Marcos Pivetta
A GATHERING OF NOTABLES
Five Nobel Laureates at a Single Symposium
Event honors American physicist and brings together a quintet of Laureates
Brian Schmidt
Brian Schmidt: The dark energy enigma
New methods are needed to measure the composition of the Universe
Paleontology
The tapeworm and the shark
Fossilized feces of fish 270 million years old contain tapeworm eggs
Beatriz Barbuy
Beatriz Barbuy: In the wake of the first stars
Astrophysics talks about the formation of the first stars of the Milky Way
By Marcos Pivetta and Ricardo Zorzetto
COVER
The subverted skull
Research that links male facial width to aggressive behavior is challenged
HUMAN EVOLUTION
Traces of miscegenation
Human virus reflects migrations between ethnic groups in the state of Pará
Climate
A Heat Island in the Amazon
The urban area of the city of Manaus is 3ºC warmer than the forest
Paleontology
Nest of a “flamingrebe”
Fossilized nest support relationship between flamingos and grebes
João Evangelista Steiner
João Evangelista Steiner: Astronomical leaps
USP's astrophysical talks about changes in Brazilian astronomy
By Marcos Pivetta and Neldson Marcolin
Science
Spoan: a new illness
Consanguineous marriages bring about an unknown form of deficiency in a Northeast town
Cover
The weakness of stem cells
Contamination may be the cause of poor results in treating Parkinson's disease
Science
More than an eclipse
The collapse of stellar winds extends the cyclical blackout of the Eta Carinae star
Bruce Alberts
Bruce Alberts: We need to teach science
Editor-in-chief of Science proposes changes in science teaching
By Fabrício Marques and Marcos Pivetta
Nobel
Meeting of Nobel laureates
City brings together laureates to inspire new generations of scientists
Human genetics
The dystrophy center
Group identifies new genes and forms of neuromuscular disease in Brazil
Evolution
Luzia’s America
Excavations reinforce an alternative theory of the peopling of the continent
Borborema range
The origin of the mountain
Northeastern plain may have been formed around 30 million years ago
Cover
More than an eclipse
Collapse of stellar winds prolongs the cyclical blackout of the Eta Carinae
Information technology
The new wave of qubits
Systems could have a quantum feature useful for computer sciences
Walter Neves
Walter Neves: Luzia’s father
Archeologist developed a theory on man’s arrival to the Americas
By Marcos Pivetta and Ricardo Zorzetto