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Fossil charcoal and ancient plant remains linked to Triassic wildfire evidence discovered in Kyrgyzstan

Chilean scientists report evidence of forest fires from 237 million years ago in Asia, revealing that Earth’s ancient ecosystems were already burning in unexpected ways

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May 15, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Rain barrel on a home deck used to collect stormwater and help reduce urban flooding in Camden, New Jersey

Camden, New Jersey, is testing something that seems insignificant… and has managed to reduce flooding by as much as 13%: the secret lies “inside the home” and isn’t a major construction project

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May 15, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Soil bacteria research in Oaxaca linked to sustainable agriculture and natural biofertilizer development

UNAM scientists discover an ‘army’ of bacteria in Mexico with the potential to help agriculture, and the microscopic force could work where chemicals fail

By ECONEWS
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May 14, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Ancient whale bones in Alaska initially believed to belong to late-surviving woolly mammoths

For years they were believed to be the last mammoth bones, until scientists discovered they were whales found 400 kilometers from the coast

By ECONEWS
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May 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Reconstruction of early Homo sapiens linked to new African origin and climate evolution research

Scientists believe they have identified the birthplace of Homo sapiens with new precision, combining fossils, climate, and evolution to redraw the first chapter of our species

By ECONEWS
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May 14, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica linked to proposals for an underwater seabed curtain to slow ice melt

Scientists propose an 80 km underwater curtain to slow the melting of the Thwaites “Doomsday Glacier”

By ECONEWS
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May 14, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Hand lifting aluminum foil from a damp wall to check for hidden moisture and condensation.

Sticking aluminum foil to the wall may look absurd, but contractors use it to reveal whether hidden moisture is coming from your house or from the air

By ECONEWS
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May 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Geothermal steam rising over a rocky landscape, illustrating research on hidden magma beneath Tuscany.

Scientists have found 6,000 cubic kilometers of magma beneath Tuscany, a Yellowstone-scale reservoir hidden under one of Europe’s calmest-looking landscapes

By ECONEWS
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May 13, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Illustration of Earth’s magnetic field transferring atmospheric particles toward the Moon

The Earth may have been “fertilizing” the Moon for billions of years, and one study suggests that the magnetic field may have acted as a highway for key elements

By ECONEWS
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May 13, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Scientifically updated dinosaur reconstruction inspired by new research on feathers, lips, and behavior

Do not be fooled by Jurassic Park: a new look at dinosaurs suggests the animals we imagine may be much stranger than the monsters cinema gave us

By ECONEWS
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May 13, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Illustration of asteroid Apophis during its close flyby of Earth scheduled for April 2029

NASA says the ‘God of Chaos’ asteroid will pass closer than many satellites in 2029, and the rare flyby will be visible without a telescope

By ECONEWS
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May 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Fossilized grooves in Adriatic Sea limestone believed to show ancient sea turtle tracks from the Cretaceous period

Hundreds of tracks on a cliff near Ancona, Italy, show sea turtles fleeing an underwater earthquake 79 million years ago

By ECONEWS
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May 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Ancient clay tablet with cuneiform writing, similar to the tablets decoded in Denmark’s Hidden Treasures project.

A 4,000-year-old object stored in Denmark may preserve one of humanity’s earliest written traces of everyday administration, and its silence lasted millennia

By ECONEWS
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May 12, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Ocean eddies interacting with a major coastal current linked to warming and hidden upwelling effects

Ocean eddies are driving coastal currents harder than expected, and the swirling forces may be quietly amplifying climate extremes along the world’s shores

By ECONEWS
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May 11, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Visualization of galaxy clusters used in the largest cosmic gravity test supporting Einstein’s theory of gravity

The largest test of gravity on cosmic scales confirms Newton and Einstein and points to dark matter

By ECONEWS
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May 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Golden retriever involved in a genetics study linking canine emotional traits to human-related genes

A genetic study of 1,343 golden retrievers has found genes tied to emotions that also appear in humans, suggesting dogs may share more of our inner world than expected

By ECONEWS
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May 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Adult reflecting on childhood independence linked to the long-term psychology of latchkey kids

Psychology suggests the generation that ate cereal for dinner and walked home in the dark did not just survive neglect, but built an emotional operating system around self-reliance

By ECONEWS
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May 11, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Concept illustration of Japan’s Luna Ring project using solar panels around the Moon to beam energy to Earth

Luna Ring: the Japanese concept for a solar energy ring around the Moon that would beam power to Earth

By ECONEWS
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May 11, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Interior view of the STAR detector at Brookhaven’s Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, used to study high-energy particle collisions.

What looked like nothing in quantum physics has produced detectable particles, and the vacuum may no longer be the empty stage we imagined

By ECONEWS
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May 11, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Large three-toed dinosaur footprint exposed in limestone after flooding near Sandy Creek in Central Texas.

A storm in the United States tore open the ground and exposed 15 treasures hidden for more than 100 million years

By ECONEWS
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May 10, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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