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When light bent

Observations of the 1919 solar eclipse from Brazil and Africa provided the first experimental proof of Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity

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IPCC

Land use and climate change

Humanity uses over 70% of the earth's ice-free land surface, and primary activities account for nearly a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Archaeology

Homo sapiens in the Peloponnese

A 210,000-year-old skull fragment found in southern Greece may be the oldest evidence of the presence of modern humans outside Africa

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Paleoanthropology

Diaspora 2.5 million years ago

Chipped stone artifacts found in Jordan may be evidence of archaic humans leaving Africa 400,000 years earlier than previously thought

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PHYSICS

Fluidity in curved space-time

Study backs up theory on how dense matter interacts with strong gravitational fields

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Paleontology

A stranger in the Grand Canyon

280-million-year-old fossil footprints from an ancient desert provide first evidence of the presence of vertebrates that in theory had not yet adapted to dry environments

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Interview

Max Langer: How prehistoric life forms are classified

Paleontologist explains what makes a reptile a dinosaur and explains why the origin of these animals is so hotly debated

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The First Land of the Dinosaurs

Many of the oldest known fossils of these reptiles, which lived 230 million years ago, have been found in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, on the border of Argentina

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Interview

José Antonio Marengo Orsini: A time of uncertainty

Climatologist says that society can perceive climate change but has difficulty adopting adaptive measures

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Zoology

The origin of perching birds

A group representing more than 60% of bird species originated in Australia 47 million years ago, study finds

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Zoology

The Alta Floresta titi

A new species of monkey is discovered in northern Mato Grosso State

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INTERVIEW

Daniel Kennefick: The importance of Sobral

An astrophysicist and science historian reports that without the observation of the eclipse in the city of Ceará, the experimental results of 1919 would probably have been inconclusive

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COVER

When light bent

Observation of the 1919 solar eclipse from Brazil and Africa provided the first experimental proof of Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity

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INTERVIEW

Peter Goddard: The risks of knowledge

British physicist Peter Goddard, former director of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, says innovative research must be unpredictable

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Interview

Francis Halzen: In pursuit of neutrinos and cosmic rays

Lead scientist at IceCube observatory comments on the recent discovery of high-energy particles

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Physics

International meeting point

Instituto Principia will bring together researchers from across Brazil and abroad through projects with a maximum duration of six months

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Interview

José Antonio Marengo Orsini: A time of uncertainty

Climatologist says society can perceive climate change but has difficulty adopting adaptive measures

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GEOSCIENCES

The ruins of rare stones

The geology and paleontology collection at the National Museum contained 70,000 pieces, such as meteorites, unique pterosaurs, and mineral specimens from the Portuguese royal family

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INTERVIEW

Niède Guidon: “I’m going to open the Museum of Nature and then I will rest”

After four decades in the Serra da Capivara, the archaeologist confirms that she will leave Piauí after the opening of the new exhibition space

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NATURAL HISTORY

A new window on the sertão

The foundation created by archaeologist Niède Guidon is set to inaugurate its Museum of Nature in December at Serra da Capivara National Park in Piauí

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Archaeology

Prehistory in pieces

The skull of Luzia and a 2,800-year-old Egyptian mummy were among the more than 100,000 items in the archaeology and biological anthropology collections

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INTERVIEW

Robert Shelton: Partnership between giants

President of the GMT telescope explains why he joined with competitor TMT to secure funding from the National Science Foundation

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ARCHAEOLOGY

Occupation of primordial “Brazil”

Evidence suggests that hunter-gatherers inhabited all major regions of Brazil roughly 10,000 years ago

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Astronomy

Devouring stars

According to a survey, the Milky Way cannibalized eleven neighboring galaxies

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ASTRONOMY

The rocks that remained

An alternative model suggests that the asteroid belt originated from leftovers from the formation of the planets in the solar system

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INTERVIEW

José Roberto Postali Parra: The insect farmer

Entomologist defends the use of biological control to combat crop pests

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ASTROPHYSICS

Signs of new worlds

Gravitational waves could be used to detect exoplanets in close orbit around their parent star

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INTERVIEW

Robert Shelton: A partnership between giants

President of the GMT telescope explains why he joined together with competitor TMT to secure funding from the National Science Foundation

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INTERVIEW

José Goldemberg: From nuclear physics to ethanol

Researcher speaks of his major contributions to science

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ENVIRONMENT

Energy to change

Conference discusses the role of biofuels in fighting global warming

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