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Image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS showing its nucleus and gas plume with unusual methane and carbon dioxide composition.

The more 3I/ATLAS is observed, the stranger it becomes. It now measures 2.6 km and its composition baffles even the experts

By ECONEWS

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April 2, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Laboratory research image representing cartilage regeneration and protein inhibition linked to osteoarthritis treatment

Scientists discover the protein that “deactivates” cartilage regeneration and manage to reverse wear and tear in aging joints

By Adrian Villellas

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April 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Concept illustration of asteroid mining and lunar resource extraction as part of China’s long-term space development strategy

China has set itself the goal of “dominating” the Solar System by the year 2100, and what is most surprising is that it will begin as early as 2026-2030 with mining operations near Earth

By ECONEWS

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April 2, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Mars atmosphere showing a dust storm lifting water vapor high above the surface in a scientific visualization

Scientists detected a “sudden burst” of vapor on Mars, and what is disturbing is that it occurred when the water was supposed to be “safe” underground

By ECONEWS

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April 2, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Illustration of an asteroid approaching the Moon near Tycho crater with a potential impact flash visible from Earth

An asteroid about 60 meters in diameter, equivalent to a 15-story building, could strike near Tycho and cause a flash visible to the naked eye for 200-300 seconds

By ECONEWS

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April 2, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Betel leaf with white lime paste and chopped areca nut held in hands, linked to ancient betel chewing in Asia

The remains found in the teeth of a woman from 4,000 years ago could change what we know about betel consumption in Asia

By Adrian Villellas

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April 1, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Tiny dwarf shrew perched on a blue gloved hand after being identified as a new 3-gram species in Ethiopia

Biologists can’t believe the latest discovery of a tiny new species weighing only 3 grams: “Flat head, hairy tail, and the weight of a sugar cube”

By Adrian Villellas

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April 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Composite space image showing a faint circled object inside a purple dark matter-rich region, linked to the Cloud 9 discovery

Astronomers suspect they have discovered an object that could reveal one of the greatest mysteries of the universe

By ECONEWS

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April 1, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Pod of dolphins swimming at the ocean surface, marine mammals known for sleeping with one half of the brain awake

In 1964, scientists discovered that this marine mammal could sleep with half its brain awake, and it is not the only one that hardly ever rests

By ECONEWS

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April 1, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Whole onion beside a glass bowl of baking soda on a wooden table, ingredients often used in homemade insect bait

Why onion and baking soda are used as a homemade cockroach bait

By ECONEWS

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April 1, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Microscope images of Diplolaimelloides woaabi, the newly identified worm species discovered in Utah’s Great Salt Lake

A tectonic plate that had been “dead” for 200 million years has just reappeared beneath western North America, and scientists say it could be increasing seismic risk without anyone noticing

By ECONEWS

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April 1, 2026 at 6:31 AM

Microbialite-covered shoreline at Utah’s Great Salt Lake, where scientists found a newly described worm species

Diplolaimelloides woaabi: a new roundworm species found at the bottom of Utah’s Great Salt Lake

By ECONEWS

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March 31, 2026 at 6:30 PM

JAMSTEC drill ship Chikyu at sea in Japan during research into the fault that triggered the devastating 2011 tsunami

Drilling nearly 8,000 meters below the sea explains why Japan’s 2011 tsunami was so large

By Adrian Villellas

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March 31, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Surface of Mars showing ancient lakebed and ice sheet evidence explored by NASA Curiosity rover

NASA explores the surface of Mars and finds traces of “ice sheets” dating back 3.6 billion years

By ECONEWS

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March 31, 2026 at 3:00 PM

Coelacanth fish Latimeria chalumnae, the ancient lobe-finned species rediscovered off the coast of South Africa in 1938.

In 1938, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer identified a living coelacanth, a fish thought extinct for 65 million years

By ECONEWS

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March 31, 2026 at 1:15 PM

Researcher examining a large pink granite boulder in Antarctica linked to a hidden structure beneath Pine Island Glacier

The pink rocks of Antarctica reveal a gigantic secret structure hidden under the ice for 175 million years

By ECONEWS

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March 31, 2026 at 10:45 AM

Illustration of Sagittarius A at the center of the Milky Way, the massive object long believed to be a supermassive black hole.

A study suggests that a dense clump of dark matter, not a black hole, could sit at the center of the Milky Way

By ECONEWS

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March 31, 2026 at 10:38 AM

A common octopus exhibiting complex camouflage and arm coordination while navigating a coral reef environment.

They would not be insects or mammals: humanity’s most likely successor lives under the sea and is smarter than you think

By ECONEWS

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March 31, 2026 at 8:15 AM

A group of guanacos being released into the savanna-like habitat of El Impenetrable National Park in northern Argentina after a 110-year absence.

Argentina achieved the unthinkable after 110 years, and the “return” of this mammal to the Chaco is already changing the ecosystem from day one

By Adrian Villellas

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March 31, 2026 at 6:30 AM

China’s record 35.6 tesla superconducting magnet developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences for extreme magnetic field research.

China has just activated a 35.6-tesla magnet, 700,000 times more powerful than the Earth’s magnetic field, and the big question is what it intends to do with such power in 2026

By ECONEWS

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March 31, 2026 at 6:11 AM

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The more 3I/ATLAS is observed, the stranger it becomes. It now measures 2.6 km and its composition baffles even the experts

Scientists discover the protein that “deactivates” cartilage regeneration and manage to reverse wear and tear in aging joints

China has set itself the goal of “dominating” the Solar System by the year 2100, and what is most surprising is that it will begin as early as 2026-2030 with mining operations near Earth

Scientists detected a “sudden burst” of vapor on Mars, and what is disturbing is that it occurred when the water was supposed to be “safe” underground

An asteroid about 60 meters in diameter, equivalent to a 15-story building, could strike near Tycho and cause a flash visible to the naked eye for 200-300 seconds

The remains found in the teeth of a woman from 4,000 years ago could change what we know about betel consumption in Asia

Biologists can’t believe the latest discovery of a tiny new species weighing only 3 grams: “Flat head, hairy tail, and the weight of a sugar cube”

Astronomers suspect they have discovered an object that could reveal one of the greatest mysteries of the universe

In 1964, scientists discovered that this marine mammal could sleep with half its brain awake, and it is not the only one that hardly ever rests

Why onion and baking soda are used as a homemade cockroach bait

A tectonic plate that had been “dead” for 200 million years has just reappeared beneath western North America, and scientists say it could be increasing seismic risk without anyone noticing

Diplolaimelloides woaabi: a new roundworm species found at the bottom of Utah’s Great Salt Lake

Drilling nearly 8,000 meters below the sea explains why Japan’s 2011 tsunami was so large

NASA explores the surface of Mars and finds traces of “ice sheets” dating back 3.6 billion years

In 1938, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer identified a living coelacanth, a fish thought extinct for 65 million years

The pink rocks of Antarctica reveal a gigantic secret structure hidden under the ice for 175 million years

A study suggests that a dense clump of dark matter, not a black hole, could sit at the center of the Milky Way

They would not be insects or mammals: humanity’s most likely successor lives under the sea and is smarter than you think

Argentina achieved the unthinkable after 110 years, and the “return” of this mammal to the Chaco is already changing the ecosystem from day one

China has just activated a 35.6-tesla magnet, 700,000 times more powerful than the Earth’s magnetic field, and the big question is what it intends to do with such power in 2026

In Romania’s Brașov County, brown bears number about 1,329 by a national genetic estimate, the highest density of any county, and one bear relocated from Poiana Brașov was back within 3 days

More than 40 Magellanic penguins born in captivity arrived by court order from Mar del Plata at a river island in Argentina’s Río Negro province, and at first they had not explored even a third of their new home

In Japan, researchers led by Tohoku University used an inexpensive blue pigment to turn carbon dioxide into methane with 79.5% Faradaic efficiency, and methane selectivity stayed above 60% for about 80 hours

At 8.2 feet on Oct. 13, the Lake Constance water level in Konstanz, Germany, fell below a 1947 record for the date, and it now sits 10 inches under last winter’s low

A simulated AMOC collapse in an unreviewed preprint cut wheat, corn and rice harvests in Germany and Ukraine by roughly 16 to 19 percent, and cereal prices could climb up to 40 percent in the worst case

A landslide in Alaska’s Tracy Arm fjord sent a tsunami 1,578 feet up the opposite wall, and a Science study found small tremors striking every 30 to 60 seconds in the hours before the collapse

A company won a mining license for a magnesium deposit it estimates at more than 50 million metric tons near Rășinari, in Romania’s Sibiu County, and the EU gets 97 percent of its magnesium from China

Leap seconds will end on May 20, 2027, under a rule the General Conference on Weights and Measures adopted in Versailles, France, and a new study finds Earth’s solid surface turning slightly rounder as polar ground rises

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