Stories by Humberto Basilio

After attempts at relocation and sterilization have failed, invasive hippos introduced by the infamous drug lord will be culled, the country announced

A newfound site in the Italian Alps holds one of the largest collections of Triassic dinosaur footprints ever seen

This enormous chain of hundreds of galaxies—a cosmic filament—is twisting through space 400 million light-years away

A large dataset shows some dog stereotypes are based in reality, and others might be unfair characterizations

Lime granules trapped in ancient walls show Romans relied on a reactive hot-mix method to making concrete that could now inspire modern engineers

Without the gene Poc5, male mice produced no viable sperm, pointing to a possible link to infertility

Newly identified bones tie the mysterious Burtele foot to a new Australopithecus species that lived alongside Lucy more than three million years ago

The Shenzhou-22 spacecraft is set to launch November 25

The decision to move Iran’s capital is partly driven by climate change, but experts say decades of human error and action are also to blame

The CDC this week quietly changed its official language to suggest vaccines may cause autism, a claim that scientists say has no basis in evidence

Researchers tracked thousands of Americans for decades, finding no links between ingesting recommended levels of fluoride and lower cognitive skills

Although these findings from JWST are yet to be confirmed, they mark the closest astronomers have come to locating the universe’s most ancient stars

A thin crescent moon and dark skies could give watchers a clear view of this astronomical event

RNA has been extracted from an ancient woolly mammoth, providing insight into its last moments on Earth

The Shenzhou 20 spacecraft was too damaged to bring its crew home from China’s Tiangong space station. Those astronauts have now returned via the Shenzhou 21 craft, leaving its crew without a return ride until the nation sends a new spacecraft to the station

Early findings indicate that Epstein-Barr virus may also cause the autoimmune disease lupus

The International Energy Agency says weak climate action and energy security fears are effectively delaying peak fossil fuel consumption

There are six people living on the Chinese space station Tiangong at the moment, and the plan to bring three of them back is in progress

Canada lost its official measles elimination status after a year of continuous transmission

Three Chinese astronauts will likely return safely to Earth after a reported space-junk strike. But the incident highlights the growing risk of orbital debris

This finding is the first documented case of colonial behavior between two solitary species of spider

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a ritual-based site that may have been built long before the rise of Maya rulers

The FDA wants to reevaluate the use of aluminum adjuvants despite a long record of safe use in vaccines

After decades of speculation, two writers uncovered the answer to the Kryptos code’s final cipher