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Vatican solar panels with St. Peter’s Basilica behind them as the Holy See expands renewable energy

The Vatican is preparing a solar farm nearly ten times its own size north of Rome, but the field is still waiting for its first panel

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September 10, 2026 at 3:42 AM
ACUA Ocean Pioneer uncrewed SWATH vessel operating in rough seas.

A 46-foot robot boat found a distress beacon off Plymouth, and its steady hull may matter more to navies than hydrogen

By ECONEWS
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September 9, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Turritopsis dohrnii, the tiny jellyfish capable of reversing its life cycle.

A jellyfish smaller than a fingernail can reverse aging, but its strange reset trick is not the immortality people imagine

By ECONEWS
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September 9, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Harpy eagle gripping prey with its large talons in a forest setting.

A harpy eagle can pull monkeys from rainforest trees, but the predator’s giant talons cannot save it from disappearing habitat

By ECONEWS
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September 9, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Illustration of three Tyrannosaurus rex in a prehistoric landscape, representing the species researchers used to estimate historic population size.

Scientists estimate 2.5 billion T. rex once lived in North America, but museums hold only 32 well-preserved adults

By ECONEWS
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September 9, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Solar panels on concrete supports at the New Haven landfill

New Haven turned an old trash hill into a solar plant, and 1,900 panels now power homes without clearing farmland or forest

By ECONEWS
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September 8, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Thin layer of frost covering rocks and soil at the Viking 2 landing site in Utopia Planitia on Mars.

NASA’s Viking 2 photographed a pale frost on Mars nearly 50 years ago, and scientists now think it may have created 30 days of hidden brine

By ECONEWS
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September 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
RheEnergise High-Density Hydro energy storage facility at Cornwood in Devon, England.

A small Devon power plant uses liquid dense enough to float concrete, and it could change where clean energy gets stored

By ECONEWS
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September 8, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Seminoe Reservoir canyon in Wyoming, site of the pumped storage project

A Wyoming mountain could become a 972-megawatt water battery, but the project may disturb the trout waters below Seminoe Reservoir

By ECONEWS
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September 8, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Rendering of the Westinghouse AP300 small modular reactor design.

Westinghouse wants up to 91 nuclear units across several countries, but the real bottleneck may begin inside U.S. licensing offices

By ECONEWS
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September 8, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Four kittens found confined inside a taped grocery basket outside a BC SPCA shelter.

Four kittens survived inside a taped grocery basket outside a British Columbia shelter, but their rescue shows why drop-offs can turn dangerous

By ECONEWS
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September 7, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Arika Kundu holding produce while demonstrating her LIGNEX food-safety project.

A 13-year-old from Minnesota is testing peanut shells against pesticide residue, and the overlooked waste could become a food-safety tool

By ECONEWS
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September 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Mother opossum tangled in a soccer net with her joeys hidden underneath during the Florida rescue

A Florida opossum looked aggressive in a soccer net, but rescuers soon realized she was protecting her babies

By ECONEWS
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September 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Never the dog stepping through the glass balcony door into Mauro Tutzo's apartment

A dog named Never crossed onto a neighbor’s balcony, and one unexpected visit turned into a daily friendship neither saw coming

By ECONEWS
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September 7, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Woman sitting apart from friends during a social gathering.

Psychology says the friend who never asks for help may be hiding a survival strategy learned long before adulthood

By ECONEWS
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September 7, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive kicks off its coast-to-coast tour in Sacramento.

Union Pacific’s Big Boy crossed America at 1.2 million pounds, and the diesels behind it were not secretly doing the work

By ECONEWS
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September 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A harbor seal with a satellite tag swims at the surface.

Three harbor seals followed turbine rows in the North Sea, turning offshore wind foundations into hunting stops scientists did not expect

By ECONEWS
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September 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
NASA's High Performance Spaceflight Computing processor held in a gloved hand.

NASA’s new space processor fits in a gloved hand, but its 500-times speed could change how spacecraft survive far from Earth

By ECONEWS
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September 6, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Ripe cranberries growing beneath elevated solar panels in Massachusetts.

A Massachusetts cranberry bog grew under solar panels, and the result shows why shade can help crops without proving sweeter fruit

By ECONEWS
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September 6, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Two large cooling towers rise above the Perry Nuclear Power Plant on Lake Erie in Ohio.

An Ohio nuclear plant left 850 acres untouched for safety, and a threatened spotted turtle found the wetland it needed

By ECONEWS
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September 5, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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