Humberto Basilio
@humbertobasilio.bsky.social
Science Journalist @sciam.bsky.social | words in The New York Times, Nature, National Geographic, Science Magazine, Atmos, etc | Views my own |
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Canada lost its official measles elimination status after a year of continuous transmission
The Americas Are No Longer Officially Measles-Free
Canada lost its official measles elimination status after a year of continuous transmission
www.scientificamerican.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Canada lost its official measles elimination status after a year of continuous transmission
🚨 BREAKING: Canada has lost its measles-free status after a year of continuous transmission — meaning the Americas region is no longer measles-free.
What does this mean?
My story for @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
What does this mean?
My story for @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
The Americas Are No Longer Officially Measles-Free
Canada lost its official measles elimination status after a year of continuous transmission
www.scientificamerican.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Canada has lost its measles-free status after a year of continuous transmission — meaning the Americas region is no longer measles-free.
What does this mean?
My story for @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
What does this mean?
My story for @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
🚨Three Chinese astronauts couldn’t return to Earth after space junk hit their spacecraft. Scientists warn this could be just the first of more accidents caused by orbital debris.
The situation is concerning. “There are a lot of people up there,” one source told me.
My story @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
The situation is concerning. “There are a lot of people up there,” one source told me.
My story @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
A Piece of Space Junk Hit Their Ride Home. What Does This Mean for Space Exploration?
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
www.scientificamerican.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
🚨Three Chinese astronauts couldn’t return to Earth after space junk hit their spacecraft. Scientists warn this could be just the first of more accidents caused by orbital debris.
The situation is concerning. “There are a lot of people up there,” one source told me.
My story @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
The situation is concerning. “There are a lot of people up there,” one source told me.
My story @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
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Heck, I'd take a two-bedroom at 1,080 square feet.
Scientists found the world’s largest spiderweb inside a sulfur cave on the Albania–Greece border. It’s about half the size of a tennis court—or, you know, a pretty decent studio apartment in Manhattan 🕷️ 🕸️
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www.scientificamerican.com/article/worl...
My story for @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
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This Cave Holds a Spider Web “Megacity” the Size of Half a Tennis Court
The finding is the first documented case of colonial behavior between two solitary species
www.scientificamerican.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Heck, I'd take a two-bedroom at 1,080 square feet.
Scientists found the world’s largest spiderweb inside a sulfur cave on the Albania–Greece border. It’s about half the size of a tennis court—or, you know, a pretty decent studio apartment in Manhattan 🕷️ 🕸️
My story for @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
www.scientificamerican.com/article/worl...
My story for @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
www.scientificamerican.com/article/worl...
This Cave Holds a Spider Web “Megacity” the Size of Half a Tennis Court
The finding is the first documented case of colonial behavior between two solitary species
www.scientificamerican.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Scientists found the world’s largest spiderweb inside a sulfur cave on the Albania–Greece border. It’s about half the size of a tennis court—or, you know, a pretty decent studio apartment in Manhattan 🕷️ 🕸️
My story for @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
www.scientificamerican.com/article/worl...
My story for @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
www.scientificamerican.com/article/worl...
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Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a ritual-based site that may have been built long before the rise of Maya rulers
There’s a Monumental Cosmic Map Hidden beneath Mexico’s Oldest Maya Site
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a ritual-based site that may have been built long before the rise of Maya rulers
www.scientificamerican.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a ritual-based site that may have been built long before the rise of Maya rulers
Last week I traveled across southern Mexico, visiting several Maya archaeological sites. Just when you think the pyramids rising from the jungle are the most impressive sight, archaeologists uncover something even as extraordinary underground
My story for @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
My story for @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
There’s a Monumental Cosmic Map Hidden beneath Mexico’s Oldest Maya Site
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a ritual-based site that may have been built long before the rise of Maya rulers
www.scientificamerican.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Last week I traveled across southern Mexico, visiting several Maya archaeological sites. Just when you think the pyramids rising from the jungle are the most impressive sight, archaeologists uncover something even as extraordinary underground
My story for @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
My story for @sciam.bsky.social 🧪
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www.scientificamerican.com/article/arch... "Archaeologists Uncover a Monumental Ancient Maya Map of the Cosmos" -- exciting news from Aguada Fénix, Tabasco! 🏺
There’s a Monumental Cosmic Map Hidden beneath Mexico’s Oldest Maya Site
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a ritual-based site that may have been built long before the rise of Maya rulers
www.scientificamerican.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
www.scientificamerican.com/article/arch... "Archaeologists Uncover a Monumental Ancient Maya Map of the Cosmos" -- exciting news from Aguada Fénix, Tabasco! 🏺
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My interview with @humbertobasilio.bsky.social @sciam.bsky.social
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FDA Questions Safety of Aluminum in Vaccines. Here's What the Science Says
The FDA wants to reevaluate the use of aluminum adjuvants despite a long record of safe use in vaccines
www.scientificamerican.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Trump's FDA wants to study the safety of aluminum in vaccines, despite decades of evidence showing it's not only safe but also essential to the efficacy of many vaccines. By @humbertobasilio.bsky.social @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
FDA Questions Safety of Aluminum in Vaccines. Here's What the Science Says
The FDA wants to reevaluate the use of aluminum adjuvants despite a long record of safe use in vaccines
www.scientificamerican.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Trump's FDA wants to study the safety of aluminum in vaccines, despite decades of evidence showing it's not only safe but also essential to the efficacy of many vaccines. By @humbertobasilio.bsky.social @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...
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A quarter of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff is gone after the Trump administration’s latest reductions in force and earlier layoffs
CDC Firings Are ‘Intentional Attack on the American People,’ Ex-Employees Say
A quarter of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff is gone after the Trump administration’s latest reductions in force and earlier layoffs
www.scientificamerican.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
A quarter of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff is gone after the Trump administration’s latest reductions in force and earlier layoffs
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Surgeons in China transplanted part of pig liver into a patient with an incurable cancerous tumor, and it functioned for more than a month
In a First, Pig Liver Helped a Cancer Patient Survive for More Than a Month
Surgeons in China transplanted part of pig liver into a patient with an incurable cancerous tumor, and it functioned for more than a month
www.scientificamerican.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Surgeons in China transplanted part of pig liver into a patient with an incurable cancerous tumor, and it functioned for more than a month
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New research shows how microbes use napping viruses to vaccinate themselves
These Bacteria Invented Their Own Vaccines—Using Viruses
New research shows how microbes use napping viruses to vaccinate themselves
www.scientificamerican.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:53 AM
New research shows how microbes use napping viruses to vaccinate themselves
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The “Great North American Eclipse” of April 2024 was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study how birds and other wildlife respond to total solar eclipses
The Eclipse Turned Day to Night—And the Birds Went Quiet
The “Great North American Eclipse” of April 2024 was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study how birds and other wildlife respond to total solar eclipses
www.scientificamerican.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The “Great North American Eclipse” of April 2024 was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study how birds and other wildlife respond to total solar eclipses
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NASA’s Perseverance rover has found that particular parts of the rock are enriched with elements and minerals that — on Earth— can indicate microbes at work, @humbertobasilio.bsky.social reports in @sciam.bsky.social #astro #astronomy
This Martian Rock Might Be the Closest We’ve Come to Finding Alien Life
The Perseverance rover’s new findings set the stage for bringing Martian samples back to Earth to test whether microbes once inhabited the Red Planet
www.scientificamerican.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
NASA’s Perseverance rover has found that particular parts of the rock are enriched with elements and minerals that — on Earth— can indicate microbes at work, @humbertobasilio.bsky.social reports in @sciam.bsky.social #astro #astronomy
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they're bricks. they get hot. and they could be the climate movement's next big thing
@humbertobasilio.bsky.social for @atmosmag.bsky.social on why heat batteries could be the next trillion-dollar industry 🧪🌎
@humbertobasilio.bsky.social for @atmosmag.bsky.social on why heat batteries could be the next trillion-dollar industry 🧪🌎
This Brick Is the World’s Most Boring Climate Solution | Atmos
Thermal batteries promise round-the-clock renewable heat, offering a faster path to decarbonizing carbon-intensive industries.
atmos.earth
September 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
they're bricks. they get hot. and they could be the climate movement's next big thing
@humbertobasilio.bsky.social for @atmosmag.bsky.social on why heat batteries could be the next trillion-dollar industry 🧪🌎
@humbertobasilio.bsky.social for @atmosmag.bsky.social on why heat batteries could be the next trillion-dollar industry 🧪🌎
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NEW: a first-ever study has directly tied heatwaves to the world's biggest climate polluters
each of these "carbon majors"—including Shell, ExxonMobil, and BP—has made between 16 and 53 otherwise impossible heat waves since 2000 possible.
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each of these "carbon majors"—including Shell, ExxonMobil, and BP—has made between 16 and 53 otherwise impossible heat waves since 2000 possible.
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New Study Links 174 Companies to Deadly Heat Waves | Atmos
A first-of-its-kind study directly ties corporate emissions from oil, gas, and coal producers to rising heat waves worldwide.
atmos.earth
September 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
NEW: a first-ever study has directly tied heatwaves to the world's biggest climate polluters
each of these "carbon majors"—including Shell, ExxonMobil, and BP—has made between 16 and 53 otherwise impossible heat waves since 2000 possible.
@humbertobasilio.bsky.social for @atmosmag.bsky.social 🧪🌎
each of these "carbon majors"—including Shell, ExxonMobil, and BP—has made between 16 and 53 otherwise impossible heat waves since 2000 possible.
@humbertobasilio.bsky.social for @atmosmag.bsky.social 🧪🌎
In the middle of the “second space race,” NASA scientists say we may be looking at the closest evidence yet of ancient life on Mars 🔭🧪
My story for @sciam.bsky.social with edits from @leebillings.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-t...
My story for @sciam.bsky.social with edits from @leebillings.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-t...
This Martian Rock Might Be the Closest We’ve Come to Finding Alien Life
The Perseverance rover’s new findings set the stage for bringing Martian samples back to Earth to test whether microbes once inhabited the Red Planet
www.scientificamerican.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
In the middle of the “second space race,” NASA scientists say we may be looking at the closest evidence yet of ancient life on Mars 🔭🧪
My story for @sciam.bsky.social with edits from @leebillings.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-t...
My story for @sciam.bsky.social with edits from @leebillings.bsky.social
www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-t...
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Now on @sciam.bsky.social: The Mars rock that made headlines last year is still worth getting excited about. A new study says the case remains strong for potential biosignatures in the "Cheyava Falls" rock studied and sampled by the Perseverance rover.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-t...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-t...
This Martian Rock Might Be the Closest We’ve Come to Finding Alien Life
The Perseverance rover’s new findings set the stage for bringing Martian samples back to Earth to test whether microbes once inhabited the Red Planet
www.scientificamerican.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Now on @sciam.bsky.social: The Mars rock that made headlines last year is still worth getting excited about. A new study says the case remains strong for potential biosignatures in the "Cheyava Falls" rock studied and sampled by the Perseverance rover.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-t...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-t...
🚨 An environmental injustice we already knew but data confirms: children from marginalized communities in the U.S. attend the schools most exposed to heat waves. They’re often the same kids without air-conditioning at school — and very likely at home too, sources say
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My story for @sciam.bsky.social
Kids from Marginalized Communities Are Learning in the Hottest Classrooms
The first national study of its kind shows that children from marginalized communities are more exposed to extreme heat events
www.scientificamerican.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
🚨 An environmental injustice we already knew but data confirms: children from marginalized communities in the U.S. attend the schools most exposed to heat waves. They’re often the same kids without air-conditioning at school — and very likely at home too, sources say
My story for @sciam.bsky.social
My story for @sciam.bsky.social
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An ancient hybrid of tomatoes and potato-like plants may have given rise to the modern spud, a new study suggests.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/s...
What’s a Potato? A Nine-Million-Year-Old Tomato.
www.nytimes.com
July 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
An ancient hybrid of tomatoes and potato-like plants may have given rise to the modern spud, a new study suggests.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/s...
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NEW: The Trump administration's dismantling of USAID is fueling a black market of HIV medication in Zimbabwe. Desperate nurses are plundering PrEP and PEP pills from the hospitals where they work, and selling them to sex workers well-funded by their Asian clients, worsening the country's HIV crisis.
Zimbabwe's HIV Medicine Black Market is Flush with Sex Workers and Asian Cash
Legally purchasing PreP and PEP pills from private pharmacies can be expensive for sex workers, who are required to submit to expensive medical tests on top of purchasing the pills.
www.thexylom.com
July 31, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEW: The Trump administration's dismantling of USAID is fueling a black market of HIV medication in Zimbabwe. Desperate nurses are plundering PrEP and PEP pills from the hospitals where they work, and selling them to sex workers well-funded by their Asian clients, worsening the country's HIV crisis.
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SPUN is featured in @science.org in a piece written by @humbertobasilio.bsky.social. Learn where some of the most unique fungal communities exist, such as West Africa’s Guinean forests, Tasmania’s temperate rainforests, and Brazil’s Cerrado savanna.
Read here: www.science.org/content/arti...
Read here: www.science.org/content/arti...
Most of Earth’s critical underground fungus is unprotected
First global map of mushrooms that form beneficial relationships with plant roots reveals 90% live outside of conservation areas
www.science.org
July 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
SPUN is featured in @science.org in a piece written by @humbertobasilio.bsky.social. Learn where some of the most unique fungal communities exist, such as West Africa’s Guinean forests, Tasmania’s temperate rainforests, and Brazil’s Cerrado savanna.
Read here: www.science.org/content/arti...
Read here: www.science.org/content/arti...
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Once a surfer's paradise, a string of deadly attacks made Réunion Island synonymous with one word only: sharks. But a team of scientists turned this tiny island into a hub of lifesaving research. For @science.org, I wrote about this fascinating place.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
How a string of deadly shark attacks made a remote island a hub of lifesaving research
After 11 deaths, Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean became a center for shark attack science
www.science.org
July 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Once a surfer's paradise, a string of deadly attacks made Réunion Island synonymous with one word only: sharks. But a team of scientists turned this tiny island into a hub of lifesaving research. For @science.org, I wrote about this fascinating place.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Studying the AHA! moments. This story about insight by @humbertobasilio.bsky.social is truly inspiring. Take on the test within to see if you feel it, too.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Eureka! The brain science behind lightbulb moments
Experiences of insight come with a burst of brain activity — and a memory boost.
www.nature.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Studying the AHA! moments. This story about insight by @humbertobasilio.bsky.social is truly inspiring. Take on the test within to see if you feel it, too.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...