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Open-pit mining site in Sichuan, China, linked to a major rare earth discovery with environmental implications

China’s Ministry of Natural Resources has announced an additional 10.7 million metric tons of rare earth oxides, reigniting the “neodymium rush” that will determine how many electric cars and drones the world will be able to produce over the next 20 years

By ECONEWS
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April 16, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Illustration of Sue the Tyrannosaurus rex, the famous Field Museum specimen used in research on how T. rex may have moved with a toe-first step.

They reexamined the world’s largest T. rex skeleton and discovered something that forces us to rethink the true life of prehistory’s most feared predator

By Adrian Villellas
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April 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Scientists examine the Maryborough meteorite at Melbourne Museum after confirming the heavy stone found in Australia was a meteorite.

He thought he had struck gold in Australia, but for years he had held something far more improbable in his hands: a fragment of the solar system that predates our planet

By Adrian Villellas
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April 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Giant tortoise on Floreana Island in the Galápagos during a conservation effort to restore the native ecosystem.

Extinct for more than 150 years, 158 giant tortoises are returning to Floreana, and their return could revitalize an ecosystem that has been quietly deteriorating for generations

By Sonia Ramírez
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April 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Side-by-side view of WOH G64 showing a blurred central star and a larger illustration of the massive star surrounded by a thick cocoon of gas and dust.

Astronomers are holding their breath: one of the most massive stars in the universe has entered a strange and unstable phase, and no one knows what might happen next

By Kevin Montien
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April 15, 2026 at 12:30 PM
A small, transparent container holding a fragment of meteorite covered in a microscopic fungal network, floating in a laboratory setting.

No drills, no lasers, no giant robots: the latest outlandish idea in space mining involves a box the size of a Tupperware container and microbes capable of extracting metals from a meteorite in orbit

By Adrian Villellas
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April 15, 2026 at 10:15 AM
A colorful digital rendering of a human brain with glowing lines highlighting neural connections.

A comprehensive study identifies four ages at which the brain changes course, and one of them is much more surprising than expected

By ECONEWS
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April 15, 2026 at 8:45 AM
A close-up view of microscopic fungus cultures growing on a dark, rough meteorite fragment inside a laboratory setting.

NASA is testing an idea in orbit that once seemed like science fiction and has discovered that a fungus can extract valuable metals from space rocks 400 kilometers above Earth

By Adrian Villellas
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April 15, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Red highway section in India with bright thermoplastic surface designed to slow drivers in a wildlife corridor with fencing and underpasses.

India is inaugurating its first “red road” to save wildlife, and the trick is not fences or speed cameras, but a surface that forces drivers to slow down almost without realizing it.

By Sonia Ramírez
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April 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Volcanic terrain near Pavonis Mons on Mars showing lava flows and cone structures from evolving magma system

Scientists have discovered that a “young” region of Mars did not cool as quickly as previously thought, and that its magmatic system continued to evolve quietly for millions of years

By Adrian Villellas
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April 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Thoughtful person sitting alone despite being socially active and supportive to others

Psychology suggests that the loneliest people in life are not usually the outcasts, but rather those kind, competent, and always-available individuals whom everyone values, but whom almost no one calls to ask how they are doing because they seem too strong to need care

By Adrian Villellas
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April 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM
A 3D digital model showing the Earth's interior layers, revealing massive geological structures deep within the mantle.

Everest pales in comparison to what has been found beneath Africa and the Pacific

By ECONEWS
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April 14, 2026 at 12:30 PM
A close-up view of a 183-million-year-old ammonite fossil with a golden metallic sheen embedded in dark black shale.

A 183-million-year-old black rock is broken open in Germany, and the golden sheen of this Jurassic fossil turns out to be something other than what everyone had believed for decades

By Adrian Villellas
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April 14, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Bidet attachment on a toilet showing a water based alternative to traditional toilet paper in a modern bathroom

Goodbye to toilet paper: your days are numbered, and thousands of people are already using these cleaner, cheaper, and more eco-friendly alternatives

By Sonia Ramírez
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April 14, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Advanced composite material structure designed to self repair cracks and extend lifespan of industrial components

Engineers have developed a material capable of self-repairing more than 1,000 times, which promises to extend the service life of key components in airplanes, cars, and wind turbines for centuries

By Adrian Villellas
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April 14, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Older woman looking out a window and close-up of an older man, illustrating emotional distance, loneliness, and friendship struggles in adulthood

Psychology tells us that adults who DON’T have close friends aren’t necessarily introverted or cold; many simply learned long ago that letting others get too close was the quickest way to get hurt

By Sonia Ramírez
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April 14, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Electric vehicle on a final inspection line inside a modern car factory with bright overhead lighting and workers checking the vehicle.

Perhaps the biggest problem with electric cars isn’t the battery, but a magnet that fails in the heat

By Kevin Montien
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April 14, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Aerial view of Greenland’s icy mountains and ice sheet near Camp Century, the Cold War base detected by NASA radar

“We were looking for rocks, but instead we found an abandoned nuclear bunker,” admits Alex Gardner: that day, 240 km off the coast of Greenland, when a research aircraft discovered tunnels laid out in a checkerboard pattern and secrets from 1959 that are now coming to light

By Sonia Ramírez
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April 14, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Illustration of a bright neuron linked to research on restoring memory and learning in aging mice

Scientists have succeeded in restoring learning ability and memory in elderly mice by activating just three genes, and this discovery raises a fundamental question: Does the brain age more than we think?

By ECONEWS
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April 13, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Aerial view of a dark blackwater river or lake winding through dense forest in the Congo Basin

One of Earth’s major carbon sinks may be beginning to release carbon that has been stored for thousands of years, and signs of this are already appearing in two dark lakes in the Congo

By Sonia Ramírez
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April 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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