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Senior driver renewing a California driver’s license at a DMV office

California drivers 70 and older: in-person renewal every five years, but no automatic written test since October 2024

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February 21, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Close-up of stingless guard bees at the entrance of their nest in Kerala, India

He is only 14 years old, used a 10-year-old camera, and won the world’s most important macro photography contest with a photo of bees in India

By ECONEWS
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February 21, 2026 at 5:09 AM
People walking in extreme summer heat during a heat wave linked to accelerated biological aging

Science confirms that heat waves are literally accelerating the aging process

By ECONEWS
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February 20, 2026 at 6:30 PM
BMW, Mercedes Benz, and Volkswagen vehicles parked together as Germany’s auto industry faces restructuring fears

Economist Moritz Schularick warns BMW, Volkswagen and Mercedes may not survive in their current form until 2030

By ECONEWS
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February 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Handwritten note showing mixed uppercase and lowercase letters within the same word

Mixing capital and lowercase letters in handwriting: what psychologists and handwriting experts say it can reflect

By ECONEWS
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February 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM
A store checkout screen shows “SNAP/EBT Food Stamp Benefits Accepted,” highlighting how food aid is used at the register in everyday shopping.

SNAP work requirements of 80 hours a month take effect in Illinois, Texas and Ohio, putting benefits at risk

By ECONEWS
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February 20, 2026 at 12:30 PM
A newborn baby is held in a hospital in Bogotá, Colombia, shortly after birth.

Colombia has just broken all traditional family patterns with a statistic that surprises even Europe: 87% of babies are born outside of marriage, and this is only the beginning

By ECONEWS
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February 20, 2026 at 6:30 AM
U.S. military drone in flight receiving wireless power from a ground-based laser transmission system

The United States fires a laser from the ground that keeps a drone in the air for hours without having to land even once

By ECONEWS
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February 19, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Perovskite solar cell research inspired by taurine found in octopus to improve device stability

Scientists had been unable to solve this problem with perovskite for years, and it was an octopus that finally gave them the answer they needed

By ECONEWS
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February 19, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Microscopic view of microplastic particles detected in human brain tissue during a recent scientific study

Your brain could be full of microplastics… and you don’t even know it

By ECONEWS
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February 19, 2026 at 6:30 AM
World map made of US dollar bills illustrating global public debt and the most indebted countries in 2025.

A list reveals that three countries are among the most indebted in the world in 2025, with figures exceeding 120% of GDP

By ECONEWS
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February 18, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Biofluorescent marine fish glowing green and red under blue light on a coral reef during a scientific study

Hundreds of marine fish have been glowing underwater for centuries… and no one had noticed

By ECONEWS
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February 18, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Deep Arctic permafrost inside Alaska’s Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility where Ice Age microbes were revived in lab experiments

Microbes frozen since the Ice Age wake up and start devouring carbon in Alaska laboratories

By ECONEWS
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February 18, 2026 at 8:45 AM
California AB 60 driver license issued by the California Department of Motor Vehicles

California AB 60 driver’s licenses: the violations that can lead to suspension

By ECONEWS
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February 18, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Entrance to the La Línea Tunnel in Colombia, the longest road tunnel in Latin America, cutting through the Andes mountains

The longest tunnel in Latin America took more than 10 years to build and now connects two key regions that were previously isolated by mountains

By ECONEWS
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February 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Damian Gordon collecting cans and bottles through Australia’s Return and Earn program to fund his first home deposit

Damian Gordon recycled more than 450,000 cans and bottles in seven years and used the refunds as a deposit on a home

By ECONEWS
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February 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A mouse pulls at the tongue of an unresponsive cage mate during a lab-recorded rescue-like behavior.

Never-before-documented behavior: mice attempt to rescue their companions with actions similar to CPR

By ECONEWS
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February 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Remains of a 17th-century blubber oven at Smeerenburg with glacier and Arctic mountains in Svalbard.

They spent the deadliest winter of the 17th century in a makeshift cabin eating whale blubber, not knowing if anyone would ever come back to rescue them

By ECONEWS
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February 17, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Lake Neuron, a massive underground thermal lake discovered 127 meters deep inside Atmos Cave in Albania.

At a depth of 100 meters underground in Albania, scientists have just discovered a thermal lake so large that it challenges our understanding of the world

By ECONEWS
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February 17, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Astronomers look back 11.1 billion years and see something that doesn't fit: a twin of the Milky Way ten times more massive and out of control

Astronomers look back 11.1 billion years and see something that doesn’t fit: a twin of the Milky Way ten times more massive and out of control

By ECONEWS
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February 17, 2026 at 5:08 AM
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