Illustration of Tongnanlong zhimingi, the giant long-necked sauropod discovered from fossils first uncovered during construction work in China

A sauropod measuring up to 28 meters has been discovered, and the most surprising thing is that it appeared “by surprise” during construction work

Kevin Montien
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March 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM

It might sound like something out of Jurassic Park, but the latest discovery from southwestern China is entirely real. Paleontologists have identified a new…..

Portrait of Nikola Tesla seated in a chair before a circular laboratory backdrop

Nikola Tesla, inventor: “Intelligent people tend to have fewer friends than average”

Adrian Villellas
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March 29, 2026 at 12:46 PM

Ever leave a crowded room feeling more drained than connected? That helps explain why a line widely attributed to Nikola Tesla keeps resurfacing online……

Richard Restak seated at a desk writing in a notebook, illustrating the neurologist’s warning about alcohol, memory, and aging after 65
Meteorite sample tested with proton beam at CERN to simulate asteroid response to extreme energy impact
Tyrannosaurus rex bone cross section showing growth rings under polarized light
Interior of the newly discovered 13-meter chamber at the back of Vanguard Cave in Gibraltar, showing ancient sediment layers and rock formations.
Fossilized vertebrae of Palaeophis colossaeus, a giant extinct marine snake, shown alongside a modern sea snake bone for scale comparison.
Artist’s illustration of two planets colliding in space and blasting fiery debris
Ancient human bones from Poland used in isotope analysis to reconstruct diet and track the rise of millet
Fossil remains of an ancient rhinoceros discovered on Devon Island in the High Arctic
Underwater view of clustered fish nests on the Antarctic seafloor in the Weddell Sea
Satellite image of a powerful hurricane forming over the ocean as artificial intelligence models analyze storm development

Science

Illustration of Tongnanlong zhimingi, the giant long-necked sauropod discovered from fossils first uncovered during construction work in China

A sauropod measuring up to 28 meters has been discovered, and the most surprising thing is that it appeared “by surprise” during construction work

Kevin Montien
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March 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM

It might sound like something out of Jurassic Park, but the latest discovery from southwestern…..

Color-coded geophysical map of the giant magnetic anomaly beneath Australia, showing the deep subsurface structure intriguing researchers

A gigantic anomaly detected beneath Australia intrigues geophysicists: what is happening thousands of kilometers beneath our feet?

ECONEWS
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March 29, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Deep under the red soils of central Australia, scientists have uncovered a giant magnetic anomaly…..

Historic portrait of Albert Einstein, whose theory of gravity predicted the orbital decay now being measured in a pair of dense stars

Einstein predicted it a century ago… and now they are measuring it live: two stars approaching each other like a cosmic clock

Adrian Villellas
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March 29, 2026 at 8:15 AM

A century ago, Albert Einstein predicted that massive objects that orbit each other would send…..

View of Earth from space showing North America, Central America, clouds, and city lights against a star-filled background

NASA sets a date for the beginning of the end of the Earth

Sonia Ramírez
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March 29, 2026 at 7:06 AM

When people imagine the end of Earth, they usually picture an asteroid strike or the…..

Map of Antarctica showing the Antarctic Geoid Low, the strange gravitational anomaly scientists say was formed by deep mantle movements

The strange “gravitational hole” in Antarctica had been baffling scientists for 70 million years, and now an explanation has finally been found

Adrian Villellas
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March 29, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Gravity feels like the one thing in daily life that never changes. But beneath Antarctica,…..

Naturally mummified cheetah remains found in a cave near Arar in northern Saudi Arabia, preserving skin, teeth, and facial features

In a cave near Arar, in northern Saudi Arabia, they found complete bodies of naturally mummified cheetahs, and scientists remain amazed at how “impossible” it is to preserve a mammal in this way

Kevin Montien
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March 28, 2026 at 6:33 PM

A scientific team exploring a remote cave in northern Saudi Arabia expected to find bones…..

Richard Restak seated at a desk writing in a notebook, illustrating the neurologist’s warning about alcohol, memory, and aging after 65

Richard Restak, a neurologist, issues a stern warning to people over 65 and points out a daily habit that he recommends eliminating completely

Adrian Villellas
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March 28, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Why does forgetting a name at a party suddenly feel so alarming after a certain…..

Meteorite sample tested with proton beam at CERN to simulate asteroid response to extreme energy impact

The crazy Armageddon plan to “drop a nuclear bomb on the asteroid” turns out not to be so crazy after all, and CERN has just tested it with a real meteorite

ECONEWS
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March 28, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Most people remember that movie where a crew flies out to blow up a Texas-sized…..

Tyrannosaurus rex bone cross section showing growth rings under polarized light

Science delved into a T. rex bone as if reading tree rings, and in 2026 dropped the bombshell: it didn’t stop growing at 25 years old, but continued to do so until almost 40, leaving Jurassic Park speechless once again

Adrian Villellas
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March 28, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Millions of people first met Tyrannosaurus rex in a dark movie theater, watching the predator…..

Interior of the newly discovered 13-meter chamber at the back of Vanguard Cave in Gibraltar, showing ancient sediment layers and rock formations.

A cave sealed in Gibraltar for 40,000 years is home to what could be the last place of residence of the Neanderthals

ECONEWS
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March 28, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Imagine prying open a doorway that has not moved since Neanderthals walked along the Mediterranean…..

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Economy

Bulldog Coaster roller coaster at Brean Theme Park in Somerset, linked to the park’s liquidation and planned reopening

Another theme park goes bankrupt and closes its doors “forever”: what has happened in recent weeks is more serious than it seems

Kevin Montien
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March 23, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Is Brean Theme Park really gone for good? Not exactly. The Somerset attraction entered liquidation…..

Aerial view of a major container port near the Panama Canal, showing cranes, cargo areas, and ships at berth amid the port dispute

The battle for Panama’s ports is entering a new phase, and China has issued a stern warning

ECONEWS
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March 22, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Most people will read this as another chapter in the power struggle around the Panama…..

IRS logo on a smartphone next to U.S. dollar bills and an American flag

The IRS may owe refunds to millions of people for fees charged between 2020 and 2023

ECONEWS
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March 21, 2026 at 2:17 PM

Could an old IRS notice from the pandemic still be worth money? A November 25,…..

A vast open-pit iron ore mine in Western Australia's Hamersley Province, showcasing the rich red hematite deposits.

Australia has just discovered the largest iron deposit ever recorded, weighing 5.7 billion tons, and the most impressive thing is not its size, but its age

Adrian Villellas
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March 20, 2026 at 6:30 PM

This is not a story about a brand-new mountain of iron suddenly appearing in Australia……

Social Security cards placed over U.S. dollar bills, illustrating retirement benefits and savings concerns for Americans turning 65.

You turn 65, retire, and discover the real surprise: the average Social Security benefit is $1,607, and typical 401(k) savings barely reach $2,400 per month

Sonia Ramírez
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March 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Turning 65 still feels like a major retirement milestone. But the average Social Security check…..

Alaskan Dream cruise ship moored in Alaska waters, representing the small-ship line that suddenly ceased operations before the 2026 season.

A popular Alaska cruise line suddenly closes and cancels all future cruises, leaving reservations, refunds, and questions about what happened just before the season began up in the air

Kevin Montien
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March 18, 2026 at 6:30 PM

 A cruise line known for taking travelers into quieter corners of Southeast Alaska has shut…..

Front and back views of a rare 1943 Lincoln cent, the famous bronze error coin long known as the 1943 copper penny

Millions of people searched for it for decades during the currency changeover, and now one of the world’s most coveted mythical coins, minted in 1943, is back on the market

Adrian Villellas
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March 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM

On March 10, one of the most famous error coins in American history is set…..

Close-up of gold nuggets, illustrating China’s reported discovery of a massive underground gold deposit in Hunan Province

More than 1,000 metric tons of gold have been found underground in China, and the astonishing figure is its price: around $85.9 billion, in a discovery that could redefine the global map of this precious metal

Adrian Villellas
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March 14, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Chinese geologists say they have uncovered more than 1,000 metric tons of gold beneath the…..

Protest sign reading “SNAP feeds families” with a blurred American flag in the background

Millions of people could lose SNAP without realizing it, and the real change isn’t in soda or candy, but in a new rule that severely affects adults between the ages of 55 and 64

Sonia Ramírez
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March 11, 2026 at 6:11 AM

Most readers hear about soda and candy first when SNAP comes up. But for many…..

SpaceX Starbase launch facility in Boca Chica, Texas, near the Lower Rio Grande Valley wildlife corridor along the US Mexico border.

Elon Musk admits in February 2026 that convincing married engineers to relocate to Starbase, 40 minutes from Brownsville and near the Mexican border, has become his biggest silent problem

Adrian Villellas
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March 10, 2026 at 8:15 AM

During a recent interview, Elon Musk described SpaceX’s Starbase launch site complex in South Texas…..

Environment

Aerial view of a scientific drilling camp on the ice in West Antarctica where researchers extracted a record 228-meter rock core

A team of scientists has drilled a massive hole in West Antarctica and extracted 228 meters of rock—the deepest sample of its kind ever obtained

ECONEWS
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March 29, 2026 at 4:51 AM

What can a long tube of mud and rock from the middle of Antarctica tell…..

Hybrid pig and wild boar animals in Fukushima’s exclusion zone, where escaped domestic pigs bred with wild boar after the disaster

Fukushima surprises us once again, 15 years after the accident, with a strange hybrid of escaped pigs and wild boars, right in the middle of the exclusion zone

ECONEWS
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March 28, 2026 at 5:00 PM

What happens when farm animals escape into a place people can no longer live? A…..

Artist’s reconstruction of Doolysaurus, a small juvenile dinosaur standing in a forest

What looked like a rock with a few legs and vertebrae ended up becoming a scientific sensation: that’s how Doolysaurus, South Korea’s new dinosaur, came to light

ECONEWS
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March 27, 2026 at 9:22 AM

A new dinosaur species has been identified from South Korea after high-resolution X-ray micro-CT scans…..

Reconstruction of Alnashetri, a small dinosaur from Patagonia that is key to understanding alvarezsaurs
View of Earth showing a green wave moving northeast to illustrate global changes in vegetation

Earth’s “green wave” is changing course, and scientists are already observing a global shift toward the northeast that could accelerate over the course of this century

Sonia Ramírez
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March 25, 2026 at 3:44 PM

If you’ve ever felt like spring is arriving earlier, you’re not imagining things. A new…..

A digital rendering of a hazy, deoxygenated future Earth orbiting a brightening Sun, illustrating atmospheric collapse.

The Earth could enter a phase with a weakly oxygenated or anoxic atmosphere, which would be a major red flag for our search for life on exoplanets

ECONEWS
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March 25, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Every easy breath you take depends on a fragile balance between our planet, its living…..

Map of Doggerland between Britain and mainland Europe with a highlighted outline and arrow

Scientists have found ancient DNA in 252 samples taken from the seafloor and have discovered that, 16,000 years ago, a lush and vibrant land existed beneath the North Sea

ECONEWS
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March 24, 2026 at 12:09 PM

If you picture the North Sea, you think of rough water, cargo ships, and offshore…..

Large net lifting invasive Asian carp from the Kansas River during a fish removal operation aimed at reducing the spread of the species

What began as an ecological solution in the 1970s turned into a massive invasion that forced the removal of tens of thousands of pounds of fish

Sonia Ramírez
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March 23, 2026 at 6:30 PM

For the past four years, biologists from the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks have…..