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Tibi Puiu

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Editorial Writer and Science Journalist at ZME Science

Science journalist and co-founder @zmescience. Doing internet things since 2007.

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  • 1 week ago | zmescience.com | Tibi Puiu |Mihai Andrei

    On moonless spring nights in Australia, a billion tiny voyagers take to the sky. They lift from the parched lowlands, propelled not by instinct alone, but rather most remarkably by a map written in starlit sky. They are Bogong moths, soft-winged and brown, no bigger than a thumb. And now, scientists have discovered that these invertebrates are doing something once thought exclusive to birds, seals, and stargazing humans: they are navigating by the stars.

  • 1 week ago | zmescience.com | Mihai Andrei |Tibi Puiu

    We hear a lot about outdoor air pollution, but what about the air inside our homes? If you’re indoors right now, there’s a good chance you’re breathing something that could be quietly affecting your brain: carbon dioxide. Research shows that elevated CO₂ levels can impair cognitive function—and chances are, the concentration in your living room or bedroom is higher than you think. Fortunately, there’s a growing range of CO₂ monitors that can help you see the invisible.

  • 1 week ago | zmescience.com | Tibi Puiu |Zoe Gordon

    The rocky hills of Ithaca, home to olive groves and old Greek legends, have now yielded their most evocative secret: the possible sanctuary of Odysseus. At a site known for over two centuries as the “School of Homer,” archaeologists have unearthed compelling evidence of a hero cult that persisted for more than a thousand years — dedicated to the mythological king of Ithaca himself and protagonist of Homer’s Odyssey.

  • 1 week ago | zmescience.com | Tibi Puiu

    On a remote Chilean mountaintop, inside a domed observatory named after astronomer Vera Rubin, a camera unlike any the world has ever seen is about to open its eye to the universe. It’s not just large — it’s historic. Starting June 23, the first images from this 3,200-megapixel optical juggernaut will be revealed to the public. Each image, capable of capturing a golf ball from 15 miles away, signals the dawn of a new era.

  • 1 week ago | zmescience.com | Nir Eisikovits |Daniel Feldman |Tibi Puiu

    Christopher Pelkey was shot and killed in a road range incident in 2021. On May 8, 2025, at the sentencing hearing for his killer, an AI video reconstruction of Pelkey delivered a victim impact statement. The trial judge reported being deeply moved by this performance and issued the maximum sentence for manslaughter. As part of the ceremonies to mark Israel’s 77th year of independence on April 30, 2025, officials had planned to host . All four had died years earlier.

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20 Feb 25

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17 Feb 25

RT @HardcoreHistory: I wonder how many Americans who consider themselves politically aware could pass a civics test about how our governmen…

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17 Jan 25

The Alexander Mosaic from Pompeii is one of his most famous portraits. New research now shows its 2 million tiny stones came from all over the Roman Empire. @HardcoreHistory https://t.co/wsf2ncny9H