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Student archaeologist documents a red-ochre burial pit linked to a 5,400-year-old amber grave near Lake Onega, Russia.

A student picks up a fragment of fossilized resin, and suddenly invisible trade routes that crossed half of Europe 5,400 years ago appear

By ECONEWS
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January 21, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Neolithic lakeside villagers work near a fire and hut while preparing tools and materials, illustrating birch bark tar use in daily life.

The black “chewing gum” that appeared in Neolithic villages concealed something unexpected, and scientists have finally managed to decipher it

By ECONEWS
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January 20, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Satellite orbits above Arctic sea ice, illustrating Earth observation used to track magnetic north drift

They detected that the magnetic North Pole has crossed an invisible “border” in the Arctic, and the question is no longer whether it is moving, but what will happen when the “north” ceases to seem like a stable concept

By ECONEWS
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January 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Massive offshore wind turbine being installed at sea near Hainan, with other turbines visible in the distance.

China has brought a giant offshore wind turbine of up to 20 MW online off the coast of Hainan, and the debate is not just about energy but about what may be changing in the air around it

By ECONEWS
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January 19, 2026 at 6:30 PM
An F-35A stealth fighter sits on a wet runway in cold conditions, photographed during a military training deployment.

The Netherlands has sent 12 F-35 jets to the United States for realistic NATO war training amid rising global tensions

By ECONEWS
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January 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A transit stop with a green sculptural structure and a modular terracotta cooling brick shown in an inset, designed to cool air during heatwaves.

The brick that promises to cool down a bus stop in the middle of a heatwave without plugs and with a trick so simple it’s surprising

By ECONEWS
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January 19, 2026 at 10:15 AM
“People and vehicles gather beside a deep ground fissure that ripped across a road in Kenya, part of the East African Rift zone.”

Africa is splitting in two in slow motion, and geologists have found the crack where a new ocean is being born

By ECONEWS
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January 19, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Phalanx Close-In Weapon System fires from USS Abraham Lincoln during live-fire drills in the South China Sea.

A U.S. nuclear supercarrier (USS Abraham Lincoln) fires its Phalanx in the South China Sea

By ECONEWS
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January 18, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Artist illustration of a spacecraft near Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, with sunlight flaring behind the hazy world in the background.

For years, there was talk of a global sea beneath the ice, but the new model paints a stranger picture: a spongy moon with layers of slush and pockets of water hidden deep below

By ECONEWS
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January 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Gold bracteate pendants, beads, and rings covered in soil on a patterned plate after being recovered from a Norwegian archaeological find.

He went for a walk “for health reasons” on an island in Norway and the detector exploded: 9 gold pendants, 10 beads, and 3 rings from the year 500… The museum is already calling it “the find of the century”

By ECONEWS
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January 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
A towering ocean wave rises in the foreground with snow-covered mountains in the background, illustrating extreme wave energy near cold coasts.

Some of the highest tsunami waves ever recorded were caused by landslides, not earthquakes, a review of 317 events finds

By ECONEWS
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January 17, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Internal Revenue Service sign outside an IRS building next to a clipboard labeled “IRS Payments” and US dollars

The IRS opens the 2026 tax season on January 26: larger refunds and the end of some clean energy credits

By ECONEWS
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January 17, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Solar panels mounted on a raised frame in a snowy landscape, showing a winter solar installation under overcast skies.

The big “solar winter” myth collapses in 10 seconds. Your panels do not “shut off” in the cold, but there are two things that really can crush your output

By ECONEWS
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January 17, 2026 at 6:30 AM
U.S. Air Force C-5M Super Galaxy cargo plane on the runway at night with ground crews and floodlights around the aircraft.

An aviation giant triggered the 7700 emergency code over the Pacific and turned back toward Travis Air Force Base

By ECONEWS
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January 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Satellite chlorophyll-a map of the Gulf of Panama showing plankton-rich waters linked to seasonal upwelling.

The Panama Sea stopped “breathing” in 2025, and what satellites and fishermen saw had never been recorded in four decades

By ECONEWS
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January 16, 2026 at 1:54 PM
China’s Fendouzhe crewed submersible is lowered into icy Arctic waters, equipped with cameras and sampling gear for deep-sea research.

China takes a manned submersible to the “forbidden ground” 5,277 meters below the Arctic, and what it records on the Gakkel Ridge could change maps and theories

By ECONEWS
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January 16, 2026 at 12:30 PM
A skier descends a snowy slope on Mount Etna as a lava glow and thick ash plume rise behind the ridge in eastern Sicily.

A skier was carving turns in the freshly fallen snow when, behind the ridge line, a volcano began spewing ash and smoke as if winter had run out of sky in Sicily

By ECONEWS
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January 16, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Satellite view of a powerful Pacific storm aimed at the U.S. West Coast, with thick cloud bands signaling heavy mountain snow.

A winter storm warning forecasts up to 60 inches of snow in higher areas and widespread power outages

By ECONEWS
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January 16, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Satellite view of Spain’s Mar Menor coastal lagoon and the La Manga sandbar separating it from the Mediterranean Sea.

The Mar Menor hides an underground river that no one could see, and every year it leaves a toxic “signature” underwater where thousands of people swim

By ECONEWS
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January 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Cutaway illustration of Earth showing the mantle and core, highlighting deep interior layers near the core-mantle boundary.

Two giant “spots” under Africa and the Pacific have been puzzling geologists for decades, and a new model suggests they could be the key to why life exists here

By ECONEWS
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January 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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