A high-energy DragonFire laser weapon system firing a concentrated beam during military trials at the Hebrides Range.

DragonFire shoots down drones at 404 miles per hour, and the Royal Navy will install it on Type 45 destroyers starting in 2027

Kevin Montien
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February 27, 2026 at 6:30 PM

The United Kingdom is moving its DragonFire laser from test range to warship deck. After live trials in Scotland where the system tracked and…..

A person using a spray bottle with a vinegar solution to clean the floor and baseboards under a wooden bed frame.

Why do they recommend spraying vinegar under the bed before going to sleep?

Adrian Villellas
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February 27, 2026 at 5:00 PM

If you have ever moved your bed to vacuum and found a whole ecosystem of dust bunnies, you are not alone. Lately, a simple…..

News

A construction site for the Gateway Hudson River Tunnel project with the New York City skyline and Penn Station area in the background.

Trump denies asking to rename Penn Station in exchange for releasing funds for the $16 billion tunnel

Kevin Montien
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February 27, 2026 at 12:30 PM

President Donald Trump is pushing back on reports that he tried to trade his name…..

Salisia Pascoe and her two children standing in front of their newly built Flint River Habitat for Humanity home in Albany, Georgia.

A single mother truck driver fulfills her dream and moves with her two children into a new $200,000 home in Albany

Kevin Montien
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February 27, 2026 at 6:30 AM

From long hauls to house keys, a single mother truck driver in Albany, Georgia just…..

The Tesla Cybercab robotaxi, a sleek two-seat autonomous vehicle without a steering wheel or pedals, displayed at a product event.

Musk breaks Tesla’s big promise that could spell the end for the company

Kevin Montien
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February 26, 2026 at 6:30 PM

After a year of telling investors that the future of Tesla lies in robotaxis and…..

A conceptual illustration of the Confucian proverb "The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones," showing a path built from small rocks.

Confucius made it clear: “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones”

Kevin Montien
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February 26, 2026 at 10:15 AM

As another year of bold resolutions gets underway, an old line keeps popping up on…..

A traveler presenting a U.S. passport at a TSA airport security checkpoint for identity verification.

The Real ID and now the TSA confirm that you can fly in the United States even with a passport that expired up to two years ago

Kevin Montien
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February 26, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Ever reached into your bag at the airport and realized your passport expired last spring?…..

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson speaking at a press conference regarding NATO defense strategy and nuclear cooperation.

Sweden breaks a taboo from the 1970s and enters into talks with France and the United Kingdom for possible European nuclear protection

Adrian Villellas
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February 25, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Sweden has quietly stepped into one of Europe’s most sensitive debates. Prime minister Ulf Kristersson…..

A small FPV drone hovering over a major sports stadium, illustrating the new security challenges addressed by the Pentagon’s JIATF 401 guidance.

The new obsession with security in the United States is not a truck or a fence, but an FPV drone, and the Pentagon already has a low-cost plan

Kevin Montien
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February 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM

What if the biggest risk to a packed stadium no longer comes through the gate,…..

Architectural rendering of a new neighborhood security center in La Florida, Chile, showing a modern glass building with coworking spaces and community workshops.

Florida is betting heavily on the Bukele formula and has announced six centers with cameras, coworking spaces, and ground patrols that will open during the first half of 2026

Kevin Montien
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February 24, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Can you fight crime with coworking tables, youth workshops, and a bank of security cameras…..

Science

A computer simulation diagram showing the gravitational interaction between Mars and Earth, highlighting the shifting orbital paths over millions of years.

They analyzed Mars’ gravity and discovered that it has an unexpected effect on Earth’s climate

Kevin Montien
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February 27, 2026 at 3:00 PM

When people talk about what drives Earth’s climate, they usually point to greenhouse gases, volcanoes,…..

A preserved specimen of a Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae), showing its unique blue-speckled body and distinctive lobe-like fins.

In 1938, a museum curator received a call from some fishermen and ended up rewriting the history of evolution

Kevin Montien
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February 26, 2026 at 12:30 PM

When a trawler docked in the South African port of East London just before Christmas…..

A geological cross-section of the Oklo uranium deposit in Gabon, showing the sandstone layers where natural nuclear fission occurred 2 billion years ago.

In 1972, an anomaly was detected in a mine in Gabon, and we now know that it was a natural nuclear reactor that was active 2 billion years ago

Kevin Montien
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February 25, 2026 at 3:00 PM

In 1972, technicians checking uranium shipments for the French nuclear industry noticed something that made…..

A deep space image from the James Webb Space Telescope showing the tiny, red-shifted smudge of galaxy MoM-z14 in the COSMOS field.

The James Webb breaks its own record and detects the most distant galaxy ever confirmed, formed only 280 million years after the Big Bang

Kevin Montien
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February 25, 2026 at 8:45 AM

A tiny, yellow smudge in a James Webb deep image has just pushed our view…..

An aerial view from the International Space Station showing bright green circular crop fields in the Nefud Desert near Jubbah, Saudi Arabia.

NASA captures perfect green circles in the middle of the Saudi Arabian desert from the Space Station, and what lies beneath the sand surprises scientists

Adrian Villellas
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February 24, 2026 at 6:30 AM

NASA astronauts just turned a patch of Saudi desert into a global talking point after…..

Microscopic view of T7 bacteriophage viruses attacking E. coli bacteria, highlighting the viral tail fibers used for attachment.

The idea seems like a crazy but profitable one: “mutating” viruses that feed on bacteria in the ISS to destroy superbugs that no longer respond to antibiotics

Adrian Villellas
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February 23, 2026 at 3:00 PM

What if the next medicine against drug resistant infections did not come from a factory…..

60,000-year-old quartz microlith stone tool from Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter showing traces of plant-based poison residue.

For the first time, it has been confirmed that 60,000 years ago, people were already hunting with poisoned arrows in Africa, and the evidence was attached to tiny stone tips

Kevin Montien
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February 23, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Long before chemistry labs or hunting manuals, people in southern Africa were already using plant…..

A cross-section diagram of Jupiter's moon Europa showing the thick outer ice shell, the global liquid ocean, and the rigid rocky seafloor mantle.

The most likely candidate for harboring alien life could be completely dead inside

Adrian Villellas
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February 23, 2026 at 10:15 AM

For years, Jupiter’s icy moon Europa has sat near the top of the “where could…..