Today, the 3rd of January 2026, two interesting events concern our planet: the first full moon of the year and the Earth has never been so close to the sun. The Full Moon is the …
First 2026 full Moon and Earth at perihelion
PIECES of science
She makes the choice: human female eggs choose the sperm during fecundation
Erase the image of millions of sperm in a desperate race toward the egg. No sperm, faster or stronger, wins. This story, that is worldwide familiar, has nothing to do with reality. Recent studies demonstrate …
The interesting case of the dire wolf’s return to life
On April 7, Colossal Biosciences announced what they called the “world’s first de-extinction,” the births of three dire wolves. These extinct animals lived during the ice ages of the Pleistocene. Their names are Romulus, Remus …
The science of fireworks
The secret is the gunpowder inside the fireworks. The use of fireworks has ancient origins: probably around the year 1000. Fireworks are essentially composed of two charges of gunpowder: one in the “pocket” and one …
The magic of the soap bubbles clouds
Cloud iridescence or irisation is a peculiar colorful optical phenomenon. It occurs when clouds are in of the Sun or Moon. The colors resemble those seen in soap bubbles or oil on a water surface. …
Nobel Prizes 2024
The discovery of microRNA wins the 2024 physiology Nobel Prize. Victor Ambros, of the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in Worcester, and Gary Ruvkun, of Harvard Medical School, found that small snippets of RNA …