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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
Squid swimming in the ocean

Squid numbers have climbed for decades and many blamed warming seas, but a Danish model found warmer water actually shrinks squid populations and the real driver is the overfishing of their predators

By ECONEWS
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September 30, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Octopus clinging to the dorsal fin of a Risso's dolphin off Devon

A volunteer photographer off Devon captured an octopus clinging to the fin of a Risso’s dolphin, and scientists say it shows how the biggest octopus boom in 75 years may be changing their diet

By Adrian Villellas
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September 30, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Illustration of a predatory dinosaur hunting a diving bird

A 66-million-year-old feather found inside fossilized dinosaur poop in Montana belonged to a diving bird eaten by a predator, and its modern design may explain why some birds survived the asteroid

By Adrian Villellas
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September 30, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Purple chat speech bubbles on a translucent screen

According to psychology, the feelings people develop for social AI are real, and being dumped by a chatbot can trigger a small existential crisis

By Adrian Villellas
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September 29, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Painted underworld figure on a wall of the Etruscan Tomb of the Blue Demons in Tarquinia, Italy

Echoes lasted more than seven seconds inside a 2,400-year-old Etruscan tomb in Tarquinia, and researchers think its builders designed it to unsettle mourners

By ECONEWS
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September 29, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Ancient Greek amphorae

Surveys for an offshore wind farm off Italy revealed a shipwreck 1,640 feet deep carrying over 300 amphorae from the fifth or fourth century BC, and scientists want to learn where the jars were made

By Adrian Villellas
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September 29, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Prairie rattlesnakes and newborns seen on a livestream camera

Livestream cameras in California, Colorado and Pennsylvania caught rattlesnakes giving birth for the first time, with over 60 newborns in Colorado, and the footage shows mothers staying with their pups

By ECONEWS
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September 29, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Goat moth caterpillar (Cossus cossus) on the ground

A sudden vinegar smell next to a garden tree can mean a goat moth caterpillar has spent years tunneling through the trunk, and the wood can end up snapping

By Adrian Villellas
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September 29, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Illustration of an American cheetah chasing a saiga antelope

The Ice Age American cheetah was a close cousin of the puma, and fossils from Canada’s Yukon suggest northern populations ate salmon before the species faded through a slow decline, not a sudden collapse

By Adrian Villellas
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September 29, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Scientists beside the submersible Alvin aboard a research ship

Scientists took the submersible Alvin 3 miles down to the world’s deepest known hydrothermal vents in the Caribbean to learn how shrimp find them in darkness, and they suspect an odd eye on their backs

By ECONEWS
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September 29, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Bubblegum coral growing on the deep seafloor

Scientists pulled a pale coral from 2,200 feet deep off South America and found a chitin network never seen in this group, which may help bubblegum corals grow branches without a central skeleton

By Adrian Villellas
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September 29, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Crown-of-thorns starfish on a coral reef

The crown-of-thorns starfish is blamed for ravaging the Great Barrier Reef, but a University of Sydney study found coral survived almost 75% of its bites on a protected reef and it may boost diversity

By ECONEWS
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September 29, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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