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Humanoid robot EMO with a silicone face designed to learn speech and lip movements by watching human videos.

They had a robot watch hundreds of hours of YouTube videos, and it ended up learning to talk and sing without anyone programming it

By ECONEWS
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March 10, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Brazilian F-39 Gripen fighter jet assembled at Embraer’s Gavião Peixoto facility as part of Brazil’s partnership with Saab.

Brazil plans to roll out its first F-39 Gripen fighter assembled in the country in March 2026

By ECONEWS
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March 10, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Small white dog waking up from anesthesia after dental surgery at a veterinary clinic

She takes his dog to the vet to have a tooth removed, and what he does when he wakes up from the anesthesia has racked up 7.2 million views

By ECONEWS
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March 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Mining operations in Victoria, Australia, where antimony and critical minerals are emerging as key resources for clean energy technologies.

From the gold that sparked the rush of the 1850s to antimony, which now accounts for 5% of the world’s supply: Victoria’s surprising new mining revolution

By ECONEWS
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March 9, 2026 at 12:30 PM
SSI payment schedule 2026 showing why no separate Supplemental Security Income payment arrives in March

Why there is no SSI payment in March 2026: the benefit was paid early on February 27

By ECONEWS
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March 9, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Gramma the Galapagos giant tortoise resting in her enclosure at the San Diego Zoo

Farewell to a century-old legend: Gramma, the Galapagos tortoise at San Diego Zoo, has died at the age of 141

By ECONEWS
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March 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Reconstruction of Jurassic ecosystem showing large predators hunting newly hatched sauropod dinosaurs

They reconstruct the Jurassic ecosystem and discover that giant baby dinosaurs left to fend for themselves were the favorite prey of large predators.

By ECONEWS
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March 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Detailed scientific map showing mountains, valleys, and buried rivers beneath Antarctica’s thick ice sheet

Beneath an ice sheet averaging 1.2 miles thick and peaking at 3.1 miles, Antarctica concealed mountains, valleys, and giant rivers, and in 2026 we finally had the most detailed map to predict how much sea levels would rise

By ECONEWS
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March 8, 2026 at 12:30 PM
NASA Artemis II crew training for the first crewed lunar mission since 1972.

In 2026, NASA breaks a long-standing rule and authorizes the use of smartphones on Artemis II, the first manned mission to the Moon since 1972, and the idea of seeing iPhones in orbit is already making headlines around the world

By ECONEWS
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March 8, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Chinese mitten crab with distinctive hairy claws photographed in a European river habitat

The invasive Chinese crab adapts to almost any environment, feeds on invertebrates, fry, and even protected species, and competes with local fauna as if the river were its own

By ECONEWS
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March 7, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Bowl of cooked lentils with vegetables and a splash of vinegar to improve iron absorption

The vinegar trick for lentils recommended by nutritionists that changes the flavor and iron content more than you think

By ECONEWS
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March 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Fossil bone disks once labeled as mammoth vertebrae later identified as ancient whale bones in Alaska

For 70 years, they believed they were mammoth bones… until they discovered they belonged to whales from 1,800 years ago

By ECONEWS
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March 7, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Stonehenge megaliths on Salisbury Plain, where research suggests Neolithic humans transported the massive stones rather than glaciers.

For years we believed that glaciers carried the stones to Stonehenge, but now science says it was the work of other creatures

By ECONEWS
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March 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Bowhead whale swimming in Arctic waters, species studied for extreme longevity and DNA repair

An American study shows that humans could live up to 200 years if its method were applied

By ECONEWS
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March 7, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Elon Musk stands beside Tesla’s Cybercab concept vehicle at night with the door open, highlighting delays in robotaxi production.

Musk admits on X that production of the Cybercab robotaxi and Optimus humanoid is not taking off, and that could prove very costly

By ECONEWS
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March 7, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Donkey standing near a dry waterhole in the Australian outback

Australia is culling thousands of donkeys so that dogs can save farms and water

By ECONEWS
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March 7, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Flat screen television plugged into a wall outlet, vulnerable to lightning surge during a storm

Not the kettle or the toaster: the appliance that suffers most during a storm, and technicians say you must unplug it without fail

By ECONEWS
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March 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
AI powered robot dog walking through orchard rows while scanning fruit crops and collecting real-time data

The “robot dog” that already works in orchards: it monitors crops, learns routes, and provides real-time data using artificial intelligence

By ECONEWS
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March 6, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Portrait of oil magnate John D. Rockefeller, whose famous quote about money still resonates today

John D. Rockefeller’s “just a little bit more” and what it says about consumption and climate change

By ECONEWS
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March 6, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Rescued Leopardus pardalis ocelot after being found weak on a roadside near Fusagasugá Colombia

He saw it lying on the side of the road, picked it up, fed it, and kept it safe during the trip: that’s how the rescue of the Leopardus pardalis ocelot in Fusagasugá began

By ECONEWS
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March 6, 2026 at 9:18 AM
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