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Heat map showing polar vortex anomaly stretching over the Arctic, Alaska, Greenland, and parts of Europe and Asia.

Meteorologists warn that an anomaly in the polar vortex is approaching, and that its speed and shape do not match what textbooks taught decades ago

By ECONEWS
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February 4, 2026 at 6:47 AM
Aerial view of a new neighborhood of modern homes with rooftop solar panels, illustrating fast, tech-driven construction.

In just 24 hours, these robotic houses go from being a project to becoming real homes, and they are changing construction faster than anyone wants to admit in 2026

By ECONEWS
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February 4, 2026 at 6:30 AM
China sold 11 million electric vehicles in one year, leaving less room for the oil it used to buy from Venezuela

China sold 11 million electric vehicles in one year, leaving less room for the oil it used to buy from Venezuela

By ECONEWS
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February 3, 2026 at 6:30 PM
A bonobo vocalizes while gripping a tree branch in a rainforest, capturing the kinds of calls researchers analyzed for meaning.

Language is not only human: Bonobos surprise us by combining sounds into meaningful phrases

By ECONEWS
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February 3, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Shanghai skyline over the Huangpu River, with the Oriental Pearl Tower in Pudong, as the city battles land subsidence.

Shanghai should have sunk years ago… but something invisible keeps it afloat: the secret lies 1,000 meters beneath your feet and has to do with oil wells and recycled water

By ECONEWS
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February 3, 2026 at 8:45 AM
IRS logo on a smartphone with a U.S. flag in the background, as the Internal Revenue Service shifts refunds to direct deposit for 2026.

IRS 2026 tax season: most refunds move to direct deposit, with 164 million returns expected

By ECONEWS
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February 2, 2026 at 4:52 PM
A nearly dry riverbed with a thin stream cutting through cracked sediment, illustrating extreme drought and water scarcity.

The water apocalypse already has a date, and millions of people will experience it sooner than imagined

By ECONEWS
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February 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Sunset over Laguna Itzan in northern Guatemala, where lake sediments preserve a long climate record linked to Maya history.

A lake in Guatemala preserved 3,300 years of “evidence,” and now its sediments show that drought alone does not explain the Maya collapse

By ECONEWS
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February 2, 2026 at 6:30 AM
People wait in line outside a California Department of Motor Vehicles office as some REAL ID holders are told to renew due to an error.

California DMV error: about 325,000 REAL IDs were issued with the wrong expiration date

By ECONEWS
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February 1, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Forest stream and rocky riverbank in Nandhaur Wildlife Sanctuary, where camera traps recorded smooth-coated otters during a tiger survey.

Researchers were setting up cameras to count tigers in Nandhaur. They focused on a forest stream, and what appeared on the memory card was not listed in any official records

By ECONEWS
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February 1, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Earth’s curved horizon and vast ocean seen from the International Space Station, highlighting the planet’s growing heat stored in the seas.

A new heat record threatens to trigger climate disasters

By ECONEWS
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February 1, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Ford Nugget 40th Anniversary camper van parked outdoors with the side door open, showing the compact interior module.

A legend on wheels is reborn: Ford launches the 40th anniversary version of its iconic Nugget camper van, with a retro design that pays homage to 1986 and details that will transport you back in time (bathroom included)

By ECONEWS
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February 1, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Ukraine’s Octopus AI interceptor drone during a field test, built to detect and destroy Shahed-type UAVs before impact.

Ukraine’s secret weapon is not a missile… it’s an AI-powered drone that can save forests, rivers, and millions of lives

By ECONEWS
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January 31, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Kostensuchus atrox fossil skull from Patagonia, a 70-million-year-old crocodile relative with serrated predator teeth

A team was excavating in Patagonia when they saw dark fragments inside a closed rock, and now they are talking about a predator that no one had put on the map

By ECONEWS
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January 31, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A wide view of the Hektoria Glacier terminus on the Antarctic Peninsula, with fractured sea ice in the foreground.

Antarctica has just broken a record that is alarming scientists: a glacier the size of a city collapsed in just two months, and experts fear that this is only the beginning

By ECONEWS
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January 31, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Green-lit Maya calendar stone wheel, used as a visual reference for a new explanation of the 819-day cycle and long-term sky timing.

Researchers explain the Maya 819-day calendar: it lines up with the visible planets over a 45-year cycle

By ECONEWS
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January 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Aerial view of a forest river at sunrise, symbolizing how rising CO2 changes tree stomata, water use, and carbon uptake.

Since the 1970s, climate models have favored trees… but now, 50 years later, biology tells us something else we cannot ignore

By ECONEWS
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January 30, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Artist illustration of a black hole merger emitting gravitational waves, shown as swirling light around a dark central horizon.

The loudest gravitational wave ever heard comes from 2025 and tests Hawking’s rule with almost absurd precision

By ECONEWS
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January 30, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Bright rocket plume streaks across the twilight sky above a city, a reminder of rising launch activity and debris risk.

FAA safety alert tells airlines to plan for space debris from rocket failures after a SpaceX Starship explosion

By ECONEWS
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January 29, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Composite image showing a misty forest with migrating birds and an inset photo of a small drone on the ground.

A dispute over drones between North Korea and South Korea could threaten one of Asia’s last natural refuges, where bears, deer, and cranes survive amid mines and barbed wire

By ECONEWS
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January 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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