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In Science, ECOnews reports on new discoveries in geology, paleontology, physics, space, health and the natural world. We explain the latest studies from universities and labs worldwide in plain language.

Map showing the clockwise rotation of the Iberian Peninsula caused by tectonic stress between Africa and Eurasia

Scientists confirm that the Iberian Peninsula has been rotating for thousands of years, driven by deep and invisible forces within the Earth, without anyone noticing

By ECONEWS

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December 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM

Giant dinosaur egg sculptures and a sauropod model outside Spain’s paleontology museum exhibit on titanosaur eggs

Beneath a hill, on a quiet hilltop, lay a 72-million-year-old nursery with giant 60-ton dinosaur hatchlings

By Adrian Villellas

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December 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM

Ceramic jugs and plates scattered on the seafloor at the Camarat 4 16th-century shipwreck, over 2,500 meters deep.

A 16th-century ship is discovered by chance at a depth of more than 2,500 meters, completely rewriting the important history of the Mediterranean

By ECONEWS

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December 28, 2025 at 9:39 AM

Cratered Moon surface in shadow, illustrating the lunar night side where a brief impact flash was recorded.

Something hit the Moon in the middle of the night, and a telescope captured it by pure chance

By Adrian Villellas

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December 28, 2025 at 8:03 AM

James Webb Space Telescope image highlighting supernova GRB 250314A with an inset callout

Scientists capture a flash of light that lasted only ten seconds and turns out to have reached Earth after a journey of 13 billion years

By ECONEWS

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December 28, 2025 at 6:23 AM

Shaded backyard alleyway with trees and fences, symbolizing garden habitats where ants may produce superbug-killing chemicals.

These tiny creatures hiding in your garden could produce substances capable of killing superbugs in a matter of seconds

By Adrian Villellas

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December 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM

The mystery of the extinction of the largest ape that ever walked the Earth has finally been solved

By Adrian Villellas

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December 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM

Retired NASA InSight lander on Mars seen from orbit as dust accumulates on its solar panels

NASA spacecraft spots dead robot on Mars surface

By Adrian Villellas

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December 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM

The James Webb Telescope looked where everything seemed to have faded away and found an extra glow that matches the oldest supernova ever seen

By Adrian Villellas

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December 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM

A small world 66 times the distance between Earth and the Sun appears after almost 20 years of monitoring and now forces us to rewrite how the edge of the solar system was born

By ECONEWS

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December 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM

On a peaceful morning, an avalanche of rock and ice triggered a tsunami over 650 feet high that shook sensors thousands of miles away

By Adrian Villellas

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December 27, 2025 at 5:34 AM

Collage of researchers behind the study showing a workaround to Bredt’s rule and “impossible” bridgehead double bonds.

What sounded like a mistake in class and was the rule that made you cross out “impossible” structures, scientists are now showing how to get around it without everything exploding

By Adrian Villellas

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December 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM

Gnarled trunk and roots of an ancient olive tree in Crete beside a small building, still green with leaves.

In a quiet village in Crete, an olive tree between 2,000 and 4,000 years old continues to produce new leaves and small olives, as if time had stood still

By ECONEWS

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December 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM

Amazon wetlands in Venezuela where fossils of giant anacondas from the Miocene era were discovered.

They searched for seven- or eight-meter monsters in a dusty corner of Venezuela and stumbled upon 32 anacondas measuring 13 to 16 feet in length

By Adrian Villellas

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December 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM

Space debris fragments orbiting Earth as ESA warns of a growing risk to satellites and space infrastructure.

More than a million fragments orbit the Earth, and the ESA warns that the problem of space debris is getting worse

By ECONEWS

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December 26, 2025 at 10:34 AM

A metal detectorist accidentally discovers a hoard of 933 gold coins, the largest ever found in the United Kingdom

By Adrian Villellas

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December 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM

Archaeologist carrying a bucket beside rubble at the 2,200-year-old stone pyramid dig near Nahal Zohar, Judean Desert.

High above the Dead Sea, archaeologists are picking their way through a 2,200-year-old stone pyramid that does not quite fit any known pattern

By ECONEWS

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December 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM

Outlined theropod dinosaur footprints and trackways on rock at Carreras Pampa, Torotoro National Park, Bolivia.

The world’s largest dinosaur footprint site is located in the Bolivian desert and contains more than 16,000 footprints of these incredible animals

By Adrian Villellas

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December 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM

Chinese CZ-2F rocket taking off, image associated with a news story about Chinese astronauts affected by space debris.

Three Chinese astronauts were left without a spacecraft to return to Earth after being hit by space debris

By ECONEWS

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December 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM

Satellite view of Antarctica showing major ice shelves, the Antarctic Peninsula, and surrounding Southern Ocean ice.

A disturbing twist from Antarctica: even with negative emissions, the Southern Ocean could burp heat for 100 years

By Adrian Villellas

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December 24, 2025 at 7:20 AM

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Science

Scientists confirm that the Iberian Peninsula has been rotating for thousands of years, driven by deep and invisible forces within the Earth, without anyone noticing

Beneath a hill, on a quiet hilltop, lay a 72-million-year-old nursery with giant 60-ton dinosaur hatchlings

A 16th-century ship is discovered by chance at a depth of more than 2,500 meters, completely rewriting the important history of the Mediterranean

Something hit the Moon in the middle of the night, and a telescope captured it by pure chance

Scientists capture a flash of light that lasted only ten seconds and turns out to have reached Earth after a journey of 13 billion years

These tiny creatures hiding in your garden could produce substances capable of killing superbugs in a matter of seconds

The mystery of the extinction of the largest ape that ever walked the Earth has finally been solved

NASA spacecraft spots dead robot on Mars surface

The James Webb Telescope looked where everything seemed to have faded away and found an extra glow that matches the oldest supernova ever seen

A small world 66 times the distance between Earth and the Sun appears after almost 20 years of monitoring and now forces us to rewrite how the edge of the solar system was born

On a peaceful morning, an avalanche of rock and ice triggered a tsunami over 650 feet high that shook sensors thousands of miles away

What sounded like a mistake in class and was the rule that made you cross out “impossible” structures, scientists are now showing how to get around it without everything exploding

In a quiet village in Crete, an olive tree between 2,000 and 4,000 years old continues to produce new leaves and small olives, as if time had stood still

They searched for seven- or eight-meter monsters in a dusty corner of Venezuela and stumbled upon 32 anacondas measuring 13 to 16 feet in length

More than a million fragments orbit the Earth, and the ESA warns that the problem of space debris is getting worse

A metal detectorist accidentally discovers a hoard of 933 gold coins, the largest ever found in the United Kingdom

High above the Dead Sea, archaeologists are picking their way through a 2,200-year-old stone pyramid that does not quite fit any known pattern

The world’s largest dinosaur footprint site is located in the Bolivian desert and contains more than 16,000 footprints of these incredible animals

Three Chinese astronauts were left without a spacecraft to return to Earth after being hit by space debris

A disturbing twist from Antarctica: even with negative emissions, the Southern Ocean could burp heat for 100 years

University of Queensland engineers made a coating that releases rust-fighting molecules where it is damaged, and lab tests showed corrosion over 600 times slower than some top paints

Janelia scientists spent 18 years mapping every neuron in a male fruit fly, 166,700 cells and 125 million connections, and days after the map came out programmers had it playing Doom

A fully electric tractor that recharges from its own solar roof goes on sale in North America, runs about five hours per charge and could save small farms around $15,000 over five years

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