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Interior view of Scărișoara Ice Cave in Romania, where scientists recovered an ancient bacterium from millennia-old ice

Scientists extract a bacterium over 5,000 years old from the ice and discover something disturbing: it was already resistant to ten modern antibiotics long before our medicine existed

By Adrian Villellas
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April 20, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Ian González Santos during a university degree ceremony with academic recognition in Mexico

Ian Emmanuel González Santos, the Mexican teen studying bacteria that break down PET plastic

By ECONEWS
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April 20, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Cladosporium sphaerospermum fungus growing in a high-radiation environment linked to Chernobyl research

A form of life has been detected in Chernobyl that not only resists radiation, but seems to use it to grow

By ECONEWS
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April 20, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Two Atlantic puffins standing on a grassy cliff in Iceland with wings spread

Farewell to the harbor lights: light pollution could wipe out 40% of the world’s puffin population

By ECONEWS
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April 20, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Solar storm activity affecting satellites in low Earth orbit with potential impact on GPS and communications

The new threat that worries scientists does not come from Earth, but from the Sun, and could affect satellites, GPS, and communications

By ECONEWS
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April 19, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton showing foot structure linked to bird-like toe walking gait in new study

T. rex walked on its toes like an ostrich, not flat-footed like in Jurassic Park, a new study argues

By ECONEWS
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April 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Seismic map of Northern California showing earthquake activity near the Mendocino Triple Junction and hidden fault structures

What appeared to be a simple union of plates in California hides a much more chaotic system, and these small earthquakes have just exposed it

By ECONEWS
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April 19, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The Hubble Space Telescope is tracking the four icy fragments of Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) as they travel through space, while a puzzling 48-hour delay in the increase in brightness is forcing theorists at Auburn University to rethink all their hypotheses about the timeline of its disintegration

The Hubble Space Telescope is tracking the four icy fragments of Comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) as they travel through space, while a puzzling 48-hour delay in the increase in brightness is forcing theorists at Auburn University to rethink all their hypotheses about the timeline of its disintegration

By Adrian Villellas
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April 19, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Fossilized reptile skin impression with visible scale patterns from the Early Permian discovered in Germany

The oldest reptile skin prints ever seen have been discovered in Germany, and what is most surprising is that they are almost 300 million years old

By Adrian Villellas
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April 19, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Workers operate industrial machinery processing banana pseudostems into fiber pulp for tissue paper production inside a large factory

The thousands of tons of banana pseudostems left rotting after each harvest are now being transformed into tissue paper and packaging materials, while a simple process using sodium hydroxide at 230°F is achieving pulp yields of up to 44 percent in April 2026 trials

By ECONEWS
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April 19, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Band of Holes at Monte Sierpe in Peru showing thousands of pits carved into a hillside linked to ancient trade

The 5,200 holes dug into a mountain in Peru are no longer a mystery, and the explanation changes what we knew about their ancient economy

By ECONEWS
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April 19, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Birdwatcher using binoculars observing birds in nature linked to brain changes in attention and memory

Birdwatching for years not only changes what you see, but it could also be reshaping your brain in ways that surprise neuroscientists

By ECONEWS
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April 19, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Red sprite lightning captured from the ISS above a thunderstorm reaching high into the upper atmosphere

Astronauts photograph from the ISS a red electrical phenomenon exploding above storms at altitudes of up to 89 kilometers (about 55 miles)—a phenomenon that for decades seemed nothing more than a pilot’s legend

By ECONEWS
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April 18, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Satellite view of the horseshoe-shaped Yilan impact crater in China, showing the forested rim and central farmlands.

NASA observes China from space and discovers a giant structure hidden in plain sight that not even an entire forest has managed to conceal from the crater

By ECONEWS
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April 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM
An aerial view of a harvested farm field in Bohemia with overlaid digital infrared highlights showing the outlines of prehistoric long barrows.

Archaeologists were exploring ordinary farmland in Central Europe, and what they found underground forces us to rethink 5,000 years of funerary history

By Adrian Villellas
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April 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM
A satellite-style map of the Barents Sea showing warm Atlantic currents flowing north into the Arctic Ocean.

A study explains why more warm Atlantic water is entering the Arctic through the Barents Sea

By ECONEWS
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April 18, 2026 at 12:30 PM
A fossilized impression of a frond-like Charnia organism found at the Inner Meadow site in Newfoundland.

A 551-million-year-old site is forcing us to rewrite our understanding of an early mass extinction, and the loss of life may have been much greater than previously thought

By Adrian Villellas
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April 18, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Arctic landscape with snowy mountains reflected in calm water, illustrating the Barents Sea region where Atlantic water is pushing farther into the Arctic.

A change in the timing of storms, not stronger winds, explains the atlantification of the Barents Sea, a study finds

By ECONEWS
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April 18, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Rocky shoreline and sea view facing a large mountain across the Strait of Gibraltar, illustrating the tectonic zone linked to Iberia’s slow geological movement.

The Iberian Peninsula is slowly rotating clockwise as Africa pushes toward Europe, a study finds

By Adrian Villellas
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April 18, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Pink fairy armadillo partially emerging from sandy soil in Mendoza reserve

The “pink fairy” has reappeared in a reserve in Mendoza, and its return confirms that an ecosystem that seemed silent still held an extraordinary surprise

By Adrian Villellas
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April 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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