Douglas Avila

I've been working with technology for over 13 years with a single goal: helping companies grow by using the right technology. I write about artificial intelligence and innovation applied to the energy sector — translating complex technology into practical decisions for those in the middle of the business.

Science and Technology

Cabbage, kale, and broccoli are used to mine thallium metal in toxic soils and provide raw materials for the high-tech industry.

Douglas Avila 14/04/2026 at 00:47

Interesting facts

Companies dismissed employees for just cause without evidence and are now paying compensation of up to R$ 100,000: TST establishes a thesis that presumes automatic moral damage when accusations of dishonesty are not confirmed.

Douglas Avila 13/04/2026 at 19:02

Interesting facts

The Federal Revenue Service is cross-referencing data from Pix, cryptocurrencies, and cashback from 46 million Brazilians for the 2026 income tax, and those who do not declare by May 29 may face a fine of up to 20% of the tax owed.

Douglas Avila 13/04/2026 at 18:54

Science and Technology

Built in the 1980s to prevent exactly this scenario, Saudi Arabia’s main oil pipeline was hit by a drone hours after a ceasefire, cutting 700,000 barrels per day and causing oil prices to rise back to $100.

Douglas Avila 13/04/2026 at 18:32

Science and Technology

Even without making any new discoveries, Brazil already has enough oil for more than 12 years of production: ANP confirms that proven reserves grew by 3.84% and total 17.4 billion barrels, while natural gas increased by almost 5%.

Douglas Avila 13/04/2026 at 18:18

Interesting facts

Finer than a human hair and 200 times stronger than steel, graphene is moving out of laboratories and into construction sites, potentially creating buildings that bend without breaking, reduce carbon emissions by half, and are 3D printed like Lego pieces.

Douglas Avila 13/04/2026 at 18:02

Interesting facts

Stored for nearly 70 years in the backyard of a family in the interior of Minas Gerais, a fragment of a meteorite that fell in 1956 was divided at the Smithsonian Institution in the United States, and only now is the complete story of the fall being revealed.

Douglas Avila 13/04/2026 at 17:47

Oil and Gas

China has just discovered oil in rock layers that no one thought could be explored at the bottom of the South China Sea, and the field with over 100 million tons could change the balance of energy power in Asia.

Douglas Avila 13/04/2026 at 17:32

Interesting facts

A 38-day expedition in a region of Peru where 280,000 people live discovered 27 species that science had never recorded before, including a fish with a completely transparent bubble-shaped head and a rat that swims as if it were amphibious.

Douglas Avila 13/04/2026 at 17:18

Interesting facts

At just 70 centimeters long and weighing less than 1 kilogram, the smallest non-avian dinosaur ever found lived 95 million years ago in Patagonia, remained forgotten in fragments for decades, and has just been revealed in a nearly complete skeleton in the journal Nature.

Douglas Avila 13/04/2026 at 17:02

Interesting facts

Considered almost extinct and found in only three municipalities in Ceará, one of the rarest birds on the planet has just recorded 12 nests and the birth of healthy chicks in the Chapada do Araripe, renewing hope that the species can still be saved.

Douglas Avila 13/04/2026 at 11:47

Interesting facts

Hidden in a 75-hectare forest within a university in Minas Gerais, a newly discovered fungus reprograms the brains of spiders, turns the victims into obedient zombies, and forces them to die exactly where it needs to spread its spores.

Douglas Avila 13/04/2026 at 11:32

Douglas Avila

Cabbage, kale, and broccoli are used to mine thallium metal in toxic soils and provide raw materials for the high-tech industry.

Companies dismissed employees for just cause without evidence and are now paying compensation of up to R$ 100,000: TST establishes a thesis that presumes automatic moral damage when accusations of dishonesty are not confirmed.

The Federal Revenue Service is cross-referencing data from Pix, cryptocurrencies, and cashback from 46 million Brazilians for the 2026 income tax, and those who do not declare by May 29 may face a fine of up to 20% of the tax owed.

Built in the 1980s to prevent exactly this scenario, Saudi Arabia’s main oil pipeline was hit by a drone hours after a ceasefire, cutting 700,000 barrels per day and causing oil prices to rise back to $100.

Even without making any new discoveries, Brazil already has enough oil for more than 12 years of production: ANP confirms that proven reserves grew by 3.84% and total 17.4 billion barrels, while natural gas increased by almost 5%.

Finer than a human hair and 200 times stronger than steel, graphene is moving out of laboratories and into construction sites, potentially creating buildings that bend without breaking, reduce carbon emissions by half, and are 3D printed like Lego pieces.

Stored for nearly 70 years in the backyard of a family in the interior of Minas Gerais, a fragment of a meteorite that fell in 1956 was divided at the Smithsonian Institution in the United States, and only now is the complete story of the fall being revealed.

China has just discovered oil in rock layers that no one thought could be explored at the bottom of the South China Sea, and the field with over 100 million tons could change the balance of energy power in Asia.

A 38-day expedition in a region of Peru where 280,000 people live discovered 27 species that science had never recorded before, including a fish with a completely transparent bubble-shaped head and a rat that swims as if it were amphibious.

At just 70 centimeters long and weighing less than 1 kilogram, the smallest non-avian dinosaur ever found lived 95 million years ago in Patagonia, remained forgotten in fragments for decades, and has just been revealed in a nearly complete skeleton in the journal Nature.

Considered almost extinct and found in only three municipalities in Ceará, one of the rarest birds on the planet has just recorded 12 nests and the birth of healthy chicks in the Chapada do Araripe, renewing hope that the species can still be saved.

Hidden in a 75-hectare forest within a university in Minas Gerais, a newly discovered fungus reprograms the brains of spiders, turns the victims into obedient zombies, and forces them to die exactly where it needs to spread its spores.

Scientists enter a narrow, flooded cave 500 meters deep and find giant dinosaur footprints on the ceiling measuring up to 1.25 meters, preserved in such a rare way that a new type of trace had to be created.

A giant half-ton ring fell in Kenya from space, and more than a year later, scientists still do not know where it came from.

In Botswana, a salt flat of up to 16,000 km² that was once an African megalake spends months as an absolute white desert, but during the rainy season it transforms into a shallow sea that reappears from nowhere and can be seen from space in the middle of southern Africa.

Seen from space, an image taken by an astronaut shows an unlikely oasis in the Saudi Arabian desert, protected by a terrain that slows the advance of sand, surrounded by green circles, remnants of an extinct lake and nearly 10,000 years of preserved history.

Why fighter pilots never return after ejecting: the seat launches the body at 600 km/h in 1 second, compresses the spine, reduces G tolerance, and leads to medical disqualification, not punishment.

With 1,000 buses sent abroad, the Brazilian manufacturer consolidates the strength of national technology and takes on a leading role in public transportation across all of Latin America.

More than 1,500 Chinese workers transformed an entire railway station in just one night and reduced a 7-hour journey to 90 minutes with a high-speed line of 200 km/h.