A recent study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B confirms that dolphins and orcas have reached a point in their evolutionary path where returning to land is no longer biologically possible. Led by Bruna Farina, a doctoral researcher at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland, the study examined over 5,600 species of mammals and found that full-time marine …
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By ADRY TORRES, US BILINGUAL REPORTER Published: 20:09, 14 August 2025 | Updated: 20:20, 14 August 2025 A Brazilian woman is facing deportation after she was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on the ritzy Massachusetts island of Nantucket. Lara Batista-Pereira illegally crossed the United States-Mexico border in San Diego with her father in 2023 before making the cross-country …
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A bolt of lightning that arced across the sky from Texas to Kansas in the fall of 2017 has officially smashed the record for the world’s longest. During a major thunderstorm in October 2017, the colossal crack of jagged electricity streaked across the Great Plains of North America for 829 kilometers (515 miles) – a distance that surpassed the previous …
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“It’s an incredibly strange phenomenon,” he said. “We only discovered them 10 years ago, when we could use a particular set of technologies to detect the start and end locations of the of lightning events.” Megaflashes are not altogether uncommon, but they typically only occur in parts of the world where specific geographical and atmospheric conditions can produce the most …
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Chuck Mangione, the jazz musician whose “Feels So Good” cracked the top 10 pop chart in the 1970s, died Tuesday, officials said. He was 84. Mangione died “peacefully” in his sleep at his home in Rochester, New York, according to his obituary. The mayor of Rochester confirmed his death in a statement praising “the gifted jazz musician and composer.” Mangione’s …
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When NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft sailed past Jupiter in 1979, it recorded a stunning and unusual phenomenon—plasma waves as it crossed the planet’s bow shock. This haunting sound, captured 46 years ago, is a striking reminder of the vast and mysterious world that lies at the heart of our solar system. The recording, which is not quite Holst’s The Planets …
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