March 2, 2026

Hiking

The future I saw through the Meta Ray-Ban Display amazes and terrifies me

This very first-gen device raises several questions about where the next chapter of mobile computing is headed.
If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Medi… [+21095 chars]read more

Fisherman stunned after catching giant endangered creature: ‘First official record’

A team of scientists was on an expedition on a remote Indonesian island in 2023 when it met a fisher who had caught something interesting. In between Sumatra and Borneo, the local had pulled up a tra… [read more]

This hidden collection of lakeside villages an hour from Lake Como has all of the charm and none of the crowds

Lugano is renowned for its waterfront position and a mild, sunny climate akin to the Mediterranean.Laura Larmo for BI
While Lake Como draws the crowds, Lake Lugano remains a quieter, lesser-… [+8024 chread more

Pictured: Winning entries for Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2005

Maddie MolloyBBC Climate & Science reporter
A brown hyena standing beside the ruins of an abandoned diamond mining settlement has earned wildlife photographer Wim van den Heever the title of Wil… [read more]

What life is like in the world’s northernmost town where it’s dark for 4 months a year and polar bears roam free

Longyearbyen, Norway, is the northernmost town in the world.ginger_polina_bublik/Shutterstock
The world’s northernmost town is Longyearbyen in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.… [+16522 chars]read more

New South China Sea clash videos capture Chinese water cannon and ramming tactics in action

TKPhilippine Coast Guard
Chinese coast guard ships sprayed water cannons at and rammed into Philippine vessels on Sunday.China has continuously been accused of employing aggressive … [+3728 chars]read more

Officials move to ban controversial meat product: ‘The largest slaughter of wild land animals in the world’

One of the world’s largest importers of kangaroo meat intends to formally ban its trade and sale, according to Irish farm news outlet Agriland.
Belgium is the second-largest importer of kangaroo mea… [read more]

I asked AI to plan my dream summer holiday. Here’s how it turned out

Alan Smith with his wife and their daughter’s boyfriend on the pier at Castro Urdiales
The gothic arches of Santa María de la Asunción crown the hill above the stone harbour where fishermen land th… [read more]

Philippines begins clean-up after powerful twin quakes

Dazed survivors of a pair of major earthquakes in the southern Philippines awoke on Saturday to scenes of devastation, after hundreds of aftershocks rocked the region overnight.
Many coastal residen… [read more]