Why did Venezuela's high-rises collapse like pancakes?
A 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude double earthquake killed at least 235 people in Venezuela, with USGS warning the toll could exceed 10,000. Why did so many buildings pancake completely? The answer is what was missing inside the columns.
7 or 14 shuffles? Math just removed a 30-year hidden condition
A 2026 study from Harvard, Cambridge, and Princeton proves a shuffling threshold exists even when the cut is uneven
Terry Tao is teaching math how to collaborate
The world's greatest living mathematician used a proof-verification tool to break a massive problem into pieces — then let hundreds of people solve them simultaneously.
Oceans may not have come from space alone. Earth may have made its own water
The Giotto probe measured a comet, Rosetta sampled a comet's nucleus, and the Livermore lab blasted rock with lasers. A 4-billion-year-old question just got a new lead.
Costa Rica Crypto Bill Approved as Lawmakers Target Money Laundering Risks
Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly has approved a bill in second reading to regulate cryptocurrency-related service providers and bring them under stronger anti-money laundering oversight. The reform, approved unanimously on, amends Law No. 7786, Costa Rica’s main law on narcotics, unauthorized drugs, money laundering and terrorist financing. The bill was pro [...]
Costa Rica’s Renewable Energy Grid Faces New Pressure From AI Data Centers
Costa Rica’s clean electricity reputation is becoming part of a new technology pitch: power artificial intelligence with renewable energy. Our country generated 98.6 percent of its electricity from renewable sources in 2025, using hydropower, geothermal, wind, biomass and solar, according to ICE data verified by LSQA. ICE also says the national grid is expec [...]
Artemis II Astronauts Return to Earth After Historic Moon Mission
The four astronauts of the Artemis II mission splashed down Friday off the coast of California, right on schedule, after completing a test mission around the Moon that NASA described as flawless, marking a major milestone more than 50 years after the Apollo era. “Houston, this is Integrity. We hear you loud and clear,” commander […]
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NASA Releases Picture of Earthset Photo by Artemis Crew
NASA released a historic photograph of Earth dipping below the lunar horizon, more than 57 years after an iconic “Earthrise” image was captured by an Apollo 8 astronaut. Members of the Artemis II crew captured the shot from their Orion capsule during the mission’s record-setting lunar flyby, echoing the legendary “Earthrise” photograph taken by US […]
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Artemis II Enters Final Moon Approach as Orion Nears Historic Lunar Flyby
The astronauts of the Artemis II mission are making history by venturing farther into space than any human before and catching live glimpses of parts of the Moon never before seen directly. The mission began the final phase of its approach to the Moon on Monday, reaching the tipping point where the Moon’s gravity exerts […]
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Artemis II has entered the final phase of its approach to the Moon, with NASA’s Orion spacecraft set for a historic lunar flyby and a record distance from Earth
Passengers on Costa Rica Flight Catch Rare View of Artemis II Launch
What began as a routine flight from Costa Rica to Atlanta turned into an unexpected view of one of NASA’s biggest moments in decades. Video shared online shows passengers aboard a commercial flight watching the Artemis II rocket streak upward from Florida, its bright plume visible above the clouds as the aircraft headed north. The […]
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Passengers on a flight from Costa Rica to Atlanta captured a rare midair view of NASA’s Artemis II launch, turning a routine trip into an unexpected look at history.
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