ECONEWS
Scientists find the skeleton of a killer crocodile that hunted dinosaurs 70 million years ago, and its anatomy tells the story of predators that ruled without permission
Two young inventors design a brick that can cool cities using electricity, and the idea points to buildings that stop being part of the heat problem
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is so large it now hosts dozens of species, and the plastic “island” is turning into a new and deeply uncomfortable ecosystem
Iberian lynx are dispersing seeds and reshaping ecosystems in Spain, and researchers find that a top predator can also act as a gardener
Brazil could jump its oil reserves from 17 billion to 23.5 billion barrels with $30 billion a year in investment, and exploration along the Equatorial Margin is being pitched out to 2042
Snipers and GPS-tagged goats are being used to save Galápagos tortoises, and the extreme strategy shows how far conservation goes when a species needs protection by force
A young Ethiopian turns trash into fashion using tires, cardboard, and electrical wire, and his viral videos look like luxury editorials while teaching recycling without speeches
A 29-year-old man has created magnetic cement, and his invention promises to revolutionize a construction sector that has not undergone a true transformation in decades
Mosquitoes appear in Iceland for the first time, and zoologists are watching climate and standing water because a small change like this can ripple through entire ecosystems
A marine scientist in Southern California has turned restaurant waste into coastal restoration by collecting more than 24,000 pounds of discarded oyster shells, curing them in the sun, and using them to rebuild reefs that protect shorelines and filter water
Del Monte’s Chapter 11 collapse left a California peach farmer staring at ripping out 20 acres of 9-year-old Ross cling trees tied to $12,500-an-acre contracts, after a shuttered Modesto canning hub and only 24,000 of 74,000 tons finding processing capacity turned the rest into fruit that may rot or be destroyed
Plastic headed for landfills is being turned into gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel in Mexico, and Petgas is sparking an uncomfortable debate about what “recycling” really means
China built Asia’s largest rail station in just two years, with about 5.1 million square feet, solar power, and welding robots, and the scale shows who’s setting the infrastructure pace
It took a truck with 152 wheels to move a 302,000-pound tunnel-boring cutterhead, and the transport logistics look like an engineering project inside another engineering project
Buried under North Sea sand for nearly 2,000 years, a Roman iron-and-wood anchor more than 6.6 feet long and weighing about 220 pounds was lifted off the Suffolk coast so intact it looks impossible, and archaeologists say it may have held a merchant ship of 500 to 600 tons in place
Astronomers claim they have found Venus’ first volcanic cave, and the idea of a natural shelter on a hellish planet forces new questions about what is happening under the surface
A man builds roofs from cardboard and farm waste for precarious homes, and after installing hundreds he proves impact can be humble, cheap, and scalable
Iran eyes undersea cables in the Strait of Hormuz and threatens a “digital toll,” a move that could hit Google, Meta, and Microsoft without firing a shot








