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A silver denarius of Emperor Domitian standing upright among the 934 Roman denarii of the Wesseling hoard

A metal detectorist near Cologne stopped digging after 15 silver coins and called archaeologists, who then found 934 Roman denarii, the largest hoard from Hadrian’s time ever found in Germany

By Javier Niño
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October 2, 2026 at 6:50 AM
The Pont du Gard Roman aqueduct bridge over the Gardon River

Mineral layers in the Roman aqueduct that crosses the Pont du Gard show it stopped supplying Nîmes around AD 270, during the Plague of Cyprian, while water kept flowing to farms upstream for 140 years

By ECONEWS
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October 2, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Coated steel samples held by a researcher

University of Queensland engineers made a coating that releases rust-fighting molecules where it is damaged, and lab tests showed corrosion over 600 times slower than some top paints

By Adrian Villellas
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October 1, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Researcher examining ray barb fragments with a magnifying glass

Archaeologists working along Mexico’s Maya Train found ray barb fragments and a catfish spine in burials near the Usumacinta River and are studying whether the Maya used them to draw their own blood

By ECONEWS
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October 1, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Rendering of the neurons in the central nervous system of a male fruit fly, from the brain to the nerve cord

Janelia scientists spent 18 years mapping every neuron in a male fruit fly, 166,700 cells and 125 million connections, and days after the map came out programmers had it playing Doom

By Javier Niño
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October 1, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Greek krater with cremated remains inside Tomb 10188 at Pontecagnano

Archaeologists checking a building plot in Italy found a 2,600-year-old Etruscan tomb where a Greek wine vessel painted with horsemen and a siren held the cremated bones of a person of high rank

By Adrian Villellas
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October 1, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Rock-cut tunnel of the pre-Roman aqueduct at Monteleone Sabino

Cavers in Italy’s Rieti province explored about 328 feet of a pre-Roman aqueduct carved through a hillside, and archaeologists believe small farming villages built it to drain their land

By ECONEWS
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October 1, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Roebuck Castle building on the University College Dublin campus

Roebuck Castle, a medieval fortress long believed demolished, is hiding inside a Victorian-looking building at University College Dublin, where walls possibly from the early 1200s survive under plaster

By Adrian Villellas
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October 1, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Molehills in a grassy field

Archaeologists in Belgium sifted 814 molehills near Damme and recovered 2,810 fragments that revealed a medieval gatehouse under a nature reserve, with the richest clues where moles dug least

By ECONEWS
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October 1, 2026 at 8:48 AM
GoSun Moonrider tractor charging from its solar canopy at sunset

A fully electric tractor that recharges from its own solar roof goes on sale in North America, runs about five hours per charge and could save small farms around $15,000 over five years

By Adrian Villellas
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October 1, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Close-up of a green kākāpō parrot held by a ranger

New Zealand’s kākāpō, a flightless parrot that fell to just 51 birds in 1995, now numbers 325 after 90 chicks joined the count, and conservationists are running out of safe islands for them

By Adrian Villellas
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October 1, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Purple deep-sea octopus on the seafloor off Trinidad and Tobago

Scientists on Trinidad and Tobago’s first locally led deep-sea expedition followed 219 bubble streams to 25 cold seeps and found at least 20 possible new species, including an octopus first seen in 2014

By Adrian Villellas
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October 1, 2026 at 6:29 AM
The Devil's Arrows standing stones in a field near Boroughbridge

Researchers traced Yorkshire’s prehistoric Devil’s Arrows to Brimham Rocks, 11 miles away, showing builders hauled 25-ton stones past closer sources, and a medieval cross nearby came from a missing one

By ECONEWS
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September 30, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Woman sitting in bed in the morning looking at her phone

Two Oregon State studies of 1,512 adults found social media support eased loneliness far less than real-life ties, and checking apps within 30 minutes of waking was tied to twice the odds of depression

By Adrian Villellas
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September 30, 2026 at 4:57 PM
The new sea spider Callipallene pilosuspedes

Divers off British Columbia found two sea spider species new to science, the first described in the Salish Sea in almost a century, and one has red eyes and legs so spiny its name means hairy feet

By ECONEWS
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September 30, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Specimens of the new red sponge Polycapus rubrum

NOAA scientists studying sponges collected in Alaska trawl surveys as early as 1997 identified nine deep-sea sponges new to science, including a red one so unusual that it needed a brand-new genus

By Adrian Villellas
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September 30, 2026 at 12:33 PM
University students sitting and studying in a library

A study that tracked 1,967 people in Singapore with smart rings found university students averaging 20 moved 100 minutes less per day than adults in their 70s and spent over 10.5 hours a day sitting

By ECONEWS
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September 30, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Archaeologist uncovering a Roman silver coin in the soil on Gotland

Archaeologists on Sweden’s Gotland found 45 Roman silver coins and a gold ring buried beside a farm building around AD 450, and two coins are ancient forgeries probably made in what is now Ukraine

By Adrian Villellas
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September 30, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Angler holding a large wels catfish in a boat

An angler on Poland’s Vistula River pulled in a wels catfish 7 feet 8 inches long and about 198 pounds on her birthday trip, and after a quick photo she let Europe’s largest freshwater predator go

By ECONEWS
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September 30, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Woman reading a book in an armchair

According to psychology, reading for pleasure may do more for your brain than you think, as a Cambridge review links it to better memory in 10,243 children and less cognitive decline later in life

By ECONEWS
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September 30, 2026 at 6:34 AM
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