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Iran targeted Amazon infrastructure in Bahrain, US military sites in Jordan, IRGC claims

The IRGC said that a missile defense radar system and an F-15 aircraft had both been destroyed in Jordan.

A symbolic mockup of an Iranian missile is displayed, amid a ceasefire between U.S. and Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 27, 2026.
US-ENTERTAINMENT-STREAMING-WARNER-NETFLIX-FILM The HBO Max logo is seen outside the Warner Bros. Discovery offices in Culver City, California, on December 5, 2025.

What to watch this week: Larry David's new HBO comedy, talking sheep, and Kim Novak

The tech giant Amazon aims to raise at least $25 billion through the sale of bonds in US dollars

Report: Amazon plans giant fundraise of at least $25 billion

Damage at the site of a launchpad after an uncrewed Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded during a test at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, May 29, 2026.

Blue Origin launch pad repairs could take 'serious time', NASA chief says - report


Under the jungles, Lidars helps researchers find the ancient civilizations of the Amazon

A collective work titled "Archaeology of the Amazon" offers a broad overview of traces left by thirteen millennia of human occupation over a territory larger than that of the European Union.

 Under the jungles, Lidars helps researchers find the ancient civilizations of the Amazon. Illustration.

Researchers shocked by male Amazon dolphins' aerial urination ritual

Scientists suggest that the bristles on the dolphins' snouts help them 'decode' messages in other dolphins' urine.

 Researchers shocked by male Amazon dolphins' aerial urination ritual.

Ancient Casarabe people transformed Amazon savannas into year-round maize farms

The Casarabe people inhabited the Llanos de Moxos region between 500 and 1400 CE.

 Ancient Casarabe people transformed Amazon savannas into year-round maize farms.

Brazil's forest fires up 79% in 2024; Government blames "climate terrorism"

The vast Amazon rainforest bore the brunt of the devastation, accounting for approximately 17.9 million hectares of the total burned area, which is 58% of the overall destruction.

 Brazilian Amazon Forest burning.

Study identifies Amazon and Sahara regions as birthplace of earliest dinosaurs

Remains of earliest dinosaurs may lie undiscovered due to inaccessibility and lack of research efforts.

 Is this the birthplace of the dinosaurs?

Google employees directly assist IDF, Defense Min., Washington Post reveals

Employees at Google have worked to provide Israel's military with access to its most advanced artificial intelligence. 

 Google and Artificial Intelligence

Video of an 8-meter, 200-kilogram green anaconda in the Amazon will leave you breathless

‘We have discovered that green anacondas are actually two species,’ said the head researcher.

 Video of ‘monster’ giant 8-meter, 200-kilogram green anaconda species found in the Amazon rainforest will leave you gasping for air.

Checkout optimization start-up raises $25m Series A to help e-commerce brands compete with Amazon

The company plans to use the new capital to expand its global market presence and accelerate the development of its checkout and shipping personalization engine.

 Checkout optimization start-up PrettyDamnQuick (PDQ).

Is this the greatest archaeological finding of 2024?

In January 2023, archaeologists discovered lost Amazon cities, home to 10,000 farmers 2,000 years ago, revealing a pre-Columbian civilization in a previously sparsely inhabited area.

 An aerial view of the Amazon river?

Archaeologists and indigenous elders decipher shamanic messages in 11,000-year-old amazon rock art

Over the past six years, researchers investigated Indigenous rock art in the Serranía de la Lindosa, a 12-mile-long sandstone outcrop in Colombia's Guaviare department.

 Rock paintings in Cerro Azul, San José del Guaviare, Guaviare, Colombia.