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Person holding a U.S. Treasury Social Security check as new reports warn of a possible 23% automatic benefit cut

Social Security trustees report: benefits could be cut by about 23% when the trust fund runs out in 2033

By ECONEWS

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January 25, 2026 at 8:00 AM

A dark circular patch marks the Taam Ja blue hole in Chetumal Bay, Mexico, seen from above with a small boat nearby.

Some fishermen mentioned a strangely calm patch of water, so scientists lowered their instruments and discovered a drop that seems to have no end

By ECONEWS

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January 25, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Rare night parrot in Australia detected by acoustic recorders in desert habitat during conservation fieldwork.

Australia’s “ghost bird” has reappeared. For decades it was almost a myth, and now there is acoustic evidence to prove it

By ECONEWS

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January 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Older man sits alone on a bench in a cemetery, head bowed, reflecting on loss, identity, and the emotional shock that can follow retirement.

Retirement can trigger an identity crisis, and studies suggest nearby nature helps

By Adrian Villellas

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January 24, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Great spotted kiwi roroa chick held gently in hands as conservation groups brace for a beech mast that could boost rats and stoats.

A record beech seed year in New Zealand could trigger a rat and stoat plague that threatens the great spotted kiwi

By Adrian Villellas

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January 24, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Close-up of solar panel cells on a rooftop array, illustrating research that shows panels can keep strong performance beyond 25 years.

Solar panels can last well beyond 25 years: Swiss arrays still produce over 80% of their power after three decades

By ECONEWS

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January 24, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Snow-covered Antarctic ice sheet under a clear blue sky, as scientists report the ozone hole closed unusually early in 2025.

The ozone hole over Antarctica closed unusually early in 2025, and scientists believe there is a reason that almost no one is looking at

By Adrian Villellas

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January 24, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Mechanic Richard Finley accused of selling classic cars entrusted for restoration in Texas fraud case.

A man took his classic car to a repair shop in Texas to have it restored, but five years later he discovered that the mechanic had sold it and disappeared with half a million dollars worth of vintage cars

By ECONEWS

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January 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Laurent Simons stands in a physics lab at the University of Antwerp, the teen researcher now pursuing AI-driven medical science to study aging.

It sounds like something out of a science fiction series, but it’s real: at just 15 years old, Laurent Simons has already completed a PhD and is now researching how to defeat aging with artificial intelligence

By Adrian Villellas

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January 23, 2026 at 3:00 PM

European wildcat moving through woodland vegetation, as conservation groups explore bringing the species back to England.

England could once again have its wild cat, a species that has been absent for more than a century

By ECONEWS

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January 23, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Satellite world map showing seasonal misalignment and plant growth cycles across different regions of Earth.

Satellites have just discovered that Earth does not have four equal seasons, and the new world map leaves areas “out of alignment” within a few kilometers

By ECONEWS

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January 23, 2026 at 11:56 AM

Aerial view of the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, a concentrating solar power plant with mirrored heliostats in the Mojave Desert.

Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System once looked like a city of mirrors in the desert, and now its planned closure in 2026 is no longer certain after a last-minute regulatory “no” put the plan on hold

By Adrian Villellas

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January 23, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Research aircraft surveys Antarctica as an inset map shows an ancient landscape of valleys and ridges beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.

Beneath 2 kilometers of Antarctic ice lies a landscape untouched for 34 million years, leaving glaciologists speechless

By ECONEWS

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January 23, 2026 at 8:45 AM

$Deep-sea “yellow brick road” pattern of fractured volcanic rock on the seafloor, with small sea life visible around the cracked slabs.$

A camera more than a kilometer below the Pacific Ocean found a “yellow brick road” and leaves an uncomfortable question about our seas

By ECONEWS

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January 23, 2026 at 5:54 AM

Autonomous mining trucks hauling coal at a large open pit mine in Xinjiang, China

More than 200 unmanned trucks discovered secretly excavating one of the world’s largest outdoor treasures: equivalent to more than 10,000 soccer fields

By ECONEWS

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January 23, 2026 at 5:35 AM

Aerial view of the Finke River (Larapinta) winding through a dry landscape in central Australia, with green reeds along the water.

It is between 300 and 400 million years old, flows through mountains as if they did not exist, and has survived mass extinctions: now, the oldest river on the planet faces its most modern threat

By ECONEWS

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January 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM

$Satellite image of iceberg A-23A in the South Atlantic showing major fractures and meltwater ponds as it breaks apart.$

Photos taken from space show an iceberg “boiling” from within: this is the silent collapse of A-23A in the South Atlantic

By Adrian Villellas

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January 22, 2026 at 3:56 PM

Close-up of native gold flakes embedded in white quartz rock, showing how gold can concentrate into ore veins.

The gold in your ring may have started moving 80 km underground, and a new study reveals the chemical “trick” that releases it

By Adrian Villellas

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January 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM

USS Zumwalt stealth destroyer making a sharp turn during sea trials

The United States launched its 610-foot, 78 MW “stealth destroyer” from the shipyard

By ECONEWS

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January 22, 2026 at 12:42 PM

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Social Security trustees report: benefits could be cut by about 23% when the trust fund runs out in 2033

Some fishermen mentioned a strangely calm patch of water, so scientists lowered their instruments and discovered a drop that seems to have no end

Australia’s “ghost bird” has reappeared. For decades it was almost a myth, and now there is acoustic evidence to prove it

Retirement can trigger an identity crisis, and studies suggest nearby nature helps

A record beech seed year in New Zealand could trigger a rat and stoat plague that threatens the great spotted kiwi

Solar panels can last well beyond 25 years: Swiss arrays still produce over 80% of their power after three decades

The ozone hole over Antarctica closed unusually early in 2025, and scientists believe there is a reason that almost no one is looking at

A man took his classic car to a repair shop in Texas to have it restored, but five years later he discovered that the mechanic had sold it and disappeared with half a million dollars worth of vintage cars

It sounds like something out of a science fiction series, but it’s real: at just 15 years old, Laurent Simons has already completed a PhD and is now researching how to defeat aging with artificial intelligence

England could once again have its wild cat, a species that has been absent for more than a century

Satellites have just discovered that Earth does not have four equal seasons, and the new world map leaves areas “out of alignment” within a few kilometers

Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System once looked like a city of mirrors in the desert, and now its planned closure in 2026 is no longer certain after a last-minute regulatory “no” put the plan on hold

Beneath 2 kilometers of Antarctic ice lies a landscape untouched for 34 million years, leaving glaciologists speechless

A camera more than a kilometer below the Pacific Ocean found a “yellow brick road” and leaves an uncomfortable question about our seas

More than 200 unmanned trucks discovered secretly excavating one of the world’s largest outdoor treasures: equivalent to more than 10,000 soccer fields

It is between 300 and 400 million years old, flows through mountains as if they did not exist, and has survived mass extinctions: now, the oldest river on the planet faces its most modern threat

Photos taken from space show an iceberg “boiling” from within: this is the silent collapse of A-23A in the South Atlantic

The gold in your ring may have started moving 80 km underground, and a new study reveals the chemical “trick” that releases it

The United States launched its 610-foot, 78 MW “stealth destroyer” from the shipyard

Satellites tracked a loss of about 4.6 trillion gallons of groundwater in the snow-fed Upper Colorado River Basin during the 2020-2022 drought, and that is nearly double what the drier Lower Basin lost

A 38-year-old artist built an earthen house in Argentina’s Traslasierra Valley with about 12 car windshields given away in the town where she grew up, and from above its two hexagons form a heart

In Yunnan’s Yanjin, the so-called world’s narrowest city squeezes homes into a river valley that narrows to about 98 feet, and the famous 400,000 population figure actually covers the whole county, not the town

In Slovakia’s Liptov and Lower Orava regions, brown bears damaged 130 hives in 37 raids between 2020 and 2024, and more than two-thirds of those raids hit beehives behind electric fences

An estimated 4.2 million balcony solar systems are now plugged in at homes and apartments in Germany, and in Croatia the same small kit still needs a certified installer, design documents and paid metering

Ancient sled dogs from sites up to 2,000 years old on Russia’s Chukotka coast had stubby legs like today’s teams, about 6 percent shorter than other canids, and a model explains the pulling advantage

More than 750 nesting boxes for native birds have come from a Coppell, Texas, teenager who lost his pet cockatiel, he says, and his Backyard Bird Project has grown to chapters in 24 states and three countries

Two owner-builders priced out of Melbourne built a 2,286-square-foot Earthship in Cygnet, Tasmania, with rammed earth walls, bottle bricks and no fireplace, and they say their heating bills are $0

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