel Institute of Technology, the oldest professional brewing school in the Americas.

The legendary school that taught America how to brew beer is leaving the country for the first time since 1872

Kevin Montien
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February 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM

After more than a century and a half in Chicago, the Siebel Institute of Technology…..

An aerial view of the Canford Cliffs area in Poole Bay, showing the steep, sandy coastal slopes where illegal excavation took place.

What began as a project “to protect lizards” ended in a national scandal: a British millionaire was fined £20,000 for destroying a protected cliff in Poole Bay

Kevin Montien
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January 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM

A millionaire property developer in southern England has been ordered to pay £20,000 after cutting…..

A large U.S. Navy warship under construction in a crowded shipyard with industrial cranes.

The U.S. Navy is attempting to rebuild its fleet by 2026 and is discovering that its shipyards have become a major problem

Kevin Montien
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January 28, 2026 at 8:45 AM

The U.S. Navy is trying to rebuild its fleet in the middle of a deep…..

Economy

A person hesitating between paying with a physical 20-dollar bill and a contactless credit card at a grocery store checkout.

Using a card at the supermarket is convenient, yes… but this simple action increases your spending without you realizing the impact it has on your pocket, and science explains why

Kevin Montien
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February 8, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Tapping a card or phone at the checkout feels quick and harmless. Yet a new analysis of…..

Elon Musk presenting the Tesla Optimus humanoid robot at a shareholder meeting in Austin.

Elon Musk drops a bombshell at Tesla: he promises robots that will replace surgeons and will earn a billion dollars if he achieves this goal

Adrian Villellas
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February 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM

When shareholders of Tesla signed off on a performance award that could hand CEO Elon Musk up…..

Science

A Tanzanian farmer in Dodoma pruning a regenerating tree stump using the Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) technique.

The incredible forest that “came back to life” without anyone planting a single tree: the discovery in Tanzania that left scientists and farmers around the world speechless

Adrian Villellas
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February 8, 2026 at 8:45 AM

In the dry heart of central Tanzania, farmers are quietly pulling off something that sounds…..

An aerial view of a 100km long artificial river flowing through the Saudi Arabian desert, surrounded by a green corridor of vegetation.

Saudi Arabia’s “impossible river” is now 100 km long. It began as an experiment in the 1980s and today has created an ecosystem that even scientists find hard to believe

Adrian Villellas
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February 7, 2026 at 8:45 AM

In the middle of the Saudi desert, an artificial river almost one hundred kilometers long…..

A biological survey team on a boat pulling a large net full of invasive silver and bighead carp from the Kansas River.

A fish that jumps toward your face when it hears an engine: The most dangerous invasive species in the U.S. is being eliminated at record speed, and here’s how they’re doing itnew

Adrian Villellas
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February 6, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Over the past four years, crews on the Kansas River have hauled an estimated 109,000…..

A microscopic view of an Asgard archaeon, the single-celled marine microbe identified as the ancestor of eukaryotes.

Forget Adam and Eve: a group of marine microbes discovered in 2023 could be the true “parents” of all complex life on Earth… and the most surprising thing is that scientists named them after Viking gods

Adrian Villellas
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February 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM

From humans and houseplants to mushrooms on pizza and the yeast that helps the dough…..

Microscope image of a marine dinoflagellate host linked to the ultra-minimal archaeon Candidatus Sukunaarchaeum mirabile.

A microscopic creature has been discovered in Japan that defies ALL the laws of biology: it is not a virus, it is not a cell, it has no metabolism, and its genome has only 238,000 base pairs… but it is still alive

Adrian Villellas
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February 4, 2026 at 12:30 PM

A tiny ocean microbe is forcing scientists to rethink what “being alive” really means. The…..

A microscopic view of Cladosporium sphaerospermum, the melanin-rich black fungus found thriving inside the Chernobyl reactor 4 sarcophagus.

Forty years after the nuclear explosion, scientists discover a fungus that not only survives… but thrives on radiation

Kevin Montien
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February 4, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Deep inside the ruined reactor 4 at Chernobyl, where radiation is still strong enough to…..

A comparison chart showing the diversity of modern dog breeds alongside the medium-sized, tan-colored "village dog" phenotype that would likely survive human extinction.

Scientists discover that if humanity disappeared tomorrow, in just five years, all dog breeds would disappear from the planet and be reduced to a single, wild “superdog”

Adrian Villellas
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February 4, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Imagine waking up to a world where every pampered pug, fluffy Pomeranian and giant Great…..

A close-up of a purple sea urchin (Paracentrotus lividus) on a Mediterranean rock, showing its spines and tube feet.