Solar-Powered Farming Is Quickly Depleting the World’s Groundwater Supply

That is certainly the case in Yemen, on the south flank of the Arabian Peninsula, where the desert sands have a new look these days. Satellite images show around 100,000 solar panels glinting in the sun, surrounded by green fields. Hooked to water pumps, the panels provide free energy for farmers to pump out ancient … Read more

Picard & Strange New Worlds Nab 8 Super Award Nominations

Critics Choice Super Awards, which honor sci-fi, horror, action, and superhero movies, recognize Star Trek: Picard and Strange New Worlds. This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available. Summary Star Trek: Picard and Strange New Worlds lead with 8 Critics … Read more

Tesla EV Costs in 2024: Price Breakdown of the World’s Best-Selling Vehicle

The electric vehicle (EV) market experienced another banner year during 2023, even if sales and adoption slowed compared with previous years. Case in point: The Tesla Model Y was the top-selling vehicle in the world during 2023 — and the first time an electric vehicle took the top spot — beating out popular models like … Read more

10 DC Sleuths Who Rival Batman For World’s Greatest Detective

Summary Batman isn’t the only detective in the DC Universe with amazing deduction abilities. Heroes like Spectre, Elongated Man, and Martian Manhunter are also great mystery-solvers. Characters like Damian Wayne, Tim Drake, and Detective Chimp rival Batman in detective skills. Anyone even slightly familiar with the DC Universe knows that Batman is the World’s Greatest … Read more

Singapore to Build World’s Largest Facility to Remove Carbon From the Ocean

The Equatic Process, a novel carbon removal technology and one of the best inventions of 2023, is getting a major scale-up, with the world’s largest ocean carbon dioxide removal (OCDR) facility set to be built in Singapore and operational by 2025—sparking optimism for what has been hailed as a potential game changer for global climate … Read more

World’s tallest man and smallest woman reunite

There may be more than six feet between them, but the world’s tallest man and shortest woman found common ground when they were reunited this week. Sultan Kosen, who measures 8ft 3in (251cm), towered over his fellow Guinness World Record holder Jyoti Amge, who measures just over 2ft (62.8cm) tall, when they met in California … Read more

Strike at the Eiffel Tower closes one of the world’s most popular monuments

PARIS — Visitors to the Eiffel Tower were turned away on Monday because of a strike over poor financial management at one of the world’s most-visited sites. A sign was posted at the entrance in English, saying, “Due to a strike, the Eiffel Tower is closed. We apologize.” The hugely popular 330-meter (1083-foot) landmark in … Read more

Japan slips to the world’s fourth-largest economy, behind the US, China and now Germany

TOKYO — Japan has slipped to the world’s fourth-largest economy as government data released Thursday showed it fell behind the size of Germany’s in 2023. The numbers highlight how the Japanese economy has gradually lost its competitiveness and productivity while the population shrinks as Japanese people age and have fewer children, analysts say. Japan fell … Read more

Japan loses spot as world’s third-largest economy to Germany

A shop employee stands in front of binoculars on display at a department store in Tokyo on October 22, 2021. Behrouz Mehri | AFP | Getty Images Japan has lost its spot as the world’s third-largest economy to Germany, as the Asian giant unexpectedly slipped into recession. Once the second largest economy in the world, … Read more

Millions of Indonesians choose a new president in one of the world’s largest elections

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Millions of Indonesians were choosing a new president Wednesday as the world’s third-largest democracy aspires to become a global economic powerhouse just over 25 years since emerging from a brutal authoritarian era. The incumbent Indonesian defense minister, who has been accused of human rights atrocities as an ex-general, and two former governors … Read more