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Carrion crow perched on a tree branch, the bird species used in a study on shape recognition and animal intelligence

Crows outperform monkeys in an intelligence test that until now was believed to be exclusive to humans

By ECONEWS
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April 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Illustration or map showing a future supercontinent configuration of Earth based on tectonic plate movement models

A new supercontinent could form in 200 to 250 million years and make much of Earth too hot for mammals

By ECONEWS
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April 3, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scientist conducting high-pressure laboratory experiment simulating Earth’s core conditions to study hydrogen and water origins

A discovery in the Earth’s core casts doubt on the origin of much of the planet’s water and forces us to rethink what we knew about the formation of the oceans

By ECONEWS
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April 3, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Wetland landscape in the Netherlands or Belgium linked to ancient hunter-gatherer populations studied through DNA research

Ancient DNA reveals that hunter-gatherers in what is now Belgium and the Netherlands survived until 2500 BC, when the rest of Europe was already engaged in agriculture

By ECONEWS
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April 3, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Dwingeloo radio telescope detecting Voyager 1 signal from deep space nearly 25 billion kilometers from Earth

A group of amateur astronomers has just “heard” a signal from 25 billion kilometers away, confirming that Voyager 1 is still transmitting from the outer reaches of the Solar System

By ECONEWS
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April 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS showing its nucleus and gas plume with unusual methane and carbon dioxide composition.

The more 3I/ATLAS is observed, the stranger it becomes. It now measures 2.6 km and its composition baffles even the experts

By ECONEWS
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April 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Concept illustration of asteroid mining and lunar resource extraction as part of China’s long-term space development strategy

China has set itself the goal of “dominating” the Solar System by the year 2100, and what is most surprising is that it will begin as early as 2026-2030 with mining operations near Earth

By ECONEWS
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April 2, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Mars atmosphere showing a dust storm lifting water vapor high above the surface in a scientific visualization

Scientists detected a “sudden burst” of vapor on Mars, and what is disturbing is that it occurred when the water was supposed to be “safe” underground

By ECONEWS
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April 2, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Large fragment of the Aletai iron meteorite seized by Russian customs after smugglers attempted to export it as a garden sculpture.

Russia intercepts a 2.8-ton fragment of the Aletai meteorite, valued at $4.2 million, which was being smuggled out of the country disguised as a simple garden ornament

By ECONEWS
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April 2, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Illustration of an asteroid approaching the Moon near Tycho crater with a potential impact flash visible from Earth

An asteroid about 60 meters in diameter, equivalent to a 15-story building, could strike near Tycho and cause a flash visible to the naked eye for 200-300 seconds

By ECONEWS
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April 2, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Composite space image showing a faint circled object inside a purple dark matter-rich region, linked to the Cloud 9 discovery

Astronomers suspect they have discovered an object that could reveal one of the greatest mysteries of the universe

By ECONEWS
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April 1, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Pod of dolphins swimming at the ocean surface, marine mammals known for sleeping with one half of the brain awake

In 1964, scientists discovered that this marine mammal could sleep with half its brain awake, and it is not the only one that hardly ever rests

By ECONEWS
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April 1, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Whole onion beside a glass bowl of baking soda on a wooden table, ingredients often used in homemade insect bait

Why onion and baking soda are used as a homemade cockroach bait

By ECONEWS
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April 1, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Microscope images of Diplolaimelloides woaabi, the newly identified worm species discovered in Utah’s Great Salt Lake

A tectonic plate that had been “dead” for 200 million years has just reappeared beneath western North America, and scientists say it could be increasing seismic risk without anyone noticing

By ECONEWS
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April 1, 2026 at 6:31 AM
European eel Anguilla anguilla, a migratory fish now listed as critically endangered after decades of population decline.

The eel, which can grow to over a meter in length and travel thousands of kilometers between rivers and the sea, is critically endangered according to the IUCN, and now the industry fears a total ban

By ECONEWS
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April 1, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Invisible countertop cooktops arriving in 2026 could upend induction and glass-ceramic stoves.

Invisible induction cooktops hidden under the countertop: how they compare with traditional glass induction

By ECONEWS
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March 31, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Microbialite-covered shoreline at Utah’s Great Salt Lake, where scientists found a newly described worm species

Diplolaimelloides woaabi: a new roundworm species found at the bottom of Utah’s Great Salt Lake

By ECONEWS
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March 31, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Surface of Mars showing ancient lakebed and ice sheet evidence explored by NASA Curiosity rover

NASA explores the surface of Mars and finds traces of “ice sheets” dating back 3.6 billion years

By ECONEWS
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March 31, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Coelacanth fish Latimeria chalumnae, the ancient lobe-finned species rediscovered off the coast of South Africa in 1938.

In 1938, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer identified a living coelacanth, a fish thought extinct for 65 million years

By ECONEWS
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March 31, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Researcher examining a large pink granite boulder in Antarctica linked to a hidden structure beneath Pine Island Glacier

The pink rocks of Antarctica reveal a gigantic secret structure hidden under the ice for 175 million years

By ECONEWS
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March 31, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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