Jacopo Prisco
@jacoprisco.bsky.social
Journalist @CNN. Born at 330 ppm CO2. He/Him.
jacopo . prisco @ gmail . com
https://www.cnn.com/profiles/jacopo-prisco
jacopo . prisco @ gmail . com
https://www.cnn.com/profiles/jacopo-prisco
A type of mosquito that was believed to have evolved in the London Underground has a much older origin in the Mediterranean, according to a new genetic study.
‘London Underground mosquito’ is actually much older than previously thought | CNN
A mosquito that was believed to have evolved in the London Underground is actually of ancient Mediterranean origin, genetic data revealed.
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October 26, 2025 at 9:27 AM
A type of mosquito that was believed to have evolved in the London Underground has a much older origin in the Mediterranean, according to a new genetic study.
“There’s a 50% chance that it might be dark matter at this point, as opposed to the slightly more mundane explanation of old stars, in my opinion.”
Mysterious glow in our galaxy may be coming from dark matter | CNN
A gamma ray glow at our galaxy’s center has puzzled scientists for almost two decades. New computer simulations back the theory that dark matter could be the source.
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October 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
“There’s a 50% chance that it might be dark matter at this point, as opposed to the slightly more mundane explanation of old stars, in my opinion.”
Two colliding black holes have been recorded like never before, confirming old predictions by Einstein and Hawking!
Black hole collision confirms decades-old predictions by Einstein and Hawking | CNN
Astronomers detected in unprecedented detail a collision between two black holes. Their observations confirm predictions made by Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
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September 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Two colliding black holes have been recorded like never before, confirming old predictions by Einstein and Hawking!
I bought a 95-million-year-old fossil online for $100, and the more questions I asked about it, the more shocking it got.
I tried to find out if the fossil I bought online was real. Then I realized I was asking the wrong question | CNN
It’s obvious a 95 million-year-old fossil would have a rich past — but what a CNN writer discovered about a dinosaur tooth he bought for about $100 was more than he anticipated.
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August 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I bought a 95-million-year-old fossil online for $100, and the more questions I asked about it, the more shocking it got.
Reposted by Jacopo Prisco
These people are your enemies
January 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
These people are your enemies
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Another bummer for 2024. No legally binding treaty to cut plastic production. The opposition came from Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iran and fossil-fuel allies... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Nations Fail to Agree Curbs on Plastic as UN Plans Future Talks
About 200 nations couldn’t agree on a treaty to curb plastic pollution after two years of divisive negotiations, but said they made some progress and would reconvene the talks next year.
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December 2, 2024 at 3:59 AM
Another bummer for 2024. No legally binding treaty to cut plastic production. The opposition came from Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iran and fossil-fuel allies... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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People are often surprised when I tell them this: both Twitter and Facebook/insta/threads are now specifically engineered to downgrade, hide, suppress real journalism. If this platform is different, that's a huge change
Traffic from Bluesky to @bostonglobe.com is already 3x that of Threads, and we are seeing 4.5x the conversions to paying digital subscribers.
November 27, 2024 at 6:22 AM
People are often surprised when I tell them this: both Twitter and Facebook/insta/threads are now specifically engineered to downgrade, hide, suppress real journalism. If this platform is different, that's a huge change
“I never thought I would be talking about how there’s evidence for a trans-Neptunian planet, but I believe that unlike all of those previous times, in this case, we’re actually right.”
Is there a hidden planet in our solar system? Astronomers say the moment of truth is near | CNN
After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find p...
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November 11, 2024 at 4:27 PM
“I never thought I would be talking about how there’s evidence for a trans-Neptunian planet, but I believe that unlike all of those previous times, in this case, we’re actually right.”