Filipe Azevedo, Ph.D.Biology Lightning blasts on clay-rich soils support a dramatic theory of how life began on Earth massivesci.com - Deanna MacNeil Get new Lab Notes sent to your inbox Submit your own Lab Note Share an interesting science story or tell a short one of your own For the first time, …
Filipe Azevedo, Ph.D.UFOs Pentagon Confirms 'Pyramid-Shaped' UFO Video Footage Is Authentic verified_publisherScienceAlert - Peter Dockrill A series of newly surfaced images and videos of unidentified flying objects filmed by the US Navy have now been confirmed as authentic by the …
Filipe Azevedo, Ph.D.Wastewater Millions of tons of nuclear wastewater from Fukushima will be dumped into the sea Live Science - Brandon Specktor The water contains more radioactive material than the plant's managers previously stated. Japan's government announced on Tuesday (April 13) that it …
Filipe Azevedo, Ph.D.Whales From Baja to the Arctic, scientists struggle to solve the mystery of gray whale deaths verified_publisherNational Geographic - Kate LinthicumPUERTO ADOLFO LÓPEZ MATEOS, MÉXICOAs early morning fog lifts off the Baja California coastline, Alushe Camacho steers a small fishing boat through a mangrove-lined estuary, his eyes fixed on the horizon....
Filipe Azevedo, Ph.D.Mars NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity is 'go' for historic 1st flight on Sunday Live Science - Elizabeth Howell Humanity's first helicopter on Mars has been cleared for a historic takeoff. Ingenuity will take to the skies above Jezero Crater Sunday (April 11) on …
Filipe Azevedo, Ph.D.Methane We found methane-eating bacteria living in a common Australian tree. It could be a game changer for curbing greenhouse gases theconversation.com - Luke Jeffrey Trees are the Earth’s lungs – it’s well understood they drawdown and lock up vast amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But emerging …
Filipe Azevedo, Ph.D.Culture 'Lost golden city of Luxor' discovered by archaeologists in Egypt verified_publisherNational Geographic - Erin BlakemoreThree thousand four hundred years ago, a contentious ancient Egyptian king abandoned his name, his religion, and his capital in Thebes (modern Luxor). Archaeologists know what happened next: The pharaoh...
Filipe Azevedo, Ph.D.Moon This is why China and Russia want to build a base on the Moon verified_publisherTNW - The Cosmic CompanionThe Russian space agency Roscosmos and China’s National Space Administration (CNSA) recently agreed to establish lunar outposts on, and in orbit around, the Moon. This announcement comes as Russia prepares...
Filipe Azevedo, Ph.D.The Arctic Once-rare Arctic lighting is now more frequent—and may reshape the region verified_publisherNational Geographic - Alejandra BorundaLightning in the Arctic used to be so vanishingly rare that people could go their whole lives without seeing a flash. But as the region warms rapidly, it may become more common—with effects that could...
Filipe Azevedo, Ph.D.Neanderthals More than 45,000 years ago, modern humans ventured into Neanderthal territory. Here’s what happened next sciencemag.org - Ann Gibbons The four-story labyrinth of galleries in Bulgaria’s Bacho Kiro cave has long been a magnet for all sorts of humans. Neanderthals came first, more …
Filipe Azevedo, Ph.D.Physics Government Physics Experiment Suggests Something Unknown Is Influencing Reality verified_publisherVICE - Becky FerreiraThe first results from the Muon g-2 experiment indicate with more certainty that there is more to the universe than what we currently understand. The long-anticipated results of an experiment at one of...
Filipe Azevedo, Ph.D.Universe When Did Life First Emerge in the Universe? scientificamerican.com - Avi Loeb About 15 million years after the big bang, the entire universe had cooled to the point where the electromagnetic radiation left over from its hot …
Filipe Azevedo, Ph.D.Helicopters NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity touches down on the Red Planet space.com - Tariq Malik The first helicopter on Mars is officially on Martian soil. NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity touched down on the surface of the Red Planet after being …
Filipe Azevedo, Ph.D.Egypt Egypt’s royal mummies are on the move, and it’s not their first road trip verified_publisherNational Geographic - Tom MuellerEscorted by Egyptian film stars, singers, dancers, and guards on high-stepping horses, the mummies of 22 pharaohs and other ancient royalty will be paraded through the streets of Cairo on Saturday, moving...
Filipe Azevedo, Ph.D.Art Creepy sculpture with human faces is even older than experts thought Live Science - Owen Jarus Even older than the Great Pyramids of Giza. A human-shaped wooden idol decorated with an eerie human face and considered the oldest of its kind ever …
Filipe Azevedo, Ph.D.Physics Scientists Directly Manipulated Antimatter With a Laser In Mind-Blowing First verified_publisherVICE - Becky FerreiraThe direct manipulation of antimatter will open up "unthinkable" possibilities in examining the fundamental makeup of our reality, scientists say. One of the greatest unsolved mysteries of our universe...
Filipe Azevedo, Ph.D.Science Bones evolved to act like batteries, 400-million-year-old fish suggest verified_publisherNational Geographic - Riley BlackBy studying the fossilized remains of ancient fish, scientists have uncovered a turning point in the development of one of the most important parts of humans and other animals: bone. While bones primarily...
Filipe Azevedo, Ph.D.Mary Anning Mary Anning: The forgotten fossil hunter who transformed Britain’s Jurassic Coast verified_publisherNational Geographic - Cathy NewmanIf you had lived in Victorian times, you’d have spotted her, perhaps, at the foot of Church Cliff to the east of Lyme Regis, a seaside town on England’s southwest coast. She’d have a wicker basket in hand,...
Filipe Azevedo, Ph.D.Science Scientists are trying to redefine how we measure time – here’s why verified_publisherTNW - The ConversationEveryone needs to know the time. Ever since the 17th century Dutch inventor Christiaan Huygens made the first pendulum clock, people have been thinking of good reasons to measure time more precisely. the...
Filipe Azevedo, Ph.D.Nature After more than 2 decades of searching, scientists finger cause of mass eagle deaths sciencemag.org - Erik Stokstad More than 25 years ago, biologists in Arkansas began to report dozens of bald eagles paralyzed, convulsing, or dead. Their brains were pocked with …
Filipe Azevedo, Ph.D.Birds These birds flock in mesmerizing swarms of thousands—but why is still a mystery. verified_publisherNational Geographic - Melanie HaikenIt’s a mesmerizing sight: Thousands of birds move in unison through the evening sky, whirling and swooping as if performing a highly synchronized ballet. When they finally descend to their treetop roost,...
Filipe Azevedo, Ph.D.Science World's oldest meteor crater isn't what it seems Live Science - Harry Baker New controversial claim suggests it's not a meteor crater at all. The world's oldest meteor impact crater is not a crater at all, say scientists of a …
Filipe Azevedo, Ph.D.Pyroclastic Vesuvius killed people of Pompeii in 15 minutes, study suggests verified_publisherThe Guardian - Lorenzo Tondo in PalermoA giant cloud of ash and gases released by Vesuvius in 79 AD took about 15 minutes to kill the inhabitants of Pompeii, research suggests. The estimated 2,000 people who died in the ancient Roman city they...
Filipe Azevedo, Ph.D.Aerospace New Effort To Clean Up Space Junk Reaches Orbit verified_publisherNPR - Chloee WeinerA demonstration mission to test an idea to clean up space debris launched Monday morning local time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Known as ELSA-d, the mission will exhibit technology that...
Filipe Azevedo, Ph.D.Black Holes A supermassive black hole is speeding through space, and astronomers don't know why space.com - Ben Turner A supermassive black hole is racing across the universe at 110,000 mph (177,000 km/h), and the astronomers who spotted it don't know why. The …
Filipe Azevedo, Ph.D.Sandstorm That Dramatic Beijing 'Sandstorm' Was Actually Something Worse, Says Geologist verified_publisherScienceAlert - MATT TELFER The skies in Beijing turned orange recently, thanks to what was widely-reported as a massive sandstorm. The problem, at least in terms of public …
Filipe Azevedo, Ph.D.Mars Rover Mars rover captures mysterious 'scratching noise' on the red planet verified_publisherTNW - Thomas MacaulayNASA’s Perseverance rover has captured a mysterious high-pitched scratching noise on the surface of Mars. The sounds were recorded as the rover drove along the Jezero Crater, an area that scientists believe...
Filipe Azevedo, Ph.D.Black Holes Black Holes May Not Be Black. Or Even Holes. verified_publisherPopular Mechanics - By Tim ChildersTheir true nature could finally explain the origins of dark matter and fast radio bursts. What if black holes, those all-consuming gravitational behemoths of the cosmos, aren’t actually black at all—or...
Filipe Azevedo, Ph.D.Asteroids You need to watch the biggest asteroid flyby of 2021 next week Inverse - Passant Rabie We’ve got a rather large cosmic visitor headed our way. But don’t worry too much. On Monday, March 21, an asteroid about as long as the Golden Gate …
