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Artistic visualization of multiple exoplanets in habitable zones identified as candidates for future life detection studies

There is already a list of 45 planets that could come in handy if Earth were to find itself in a truly dire situation, and that number gives us plenty of room to dream up a Plan B.

By ECONEWS
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May 1, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Atomic-scale image of a carbon ring molecule with half Möbius electron topology mapped using scanning probe microscopy

IBM and university researchers create a molecule whose electrons follow a “half-Möbius” twist

By ECONEWS
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May 1, 2026 at 6:30 AM
llustration of Neanderthal and Homo sapiens individuals representing interbreeding patterns revealed by X chromosome DNA analysis

What if DNA were telling a story of unequal attraction between sapiens and Neanderthals that is far more human, complex, and uncomfortable than we had imagined until now?

By ECONEWS
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April 30, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Artist’s illustration of a super-Earth exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf star in the habitable zone

A potentially habitable super-Earth has been discovered just 10 light years away, and the big question of what might be waiting for us out there returns with a vengeance

By ECONEWS
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April 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man showing a human figure inscribed in a circle and square with geometric proportions

After 500 years, they believe they have found the key that could solve one of the greatest mysteries of the Vitruvian Man, Leonardo’s most famous and enigmatic drawing.

By ECONEWS
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April 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Global weather map showing temperature and rainfall anomalies linked to a potential super El Niño event

Meteorologists are beginning to talk about a possible super El Niño in the coming months, and that combination already points to maps filled with heat, extreme rainfall, and very rare phenomena

By Adrian Villellas
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April 30, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Reconstruction of a Neanderthal male and a Homo sapiens female illustrating interbreeding patterns suggested by genetic research

A new study suggests that human women and Neanderthal men interbred much more frequently than previously thought, which rewrites part of the history of our origins

By ECONEWS
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April 30, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Living robots gain primitive nervous systems, opening new paths for sensing, movement, and environmental monitoring

Xenobots made from frog cells are no longer just biological robots; they now also have something resembling a primitive nervous system, and that changes everything a little more

By ECONEWS
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April 30, 2026 at 8:45 AM

They embraced for 12,000 years, and now DNA has revealed that this Paleolithic scene was even more moving and mysterious than it initially appeared

By Adrian Villellas
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April 30, 2026 at 6:30 AM
View of the Moon’s surface illustrating a proposed site for a lunar gravitational-wave detector designed to capture faint cosmic signals

Scientists want to build an instrument on the Moon capable of detecting black hole collisions, and the Moon’s near-total silence could be the key to the project’s success

By ECONEWS
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April 29, 2026 at 6:30 PM
A microscopic image of a resilient tardigrade, also known as a water bear, crawling among fine dust particles.

Tardigrades have gone from being tiny, extremely rare creatures to becoming true guardians of the galaxy, in a story that combines extreme biology and planetary protection

By Adrian Villellas
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April 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A microscopic visualization of brain tissue neurons glowing after being successfully thawed from a deep cryogenic freeze.

They froze a brain and then managed to reactivate its electrical activity—a phrase that sounds like science fiction, but is already becoming a central part of real scientific discourse

By ECONEWS
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April 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM
An aerial view of a coastal city facing encroaching floodwaters due to rising global sea levels.

Sea levels could rise 27 centimeters more than predicted and put an additional 132 million people in the danger zone by 2100, according to a new and alarming estimate

By Adrian Villellas
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April 29, 2026 at 12:30 PM
A close-up view of pristine, dark rocky grains collected from the surface of the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu.

An asteroid located about 300 million kilometers away contained the five basic letters of DNA and RNA, and the discovery once again calls into question the idea that life began only on Earth

By ECONEWS
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April 29, 2026 at 10:15 AM
A large Rapana venosa sea snail resting on the ocean floor next to a bed of wild oysters.

From marine pest to business opportunity, the curious initiative involving the Rapana venosa could transform a problem that has been worsening for years into a new source of income for fishermen.

By Adrian Villellas
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April 29, 2026 at 8:45 AM
A dark roadway at night illuminated only by bright, glowing photoluminescent lane lines.

Malaysia’s glow-in-the-dark roads, tested as an alternative to street lights, will likely end because they cost too much

By Adrian Villellas
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April 29, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Alaska wants to resume helicopter bear “trapping” across an area of nearly 40,000 square miles to save the caribou, but the courts could block the plan before May

Alaska wants to resume helicopter bear “trapping” across an area of nearly 40,000 square miles to save the caribou, but the courts could block the plan before May

By Adrian Villellas
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April 29, 2026 at 2:43 AM
A scenic view of the Colorado River winding through a dry mountain valley, bordered by lush green riparian vegetation.

The new paradigm of drought on the Colorado River reveals that vegetation consumes groundwater when it is hotter, which could leave less flow for millions of people

By Adrian Villellas
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April 28, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A $200,000 challenge targets invasive mussels in California as officials race to stop their spread through hidden boat water

Golden mussels in California: a prize of up to $200,000 for ways to stop invasive mussels spreading in boats

By ECONEWS
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April 28, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Wild boar standing in a grassy field as a 20-year study reveals peak crop damage months

Wild boars have been wreaking havoc on crops for years in what appears to be a random manner, but 9,871 reports of damage now reveal that their incursions follow a surprisingly predictable pattern

By ECONEWS
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April 28, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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