Adrian Villellas

Adrián Villellas is a computer engineer and entrepreneur in the fields of digital marketing and advertising technology. He has led projects in data analysis, sustainable advertising, and solutions for new audiences. He also contributes to scientific initiatives related to astronomy and space observation. He writes for science, technology, and environmental media outlets, where he makes complex topics and innovative advances accessible to a broad audience.
An aerial view of a harvested farm field in Bohemia with overlaid digital infrared highlights showing the outlines of prehistoric long barrows.

Archaeologists were exploring ordinary farmland in Central Europe, and what they found underground forces us to rethink 5,000 years of funerary history

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April 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM
A fossilized impression of a frond-like Charnia organism found at the Inner Meadow site in Newfoundland.

A 551-million-year-old site is forcing us to rewrite our understanding of an early mass extinction, and the loss of life may have been much greater than previously thought

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April 18, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Rocky shoreline and sea view facing a large mountain across the Strait of Gibraltar, illustrating the tectonic zone linked to Iberia’s slow geological movement.

The Iberian Peninsula is slowly rotating clockwise as Africa pushes toward Europe, a study finds

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April 18, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Pink fairy armadillo partially emerging from sandy soil in Mendoza reserve

The “pink fairy” has reappeared in a reserve in Mendoza, and its return confirms that an ecosystem that seemed silent still held an extraordinary surprise

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April 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Person walking alone in nature reflecting on life after retirement

I retired with more money than I ever imagined I’d have, but I discovered that what disorients a person most isn’t stopping work, but waking up to a life in which no one seems to need anything from her anymore

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April 17, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Close-up of mosquitoes feeding on human skin, illustrating why some people attract more bites than others

Mosquitoes are drawn by exhaled CO2 and clothing contrast, not “sweet blood”, a Georgia Tech and MIT study shows

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April 17, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Close-up of a jaguar resting with its head on its paw, an image tied to Bolivia’s plan to return rehabilitated jaguar Yaguara to the wild.

Bolivia prepares to release Yaguara, its first rehabilitated jaguar, into the wild

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April 16, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Illustration of Sue the Tyrannosaurus rex, the famous Field Museum specimen used in research on how T. rex may have moved with a toe-first step.

They reexamined the world’s largest T. rex skeleton and discovered something that forces us to rethink the true life of prehistory’s most feared predator

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April 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Scientists examine the Maryborough meteorite at Melbourne Museum after confirming the heavy stone found in Australia was a meteorite.

He thought he had struck gold in Australia, but for years he had held something far more improbable in his hands: a fragment of the solar system that predates our planet

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April 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A small, transparent container holding a fragment of meteorite covered in a microscopic fungal network, floating in a laboratory setting.

No drills, no lasers, no giant robots: the latest outlandish idea in space mining involves a box the size of a Tupperware container and microbes capable of extracting metals from a meteorite in orbit

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April 15, 2026 at 10:15 AM
A close-up view of microscopic fungus cultures growing on a dark, rough meteorite fragment inside a laboratory setting.

NASA is testing an idea in orbit that once seemed like science fiction and has discovered that a fungus can extract valuable metals from space rocks 400 kilometers above Earth

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April 15, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Volcanic terrain near Pavonis Mons on Mars showing lava flows and cone structures from evolving magma system

Scientists have discovered that a “young” region of Mars did not cool as quickly as previously thought, and that its magmatic system continued to evolve quietly for millions of years

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April 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Thoughtful person sitting alone despite being socially active and supportive to others

Psychology suggests that the loneliest people in life are not usually the outcasts, but rather those kind, competent, and always-available individuals whom everyone values, but whom almost no one calls to ask how they are doing because they seem too strong to need care

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April 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM
A close-up view of a 183-million-year-old ammonite fossil with a golden metallic sheen embedded in dark black shale.

A 183-million-year-old black rock is broken open in Germany, and the golden sheen of this Jurassic fossil turns out to be something other than what everyone had believed for decades

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April 14, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Advanced composite material structure designed to self repair cracks and extend lifespan of industrial components

Engineers have developed a material capable of self-repairing more than 1,000 times, which promises to extend the service life of key components in airplanes, cars, and wind turbines for centuries

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April 14, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Real photo of comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS crossing the night sky with a long bright tail

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is real, but AI chatbots and social media spread false claims about aliens

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April 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Boxwork ridge patterns on Mars surface explored by Curiosity rover in Gale Crater

NASA has finally solved the mystery of the giant spiderwebs observed on Mars since 2006, and Curiosity’s findings have reignited the big question of how long water remained underground

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April 13, 2026 at 12:30 PM
WSU robotic fruit harvesting prototype in an apple orchard using a soft inflatable arm to pick apples

Washington State University develops robots that pick apples and find strawberries as farms run short of workers

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April 13, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Concrete being poured from a mixer into a wheelbarrow, illustrating low carbon cement alternatives like algae biochar concrete.

University of Miami researchers replace part of cement with seaweed biochar to store carbon in concrete

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April 13, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Roaring brown bear in close-up as scientists report climate change may push bears toward more plant-based diets

Many bear populations are eating more plants as the climate warms, a Nature Communications study finds

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April 12, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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