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Sonia Ramírez

Journalist with more than 13 years of experience in radio and digital media. I have developed and led content on culture, education, international affairs, and trends, with a global perspective and the ability to adapt to diverse audiences. My work has had international reach, bringing complex topics to broad audiences in a clear and engaging way.
Scientist releases biological control weevils onto invasive floating pennywort in a UK river

The war against invasive plants that devour rivers and fields enters creative mode: British scientists are releasing living allies that no one would have imagined in a modern scientific plan

February 23, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Bowl of plain yogurt topped with fruit and granola on a breakfast table

Thousands of people do it without thinking twice, but eating yogurt every day has real effects on health, and not all of them are positive, according to experts

February 22, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Starlet sea anemone Nematostella vectensis used in evolutionary biology research

A brainless creature from the bottom of the sea could hold the molecular trick that helped build the human body between 600 and 700 million years ago

February 21, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Senior driver renewing a California driver’s license at a DMV office

Driver’s licenses for people over 70 in California are expiring, and they must now appear in person every five years or they will be breaking the law

February 21, 2026 at 8:45 AM
People walking in extreme summer heat during a heat wave linked to accelerated biological aging

Science confirms that heat waves are literally accelerating the aging process

February 20, 2026 at 6:30 PM
U.S. military drone in flight receiving wireless power from a ground-based laser transmission system

The United States fires a laser from the ground that keeps a drone in the air for hours without having to land even once

February 19, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Microscopic view of microplastic particles detected in human brain tissue during a recent scientific study

Your brain could be full of microplastics… and you don’t even know it

February 19, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Gas stove burners on during cooking, linked to benzene exposure and increased long-term cancer risk in U.S. homes

A simple dinner could expose you to the same carcinogenic chemical as tobacco smoke

February 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Biofluorescent marine fish glowing green and red under blue light on a coral reef during a scientific study

Hundreds of marine fish have been glowing underwater for centuries… and no one had noticed

February 18, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Deep Arctic permafrost inside Alaska’s Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility where Ice Age microbes were revived in lab experiments

Microbes frozen since the Ice Age wake up and start devouring carbon in Alaska laboratories

February 18, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Remains of a 17th-century blubber oven at Smeerenburg with glacier and Arctic mountains in Svalbard.

They spent the deadliest winter of the 17th century in a makeshift cabin eating whale blubber, not knowing if anyone would ever come back to rescue them

February 17, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Lake Neuron, a massive underground thermal lake discovered 127 meters deep inside Atmos Cave in Albania.

At a depth of 100 meters underground in Albania, scientists have just discovered a thermal lake so large that it challenges our understanding of the world

February 17, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Humpback whale underwater releasing bubbles during a bubble display.

Humpback whales are making perfect bubble rings… and no one knows why

February 16, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Stone age quartz arrowheads from South Africa bearing traces of ancient plant based poison

60,000-year-old poisoned arrows discovered in South Africa reveal that early humans mastered lethal chemistry long before agriculture or writing

February 15, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Prehistoric animal paintings inside Lascaux Cave discovered in 1940 near Montignac, France.

In 1940, a boy chased his dog through a hole in a tree and ended up finding a secret cave with more than 600 human paintings dating back 17,000 years that no one had ever seen before

February 15, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Stingless bee species in the Peruvian Amazon now recognized as legal subjects with environmental rights

For the first time in global legal history, a country has recognized the legal rights of insects, and it is the stingless bees of the Peruvian Amazon that are taking the first step toward a new model of coexistence between nature and the law

February 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
U.S. Small Business Administration building as new 2026 rule restricts loans for non-citizen business owners

Goodbye to loans for non-citizens: the 2026 measure that could change the landscape of entrepreneurship in the US (and it’s not the first time this has happened)

February 13, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Social Security Administration office during U.S. government shutdown as officials confirm benefit payments continue

The U.S. government shuts down again and millions of people fear for their Social Security checks, but the agency responds with six words that bring immediate relief

February 12, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Person taking an ice cold shower as researchers study effects of cold water immersion on the body

At first, you feel a brutal impact… but 12 hours later, something changes: this is what really happens to your body after showering with ice-cold water, according to science

February 12, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Older adult sleeping in bed at night, illustrating how sleep duration affects inflammation and health in later life

What happens inside the body when older people sleep too little (or too much) and how that could hasten their death

February 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM