Science

Humpback whale underwater releasing bubbles during a bubble display.

Humpback whales are making perfect bubble rings… and no one knows why

By Sonia Ramírez
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February 16, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Europa, Jupiter’s icy ocean moon, showing a bright cracked surface with reddish-brown streaks against black space.

Jupiter’s moon could be dead inside

By Adrian Villellas
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February 16, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Stone age quartz arrowheads from South Africa bearing traces of ancient plant based poison

60,000-year-old poisoned arrows discovered in South Africa reveal that early humans mastered lethal chemistry long before agriculture or writing

By Sonia Ramírez
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February 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM
MM120 oral LSD formulation tested in phase 2b clinical trial for generalized anxiety disorder.

The pill of the century: a single trip with LSD reduced anxiety for three months, according to a clinical study

By ECONEWS
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February 15, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Two chimpanzees sit close together in the forest, a species scientists observed using medicinal plants to treat wounds.

Chimpanzees apply medicinal plants to their wounds… and also help others

By Adrian Villellas
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February 15, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Artist illustration of AT2025ulz, a possible superkilonova where a star explodes and neutron stars collide

A star exploded, split in two, and then collided again within hours, leaving a double signature that has astronomers puzzled

By ECONEWS
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February 14, 2026 at 10:15 AM
A researcher records ultrasonic sounds from a potted tomato plant in a greenhouse using microphones connected to a laptop.

Scientists discover that plants “scream” silently when they are stressed… and now even insects are beginning to hear them

By Adrian Villellas
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February 14, 2026 at 8:45 AM
High resolution seismic model showing fast wave anomalies deep beneath the Pacific Ocean in Earth’s lower mantle.

Something that “shouldn’t be there” appears beneath the Pacific, and a new high-resolution seismic model leaves geophysicists with a huge mystery

By Adrian Villellas
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February 14, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Illustration of a human brain with highlighted neural tissue and an inset microscopy image, representing microplastics detected in brain samples.

Your brain may be accumulating microplastics, and the big question is no longer whether they are there, but what they might be doing

By Adrian Villellas
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February 13, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Woolly mammoth with long curved tusks, a heavyweight used to model how slow giant animals could move

The 75-ton Argentinosaurus could not run at all, and the study states that they were slow and heavy and barely exceeded 6 miles per hour

By Adrian Villellas
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February 12, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Person taking an ice cold shower as researchers study effects of cold water immersion on the body

At first, you feel a brutal impact… but 12 hours later, something changes: this is what really happens to your body after showering with ice-cold water, according to science

By Sonia Ramírez
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February 12, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Reconstruction of a 508-million-year-old Cambrian sea worm with long spines and tentacles, after the head mix-up was corrected.

A 508-million-year-old worm from the primordial ocean, invisible teeth, and an embarrassing mistake: in 1977, they believed it walked on spikes… in 2015, they discovered that it wasn’t even its head

By ECONEWS
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February 12, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Older adult sleeping in bed at night, illustrating how sleep duration affects inflammation and health in later life

What happens inside the body when older people sleep too little (or too much) and how that could hasten their death

By Sonia Ramírez
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February 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Perfectly preserved 18th century explorer ship discovered on the seafloor off the coast of Australia

An exploration ship lost 250 years ago has just been found perfectly preserved off the coast of Australia, like a time capsule from the past

By ECONEWS
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February 12, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Archaeologists excavate medieval skeletons beneath the chapel at the Tower of London during a major archaeological dig

Archaeologists discover forgotten burials containing medieval skeletons beneath the chapel at the Tower of London… and some may be victims of the Black Death

By Sonia Ramírez
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February 12, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Portable microscope captures stomata opening and closing on a living plant leaf under changing light conditions

For centuries, leaves have made a vital decision in milliseconds… now, scientists, with a portable microscope, have managed to capture that moment and see it for the first time

By Adrian Villellas
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February 11, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Bottles of soda and sugar-free drinks on a supermarket shelf, highlighting concerns about erythritol and vascular health.

The “zero-calorie” sweetener that could affect the cells that protect your brain

By Kevin Montien
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February 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Copper Age shell beads recovered from a 5,000 year old female burial at the Montelirio tholos in Spain

270,000 seashells found in a 5,000-year-old female grave reveal what female power was like in the Copper Age, leaving scientists speechless

By ECONEWS
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February 11, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Close-up of Martian soil and rock texture tied to Perseverance’s cached samples as Mars Sample Return plans stall

The mission to bring Earth’s most valuable rocks from Mars is considered a failure, and now China could get there first with a return in 2031

By Adrian Villellas
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February 11, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Visualization of cosmic expansion explained by geometry without invoking dark energy

For 25 years, we believed that 70% of the universe was “dark energy”… but this new theory could prove that it was all a mistake

By Sonia Ramírez
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February 11, 2026 at 9:21 AM
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