A 40-year-old Spanish frigate just crossed the Arctic Circle for the first time in history, and the crew’s reason stays under wraps

Spain's Santa María frigate crossed the Arctic Circle for the first time, proving an aging NATO warship can still endure.

Spain just beat China to a wild idea: aircraft landing gear that stores power like a battery, which could change flight

Spain unveils aircraft landing gear that stores energy like a battery, opening a new path for lighter electric aviation.

Walmart just signed its first nuclear power deal to run on carbon-free energy from an Illinois reactor, and the scale of the bet is the surprise

Walmart signs its first nuclear power deal, securing carbon-free electricity from Illinois' Dresden plant for 15 years.

China just free-flew an autonomous 6-ton tiltrotor drone, and the remote-island missions it’s built for are the real story

China's R6000 tiltrotor drone flies untethered, signaling a major step toward long-range autonomous cargo and rescue missions ...

A Texas truck driver just logged 4 million consecutive miles without a single accident, a streak only three people in his company’s history have ever reached

Texas truck driver JJ Jaramillo reaches 4 million accident-free miles, joining an elite group in H-E-B's history.

Canada will bankroll most of a multibillion-dollar bitumen pipeline to the Pacific, where the final price tag could reshape a nation

Canada backs a massive Pacific oil pipeline that could reshape exports, energy policy, and the nation's economy.

Barcelona will pave its streets with crushed olive pits in a first for Spain, and the unusual recipe could cut paving emissions by up to 76%

Barcelona will test olive-pit biochar in asphalt, a first for Spain that could cut paving emissions by up to 76%.

Russia is studying a 441-ton plant that would recycle the world’s spent nuclear fuel, and why so many countries are watching closely

Russia plans a major spent nuclear fuel recycling plant that could reshape the future of global nuclear energy services.

A colony of penguins forced an Antarctic wind farm to move 1.2 miles, and now more than 29,000 breeding pairs live where the turbines once stood

An Antarctic wind farm moved to protect penguins, and today more than 29,000 breeding pairs thrive near the research station.

Vancouver just got every permit to dredge Burrard Inlet, and the goal is to make room for far bigger oil tankers

Canada approved dredging in Burrard Inlet, allowing Aframax oil tankers to leave Vancouver with larger crude loads.

A privately funded $1 billion desalination plant is headed for South Padre Island, and it could pull 50 million gallons of drinking water from the sea daily

A $1 billion desalination plant could supply 50 million gallons of drinking water daily to South Texas from the Gulf.

India is negotiating to sell the United Arab Emirates its Mach 2.8 BrahMos cruise missile, and Iran is the reason Abu Dhabi wants it

India eyes a BrahMos missile deal with the UAE as regional tensions reshape Gulf defense and security priorities.