Michael Dell net worth: How the billionaire briefly became the world’s second-richest person
Michael Dell’s net worth is estimated at $276.5 billion as of September 12, 2026, according to Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires List. Despite reaching a higher fortune than his September 9 figure, Dell is currently ranked No. 3 among the world’s richest…
In 1958, New Zealand built a power station over a volcanic field; it became the world’s first to generate electricity from geothermal flash steam
Wairākei geothermal field in July 1978. Image Credit: Engineering New Zealand Wairākei Power Station in New Zealand changed the way geothermal heat could be turned into electricity when it was commissioned in 1958. Built beside the Waikato River, north…
Africa world’s most active terrorism theatre; reports more than two-thirds of ISIS activity: Report
Africa has emerged as the world’s most active terrorism theatre, according to a new US House Homeland Security Committee report. Africa has emerged as the world’s most active theatre of terrorism, with more than two-thirds of Islamic State…
Belgium sank 23 concrete blocks weighing 22,000 tons each in the North Sea to build the world’s first artificial energy island in a €7B project
Forty-five kilometres off the Belgian coast, in the middle of the North Sea, humans are creating something that did not naturally exist in the water. It is the world’s first artificial energy island the size of eight football fields, being built…
At 15, Jim Bishop bought 2.5 Colorado acres with $450 he earned mowing lawns and delivering papers; 10 years later, he began a stone castle that he spent 50 years turning into the world’s largest one-man project
Nestled in the Wet Mountains of Colorado, at an elevation of 9000, is the world’s largest one-man project, The Bishop Castle. From 1969 to 2019, the monument was constructed by one man, all by himself, James Roland Bishop, also known as Jim Bishop,…
Jackie Chan became the face of a campaign to save one of the world’s most trafficked mammals; his Kung Fu Pangolin campaign urged China to stop buying their scales
Jackie Chan, one of China’s best-known film stars, became the face of a high-profile campaign in 2017 aimed at reducing demand for pangolin products and helping protect one of the world’s most trafficked mammals. The campaign, called “Kung Fu…
Tiny Scottish village of 200 homes in Auchtertool, Fife, fights plans for world’s second-largest data centre covering more than 100 football pitches; 1,600 objections pile up, residents fear it could dwarf their community
The proposed Cato data centre would cover an area larger than 100 football pitches. (Photo: Daily Mail) Residents of a tiny Scottish village have launched a fierce campaign against plans to build what has been described as the world’s…
In 1904, a 1,227-foot Cincinnati railroad warehouse was among the world’s longest buildings; 122 years later, 210 feet were removed for a new bridge and its old bricks are being reused
Historic photo of the completed B&O freight warehouse, now Longworth Hall Longworth Hall, a historic railroad freight warehouse in Cincinnati, is now shorter than it was for most of its history. About 210 feet of the world’s longest buildings has…
50 years ago, this California sanctuary began saving some of the world’s rarest gibbons, today, their morning songs are a remarkable story of survival
Gibbon Conservation Center director Gabi Skollar feeds one of the little apes Every morning, as dawn breaks over the dry hills north of Los Angeles, a chorus of sirens, deep hoots and high-pitched calls echoes across the Santa Clarita Valley. The sounds…
Meet the world’s highest-ranking penguin Sir Nils Olav III, set to become a father after partner lays egg; Edinburgh Zoo welcomes first king penguin egg in 17 years
A royal arrival! Sir Nils Olav III and Connie are preparing to become parents after laying Edinburgh Zoo’s first king penguin egg in 17 years. (Photo: SWNS) The world’s highest-ranking penguin, Major General Sir Nils Olav III, Baron of Bouvet Island, is…