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False-color image of Neptune against black space, illustrating new research on the planet’s unusual magnetic field

In 1989, Voyager 2 observed “something that didn’t add up” on Neptune, and it took us decades to understand it. Now, a study published in Nature suggests that dark ice could be the cause of the planet’s strange magnetism

By Sonia Ramírez
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March 12, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Illustration of a herd of woolly mammoths crossing a frozen prehistoric landscape with glaciers and snow-covered mountains

The giants of the past did not run as we thought, and science has just taken an unexpected turn in the classic image of mammoths and dinosaurs

By Adrian Villellas
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March 11, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Microscopic view of a tardigrade, also known as a water bear, the tiny extremophile animal scientists say could be the last survivor on Earth.

No cockroaches or rats: this would be the last living thing to become extinct on Earth

By Sonia Ramírez
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March 10, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Grandparents spending time caring for their grandchildren, an activity linked to better memory and language skills in older adults.

Caring for grandchildren not only strengthens family ties, but also improves memory and protects the brain, according to a study of nearly 3,000 grandparents

By Sonia Ramírez
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March 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Rural village seen from above alongside a world map graphic illustrating global population estimates

A new study claims that we may be underestimating billions of people on the planet, and no one had noticed for more than 40 years

By Adrian Villellas
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March 10, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Brain scan image highlighting memory-related regions in a study on cannabis use among older adults

Colorado scientists discover that cannabis could benefit memory and brain size in older people

By Sonia Ramírez
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March 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Arecibo Observatory radio telescope dish in Puerto Rico before its 2020 collapse

Before collapsing, the observatory detected 100 signals that it suspected came from extraterrestrial beings

By Adrian Villellas
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March 9, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Reconstruction of Jurassic ecosystem showing large predators hunting newly hatched sauropod dinosaurs

They reconstruct the Jurassic ecosystem and discover that giant baby dinosaurs left to fend for themselves were the favorite prey of large predators.

By ECONEWS
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March 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Male zebra finch showing orange pheomelanin feathers used in a new study on red hair pigment and oxidative stress

What they discovered in a bird could change what we know about redheads

By ECONEWS
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March 8, 2026 at 12:38 PM
NASA Artemis II crew training for the first crewed lunar mission since 1972.

In 2026, NASA breaks a long-standing rule and authorizes the use of smartphones on Artemis II, the first manned mission to the Moon since 1972, and the idea of seeing iPhones in orbit is already making headlines around the world

By ECONEWS
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March 8, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Brain scan highlighting the hippocampus region involved in spatial navigation and novelty detection

By studying the human brain, they discover the switch that activates its “navigation system”

By Sonia Ramírez
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March 8, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Fossil bone disks once labeled as mammoth vertebrae later identified as ancient whale bones in Alaska

For 70 years, they believed they were mammoth bones… until they discovered they belonged to whales from 1,800 years ago

By Sonia Ramírez
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March 7, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Stonehenge megaliths on Salisbury Plain, where research suggests Neolithic humans transported the massive stones rather than glaciers.

For years we believed that glaciers carried the stones to Stonehenge, but now science says it was the work of other creatures

By ECONEWS
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March 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Bowhead whale swimming in Arctic waters, species studied for extreme longevity and DNA repair

An American study shows that humans could live up to 200 years if its method were applied

By Sonia Ramírez
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March 7, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Hubble Space Telescope image of Cloud-9, a starless hydrogen gas cloud dominated by dark matter near Messier 94

NASA accidentally discovers a starless cloud in deep space

By Adrian Villellas
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March 6, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Laboratory analysis of blood samples revealing an ultra rare B(A) genetic mutation

They analyzed the blood of more than half a million people, and only three had this genetic mutation so rare that even doctors did not know how to classify it

By Adrian Villellas
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March 6, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Purple sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus with spines visible, species found to have a brain-like nervous system across its body

Neither squid nor dolphin: scientists discover a strange, small, purple sea creature that functions as if its entire body were a brain: they compare it to a large “living mind”

By Sonia Ramírez
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March 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Microscopic view of Asgard archaea, the marine microbes linked to the origin of all complex life on Earth

It was not a Norse god, it was much more: scientists attribute the origin of all complex life to a microscopic marine creature with a mythological name

By Sonia Ramírez
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March 5, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Microscopic 3D illustration of Y chromosomes showing genetic changes linked to higher cardiovascular risk in older men

What seemed like an insignificant genetic detail could explain why some older men develop more cardiovascular diseases

By ECONEWS
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March 4, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Illustration of aging brain cells showing changes in neuron state and identity over time

Aging changes the fate of your cells, and now we know how to reverse it

By Kevin Montien
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March 4, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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