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The seven largest tech firms in the world—Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, and Tesla—collectively hold around $597 billion in cash, surpassing the foreign exchange reserves of most developed countries...

On November 14, 1963, the world received a rare living experiment — Surtsey. It took its name by analogy with its "father." By its twenty‑fifth birthday, because of its exceptional...

Every day, we walk on a thin layer of asphalt without knowing that a mechanical heart of civilization beats just beneath our soles. Let us look into titanic concrete cathedrals...

Long before the first human blueprint was ever drawn, nature itself had already mastered the principles of 3D-printing, passive climate control, and earthquake resistance. In that realm, instinct replaces...

Fasten your seat belts. Extreme landings await. These are airports built on mountain slopes, squeezed into busy streets, or swallowed by the tide. Gravity, geography, and common sense clash here...

If China was once primarily associated with being the "world's factory" producing cheap goods, today, it is gaining ground in the technology space. In 66 out of 74 technological areas...

We trust our eyes. They show only the surface of reality. This article invites you on a journey where the familiar becomes strange, and a microscope replaces a space telescope...

Chess is perhaps the only game in the world where the design of the equipment matters as much as the rules. Over one and a half millennia, the look...

Everything that can be described as "luxury" shares one trait — it is always put on display. In some countries, this idea embraces jewels, palaces, and private islands. In others...

This article explores the most intimate space in a home — the bed. We spend about a third of our lives there, so the importance of a place for sleep...