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Humpback whale underwater releasing bubbles during a bubble display.

Humpback whales are making perfect bubble rings… and no one knows why

By ECONEWS
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February 16, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Dense clusters of invasive quagga mussels cling to rocks underwater, a species newly detected in Lower Lough Erne, Northern Ireland.

Quagga mussels detected for the first time in Northern Ireland, in Lower Lough Erne

By ECONEWS
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February 16, 2026 at 12:30 PM
A container ship docks at a Panama Canal port as cranes load stacks of cargo, amid a dispute over long-term terminal concessions.

China warns Panama of a “heavy price” after its Supreme Court annuls CK Hutchison’s port concession

By ECONEWS
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February 16, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Traffic backs up at a busy California intersection under red lights, where automated cameras can issue citations for red-light running.

Why some experts tell California drivers not to pay red light camera fines issued under SB 720

By ECONEWS
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February 16, 2026 at 8:45 AM
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic jet runs its engine at night with a bright exhaust plume during an afterburner ground test in Palmdale.

The photos that confirm it: NASA’s X-59 fires up its afterburner and takes a key step toward breaking the sound barrier without breaking our ears

By ECONEWS
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February 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Stone age quartz arrowheads from South Africa bearing traces of ancient plant based poison

60,000-year-old poisoned arrows discovered in South Africa reveal that early humans mastered lethal chemistry long before agriculture or writing

By ECONEWS
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February 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Virginia class nuclear submarine as Australia faces uncertainty over AUKUS delivery under new US congressional report

A US Congressional report says Australia may never receive the Virginia-class submarines in its AUKUS deal

By ECONEWS
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February 15, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Prehistoric animal paintings inside Lascaux Cave discovered in 1940 near Montignac, France.

In 1940, a boy chased his dog through a hole in a tree and ended up finding a secret cave with more than 600 human paintings dating back 17,000 years that no one had ever seen before

By ECONEWS
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February 15, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Interior of a private VIP bunker with a living area, seating, dining table, and kitchenette designed for emergency shelter.

Private bunker demand jumps in Spain, with VIP shelters costing up to $415,000

By ECONEWS
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February 14, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Aerial view of the proposed Sites Reservoir location in Colusa County, Northern California, showing dry rolling hills, ranchland, and roads.

The US approves Sites Reservoir, California’s largest new reservoir in nearly 50 years, at a cost of nearly $7 billion

By ECONEWS
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February 14, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Artist illustration of AT2025ulz, a possible superkilonova where a star explodes and neutron stars collide

A star exploded, split in two, and then collided again within hours, leaving a double signature that has astronomers puzzled

By ECONEWS
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February 14, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Social Security card and federal database breach investigation involving millions of Americans

Former SSA data chief says DOGE copied the Social Security database to an unsecured cloud, putting every number at risk

By ECONEWS
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February 13, 2026 at 6:30 PM
High power microwave pulsed energy system developed in China for potential satellite disruption

China surprises the world with a microwave weapon that fires 20 gigawatts for a full minute and could blind Elon Musk’s satellites without firing a single missile

By ECONEWS
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February 13, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Paper parachutes with dead mice baits laced with paracetamol are lined up for an aerial drop to target brown tree snakes in Guam.

Guam drops 2,000 dead mice laced with paracetamol to kill invasive brown tree snakes

By ECONEWS
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February 13, 2026 at 8:15 AM
SpaceX Starship stands behind a glowing “Gateway to Mars” sign at Starbase in South Texas at night.

Elon Musk reveals his most ambitious (and detailed) plan for Mars: 1,000 spacecraft, 20 years of launches, and a self-sustaining city of one million inhabitants on Mars by 2050

By ECONEWS
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February 13, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Stingless bee species in the Peruvian Amazon now recognized as legal subjects with environmental rights

Peru recognizes the legal rights of stingless bees, the first insects in the world to receive this status

By ECONEWS
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February 13, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Social Security Administration office during U.S. government shutdown as officials confirm benefit payments continue

Social Security payments will not be affected by the government shutdown, the agency confirms

By ECONEWS
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February 12, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Person taking an ice cold shower as researchers study effects of cold water immersion on the body

What cold showers do to the body, according to a review of 11 trials with 3,177 adults

By ECONEWS
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February 12, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Reconstruction of a 508-million-year-old Cambrian sea worm with long spines and tentacles, after the head mix-up was corrected.

A 508-million-year-old worm from the primordial ocean, invisible teeth, and an embarrassing mistake: in 1977, they believed it walked on spikes… in 2015, they discovered that it wasn’t even its head

By ECONEWS
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February 12, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Perfectly preserved 18th century explorer ship discovered on the seafloor off the coast of Australia

An exploration ship lost 250 years ago has just been found perfectly preserved off the coast of Australia, like a time capsule from the past

By ECONEWS
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February 12, 2026 at 8:15 AM
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