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At night on Mansouri beach, the first evidence was often a track in the sand. The beach lies south of Tyre, near the border with Israel, where checkpoints, shelling, and evacuation orders have long shaped daily life. It is also one of Lebanon’s important nesting grounds for loggerhead and green sea turtles. The turtles come ashore after dark. They dig, lay, cover, and return to the water. For the hatchlings, the distance from nest to sea is only a few yards. It is still dangerous. Dogs and foxes dig up eggs. Crabs and birds take the young. Lights from roads and resorts pull them away from the water. Plastic drifts offshore. Fishing nets catch adults that have survived for decades. Even a footprint can trap a turtle no bigger than a child’s palm. Mona Khalil gave much of her life to that narrow strip of beach. She was 76 when she died on June 19 from wounds sustained after an Israeli airstrike struck her home at Mansouri beach earlier that month. Her assistant was also injured, suffering severe burns. The house, known to visitors and volunteers as the Orange House, had been the base of her conservation work for more than 25 years. Mona Khalil in 2004 in Lebanon. Photo by Joseph Barrak/AFP/Getty Images She had not set out to become a conservationist. Born in Lagos to Lebanese parents, she later left Lebanon during the civil war. In the Netherlands she worked as a porcelain restorer, a trade that required…This article was originally published on Mongabay
Dassault Aviation has achieved a major milestone in its business jet program as the all-new Falcon 10X successfully completed its maiden flight. The step marks the beginning of the aircraft’s flight-test campaign and demonstrating the maturity of the development program.
The inaugural flight took place from Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport in France, where test pilot Sébastien Dupont de Dinechin and copilot Fabrice Dougnac lifted off aboard the Falcon 10X for a mission lasting approximately two and a half hours.
During the flight, the crew evaluated the aircraft’s handling characteristics and onboard systems, reaching an altitude of 40,000 feet and accelerating to Mach 0.82 before returning for a smooth landing.
First flight
The successful first flight represents a significant step forward for Dassault Aviation as it prepares what is expected to become one of the most advanced and spacious ultra-long-range business jets in the world.
Speaking on the achievement, Dassault Aviation Chairman and CEO Eric Trappier described the maiden flight as an important milestone for the company. He credited the accomplishment to the dedication and expertise of the engineering, production, and flight-test teams, as well as the support of the company’s global network of partners.
“This inaugural flight is another milestone for Dassault,” said Chairman and CEO Eric Trappier.
“It is a reflection of the dedication and high skill of our engineering, production, and flight teams, and also the quality of our global network of partners. All of us are excited to see this day as we launch into a new phase for the 10X.”
Aircraft performed as planned
The Falcon 10X program has been years in the making, involving thousands of employees and suppliers. Test pilot Sébastien Dupont de Dinechin noted that the aircraft performed as planned throughout the flight, highlighting the extensive effort invested in bringing the aircraft from concept to reality.
The flight-test program is expected to expand rapidly. A second test aircraft is nearing completion and will soon join the campaign, while a third aircraft equipped with a full interior will be used primarily for systems evaluation, cabin functionality assessments, and reliability testing.
The Falcon 10X is positioned as the flagship of Dassault’s Falcon family and is designed to set new standards in business aviation through a combination of advanced technology, long-range capability, and passenger comfort. The aircraft is expected to compete in the ultra-long-range segment, serving customers who require intercontinental travel with enhanced efficiency and luxury.
Dassault Aviation emphasized that it is currently the only aircraft manufacturer flying an entirely new aircraft type in 2026, underscoring the company’s continued commitment to innovation. The achievement also reflects the benefits of Dassault’s unique expertise across both civil and military aviation sectors, which has long been a cornerstone of the company’s success.
With more than a century of aerospace experience and over 10,000 aircraft delivered worldwide, Dassault Aviation continues to strengthen its position as one of the leading manufacturers of high-end business jets. The successful maiden flight of the Falcon 10X marks the beginning of a new chapter for the company and brings the aircraft one step closer to entering service.
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A new study published in Nanotechnology journal Nature Publishing Group’s Nature Nanotechnology has found that microscopic boron nitride nanotubes can transport lithium ions at speeds far greater than previously expected.
These tiny tube-shaped channels were shown to selectively move lithium ions while blocking many other ions, effectively creating a high-speed pathway for lithium transport. The findings suggest that boron nitride nanotubes could serve as a promising platform for next-generation separation technologies.
Potential applications include clean energy production, including blue energy systems that generate power from the mixing of saltwater and freshwater, as well as more efficient lithium extraction for battery manufacturing.
New ion transport mechanism surpasses theoretical expectations
According to Sangil Kim, the newly identified transport mechanism enables lithium ions to move through nanotubes at exceptionally high speeds. Kim, an associate professor of chemical engineering at University of Illinois Chicago and co-author of the study, noted that the observed ion transport rates significantly exceeded both theoretical predictions and results reported in existing experimental systems, highlighting the unusual efficiency of the nanotube-based approach.
Efficient ion transport plays a critical role in a wide range of industrial applications. When salts dissolve in water, they split into positively and negatively charged ions that travel through nanochannels at varying speeds. Managing and controlling this ion movement across membranes is essential for advancing technologies such as batteries, desalination systems, critical mineral extraction, and renewable energy generation.
Still, balancing fast ion movement with high selectivity remains a major scientific and engineering challenge. In this study, the researchers developed membranes containing millions of tiny boron nitride nanotubes, which have charged surfaces and unusual transport properties. When placed between solutions with different salt concentrations, the membranes allowed ions to pass through much more quickly than expected.
Lithium ions stood out in particular, moving about 31 times faster than predicted. The results also showed strong selectivity, with lithium ions traveling through the channels significantly faster than other types of ions.
Electric eel-inspired system turns ion flow into usable energy
To demonstrate the potential of the system, Kim and his team showed that the small membranes could generate enough energy from salt solutions to power simple electronic devices. Kim noted that they were able to operate a watch and a calculator using this approach.
The concept of producing electricity from ion movement is not new, and as Kim explained, electric eels use a similar principle in nature, generating electrical bursts by controlling ion flow across specialized cells known as electrocytes.
Electrocytes rely on ion channels to convert chemical gradients into electrical energy, a natural process that has long inspired efforts to replicate similar mechanisms in engineered systems, including the membranes developed in this study.
Going forward, Kim and his team aim to explore additional applications for the technology, with a particular focus on the nanotubes’ ability to separate lithium. He noted that the findings could potentially be used for lithium recovery from waste batteries, with the team also planning to investigate the underlying physics in more detail to better understand what drives the unusually fast ion transport observed in the system.
Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have developed a new class of nanotube membranes that enable exceptionally fast lithium-ion transport.
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A driver told Harris County investigators that his Tesla was on Autopilot before it left a residential road in Katy, Texas, crashed through the brick wall of a home, and killed a 76-year-old woman inside.
The crash happened around 8 p.m. Friday in the 21300 block of Rose Hollow Lane, according to the Harris County Precinct 5 Constable’s Office and the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
A Santa Monica Studio anunciou God of War: Laufey de surpresa. O jogo no estilo hack and slash acompanhará Faye, esposa falecida de Kratos e mãe de Atreus, enquanto desbrava um local conhecido como Everywhen, um pós-vida onde diferentes mitologias se chocam.
O jogo recebeu um generoso trailer de jogabilidade de pouco mais de 20 minutos. Embora ainda não tenhamos uma data de lançamento confirmada, o jornalista da Bloomberg, Jason Schreier, sugeriu que God of War: Laufey pode chegar em 2027:
"Só para constar, eu não daria muita importância ao fato de God of War: Laufey não ter uma data ou previsão de lançamento. Ao contrário de muitos outros grandes anúncios, este não está a anos de distância".
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Na narrativa, o título protagonizado por Faye começa durante o início do reboot God of War (2018) e deve se estender até os eventos de Ragnarök.
Para se preparar, o Canaltech trouxe esta lista de jogos que podem entrar no seu backlog antes do lançamento de God of War: Laufey. Obviamente, se você não jogou nenhum God of War da saga nórdica ou a trilogia original, recomendamos fortemente jogá-los antes do novo game da franquia. Vale notar que a lista está em uma ordem aleatória.
O que torna um jogo parecido com God of War?
A saga nórdica de God of War foi muito bem-sucedida ao levar Kratos para um jogo de ação em terceira pessoa com uma pegada mais cinematográfica e narrativa. No entanto, as raízes da série remontam aos anos 2000, quando o espartano estreou no PlayStation 2 como um dos hack and slash mais influentes de todos os tempos.
Não há tantos jogos parecidos com God of War, pelo menos não em um nível de produção AAA. O que temos são games que exploram a mitologia ou mecânicas de combate características da série da Sony. Nesses casos, há um leque muito maior de opções para quem quer fazer um esquenta antes do lançamento de God of War: Laufey.
A ideia é reunir jogos com pelo menos um pilar da franquia protagonizada por Kratos: combate físico, escala épica, progressão, narrativa cinematográfica, mitologia ou chefes marcantes.
8. Darksiders
Darksiders é uma excelente opção para quem busca combates frenéticos e brutais no estilo hack and slash clássico. Quem curte armas mais robustas e chefes gigantes vai adorar essa recomendação. Embora haja certa resistência nas comparações entre God of War e a franquia criada pela Vigil Games, dificilmente os fãs que gostaram de um não curtirão o outro.
Darksiders III seguiu um caminho mais soulslike (Divulgação/THQ Nordic)
As remasterizações dos dois primeiros jogos da franquia, bem como Darksiders 3, podem ser facilmente encontrados em plataformas atuais e entram em promoção com frequência, garantindo uma boa acessibilidade.
Sequência de Dante's Inferno nunca viu a luz do dia (Divulgação/Electronic Arts)
Se o PlayStation 3 tinha God of War III ao seu dispor, donos dos consoles de sétima geração da Microsoft podiam aproveitar Dante's Inferno. O game, baseado na Divina Comédia, de Dante Alighieri, nos coloca na pele de um guerreiro das Cruzadas morto no campo de batalha, que precisa resgatar sua amada das mãos de Lúcifer.
Dante's Inferno se assemelha muito ao God of War clássico e divide com o jogo da Santa Monica a atmosfera e os inimigos grotescos, Quick Time Events, câmera em terceira pessoa, seções de plataforma, puzzles e, claro, um hack and slash visceral.
6. Devil May Cry 5
Para quem quer um combate mais parecido com os jogos mais recentes de God of War, Devil May Cry 5 é uma excelente pedida. Obviamente, há um abismo de distância entre os dois jogos nos quesitos história, narrativa, temática e estilo, mas eles acabam se encontrando em certos aspectos do combate.
Devil May Cry 5tem mais de sete anos (Divulgação/Capcom)
Devil May Cry 5 carrega um gameplay focado em combos e estilo. A diferença no combate está principalmente no 'peso'. Enquanto GoW é um pouco mais pesado e menos técnico, o hack and slash da Capcom é bem mais veloz e complexo. Curiosamente, God of War: Laufey parece herdar um pouco desse combate mais estilizado e veloz.
5. Black Myth: Wukong
Para quem gosta de explorar mitologias nos games, Black Myth: Wukong dá uma aula no assunto ao trazer lendas chinesas. O RPG de ação é uma adaptação de Jornada ao Oeste, história que inspirou diversas obras, como Dragon Ball.
Black Myth: Wukong puxou indústria de games da China para outro patamar (Divulgação/GameScience)
Black Myth: Wukong possui uma dificuldade mais elevada do que a de God of War, mas bebe bastante da água disponibilizada pela Santa Monica, como animações e um sistema de equipamentos bem parecidos com o que foi visto na saga nórdica de Kratos.
4. Bayonetta
Bayonetta assumes uma face mais excêntrica e exagerada de God of War, mas tem uma ação estilizada e combates hack and slash muito bem-vindos para os fãs da franquia da Sony, em especial da trilogia grega.
Sequências de Bayonetta seguiram como exclusivas de sistemas da Nintendo (Divulgação/Platinum Games, Nintendo)
O jogo da Platinum Games traz diversos elementos familiares, como chefes gigantes, combos e combate veloz. Para quem tem uma ligação maior com a história de Kratos, Atreus e companhia, o foco de Bayonetta não é na narrativa.
3. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
A duologia Hellblade vai um pouco na contramão de outras sugestões. Em vez de trazer um combate próximo ao da franquia God of War, a Ninja Theory trouxe ao mundo um jogo com uma narrativa mais densa e menos expositiva. No primeiro jogo, há algumas seções de combate um pouco mais parecidas com God of War, embora com um leque menor de golpes e habilidades.
Primeiro jogo de Hellblade tinha uma ênfase um pouco maior em combate (Divulgação/Microsoft)
Assim como na IP da Santa Monica, Hellblade explora as mitologias nórdica e celta, com histórias e lendas muito bem conhecidas pelos fãs de Kratos. A mecânica principal do jogo são as fúrias, vozes que acompanham o quadro de psicose da protagonista Senua. Embora as semelhanças sejam bem limitadas aqui, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice oferece batalhas contra deuses como Sutr e Valravn, ainda que o final divida opiniões.
2. Hellblade II: Senua's Saga
O segundo jogo, Hellblade II: Senua's Saga, adota ainda mais o nível cinematográfico e narrativo e abre mão de parte do combate visto no em Senua's Sacrifice. A apresentação gráfica é indiscutivelmente uma das melhores da geração, apesar da direção que a Ninja Theory seguiu ser bem questionável para alguns.
Hellblade II: Senua's Saga é para fãs de aventuras ultra-lineares e cinematográficas (Divulgação/Microsoft)
Um terceiro jogo intitulado Senua chega em 2027 para PlayStation 5, assim como God of War: Laufey. Na nova entrada, a desenvolvedora irá adotar um foco maior na exploração e no combate, algo muito pedido pelos fãs e que deve aproximar as experiências de Senua e Kratos.
1. Ghost of Tsushima
Outro first-party da Sony que pode ser uma excelente pedida para quem quer se preparar para God of War: Laufey é Ghost of Tsushima. Muitos fãs do jogo da Sucker Punch recomendam o game para quem gostou de God of War.
Ghost of Tsushima foi um dos últimos grandes exclusivos do PlayStation 4 (Divulgação/Sony)
Esse é o tipo de jogo que entrega uma experiência mais narrativa e de aventura, um verdadeiro padrão para os últimos jogos single-player da Sony. Não há uma relação direta entre God of War e Ghost of Tsushima, com exceção do sentimento de aventura épica com o selo de qualidade PlayStation. Além dos gráficos de alto nível, o jogo ambientado em Tsushima do ano de 1274 apresenta um combate corpo a corpo um tanto visceral.
Melhor forma de aproveitar jogos parecidos com God of War
Para quem gostou de God of War (2018) ou Ragnarök, recomendamos começar fortemente por Devil May Cry 5 ou Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice. Embora distantes do conjunto da obra da Santa Monica, esses dois jogos agradarão tanto a quem curtiu o combate de Kratos e quer explorar algo mais técnico e rápido quanto a quem amou o aprofundamento na mitologia nórdica e quer experienciá-la de uma maneira bem diferente.
Já para quem está em busca de algo mais próximo aos clássicos, é bem provável que Darksiders, Bayonetta ou Dante's Inferno ressoem mais com você. No fim das contas, o importante é aproveitar jogos excelentes que carreguem alguns dos vários pilares de God of War e se preparar para a aventura de Faye em Everywhen.
Jogos parecidos com God of War não são tão parecidos assim?
Como dito no início, jogos mais recentes de God of War têm poucos concorrentes AAA nos dias de hoje. Apesar dos jogos listados acima parecerem distantes das obras da Santa Monica Studio, é possível que muitos que não os experimentaram sintam um gostinho dos títulos estrelados por Kratos.
Nature is often portrayed as a battlefield where every species competes for food, territory, and survival. Yet some of the most successful relationships in the natural world are built on cooperation.
Across oceans, forests, and deserts, animals regularly interact with members of other species in ways that benefit both sides. Interestingly, from an evolutionary perspective, this cooperation should be difficult. This is because animals belonging to different species do not share the same instincts, sensory abilities, or interests.
One animal may communicate through scent, another through movement, and a third through sound. Also, misunderstandings can be dangerous. A potential partner might instead become a competitor, a parasite, or even a predator.
“This gap in our understanding is noteworthy because animal interspecies cooperation combines features of multiple interaction types, sharing some challenges with broader mutualisms, such as cross-species communication and increased risk of harm or exploitation,” the authors of a new study note.
A new study examines how species overcome these obstacles through the exchange of information. The study authors argue that cues and signals help animals identify potential partners, assess their motivation to cooperate, and judge how reliable they are likely to be.
“Cues and signals are likely to be particularly crucial in animal interspecies cooperation, a specific form of mutualism that depends on real-time, interactive behavioural coordination to secure mutual benefit,” the study authors added.
By bringing together evidence from many forms of interspecies cooperation, the study provides a framework for understanding how communication helps make these unlikely partnerships possible.
Reducing risk and uncertainty in animal cooperation
The study emerged from a large interdisciplinary effort involving 58 researchers working across fields including animal behavior, ecology, evolution, anthropology, and linguistics.
Rather than focusing on a single species or ecosystem, the team examined evidence from a broad range of cooperative relationships to understand the common principles that allow different species to coordinate their actions.
What interested the researchers was not the details of any one partnership but a challenge common to all of them, which was uncertainty. Whenever individuals from different species interact, they must somehow determine whether cooperation is worth the risk.
The researchers found that many cooperative systems contain mechanisms that reduce this uncertainty. These can include visual displays, sounds, chemical compounds, body postures, or repeated behavioral patterns.
Regardless of the form they take, their purpose is similar—they provide information that allows one species to anticipate the actions of another.
Seen this way, communication functions less like a conversation and more like a mechanism for reducing uncertainty. Signals can reveal who a partner is, whether it intends to cooperate, and how predictable its behavior is likely to be. By making behavior more predictable, they reduce the risks that would otherwise discourage cooperation.
One example comes from the partnership between greater honeyguide birds and humans in parts of Africa. The birds use calls and behaviors that help direct people toward wild bees’ nests, while humans respond with their own vocal signals during the search. As a result, both sides gain access to resources they would struggle to obtain as efficiently on their own.
From accidental clues to biological languages
The study also explores how communication systems may evolve over time. The researchers distinguish between cues and signals. A cue provides information to another species but did not evolve specifically for communication.
A signal, in contrast, has been shaped by evolution because it influences how another organism responds. However, the study authors note, “signals can evolve from cues.”
The study points to interactions involving brightly colored cleaner fish on coral reefs as an example of how information can facilitate cooperation. Their distinctive appearance and behavior help client fish recognize them as cleaning partners rather than prey.
According to the researchers, characteristics that reliably convey useful information can become increasingly important if other species benefit from responding to them. Over time, natural selection may strengthen these interactions.
Individuals who provide clearer information gain more cooperative opportunities, while those who interpret the information more accurately gain greater benefits. The authors suggest that this process can lead to coevolution, with one species becoming better at providing information and the other becoming better at interpreting it.
In this way, what begins as an incidental cue can gradually develop into a more specialized signal that helps coordinate cooperation between species. The researchers also found that these communication systems are not always fixed. Some appear remarkably consistent, while others vary across environments and populations.
This flexibility suggests that communication between species can be shaped not only by evolution but also by local ecological conditions and, in some cases, learning.
The hidden rules of cooperation
According to the study authors, “animal interspecies cooperation provides a powerful opportunity to investigate the evolution of communication.”
By examining how species exchange information to coordinate their actions, the researchers argue that communication may be one of the hidden foundations of cooperation in nature.
By comparing interspecies cooperation with communication systems found within species and in other mutualistic relationships, the authors provide a broader framework for understanding how cooperation emerges and persists.
At the same time, the researchers emphasize that many forms of interspecies communication remain poorly understood. This is because most studies have focused on a relatively small number of well-known examples, leaving many species and ecosystems unexplored.
Future work will investigate how signals originate, how they vary across populations, and how communication systems can evolve between cooperating species.
For now, the study’s message is simple. Cooperation does not require animals to share a common language. It requires enough information for each partner to recognize, interpret, and respond to the other. In nature, this ability may be what transforms a risky encounter into a lasting partnership.
The study is published in the journal Animal Behavior.
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