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Genetics
America, the African mosaic
The transatlantic slave trade shaped the genetic makeup of populations across North and South America
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Environment
Beaches at risk of disappearing
Half of the planet's beaches could disappear by the end of the century due to rising sea levels and erosion caused by climate change
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Interview
Gene therapy on the horizon
American biochemist Jennifer Doudna, from the University of California, Berkeley, is one of the best-known names behind the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technique
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Astrophysics
Mars in super-high resolution
In March, NASA presented the highest resolution panoramic image ever taken of the surface of Mars
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Nanotechnology
Perfectly ripe fruit
A partnership between the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation and Siena Company has resulted in the development of a sensor that monitors the ripeness of fruit
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Funding
Victories for science in Brazilian Congress
The scientific community earned two victories in Brazilian Congress in March
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Medicine
The risks of malaria during pregnancy
Malaria during pregnancy can lead to premature birth and low birth weight
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Sports
Sports and injuries
Athletes over the age of 30 should pay special attention to injury risk
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Environment
Smoke at the top of the world
Since the eighteenth century, global industry has been leaving its mark at one of the highest points in the world: the Himalayas mountain range
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Zoology
A smell and heat detector
A dog’s nose is also capable of measuring nearby heat, according to a new study
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Data
Scientific research on coronavirus
The coronaviridae virus family encompasses approximately 40 known species
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Good practices
Error leads to retraction of controversial article
The journal Scientific Reports announced the retraction of a 2019 article claiming that fluctuations in the Sun's magnetic field play a role in climate change on Earth
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Good practices
Young academics are more afraid of reporting misconduct
A group of scientific integrity experts from the Netherlands and Norway interviewed 1,100 researchers from eight European universities
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Photolab
Plant-stem lace
If you take a thin slice of a young stem of Acleisanthes chenopodioides and look at it under a microscope, this is what you will see
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Biodiversity
The diversity of the Caatinga
The Caatinga is home to a range of flowering plants proportionally more diverse than the Amazon rainforest
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Economy
Undeclared foreign funding
The US Department of Education is investigating Harvard and Yale universities for failing to declare funding received from foreign governments
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Geography
Human activity alters river mouths
Amazon River delta is shrinking by 1 km2 per year because of siltation
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Zoology
What’s for dinner?
The cuttlefish eats less at lunch when its favorite dish is served for dinner
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Biodiversity
Colorful but discreet
If you look very closely through a patch of bromeliads, searching leaf by leaf, you may be lucky enough to find a brightly colored leafhopper
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Fapesp
New member of the FAPESP Board of Trustees
Biomedical scientist Helena Bonciani Nader, from the Federal University of São Paulo, has joined the FAPESP Board of Trustees
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Public health
Keep an eye on your waist
Waist circumference indicates risk of heart and metabolic diseases
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Communication
A platform for sharing Brazilian science
Agência Bori, an online platform designed to help journalists access Brazilian science, began operating on February 12
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Virology
The Zika virus and astrocytes
First isolated in Africa in 1947, the Zika virus has a predilection for brain cells
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Physics
Physicists immobilize glass particle
A research group in Austria cooled the first solid state object—a nanometer fragment of glass a thousand times smaller than a grain of sand
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Genetics
Neanderthal genes in Africa
According to the research, Europeans and Asians have about three times as much Neanderthal DNA as Africans
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Astronomy
A giant, sleeping galaxy
An international group of astronomers has identified a rare galaxy, known only as XMM-2599, which formed very early in the history of the universe
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Zoology
Millennia of migration
Some birds travel almost unbelievable distances, sometimes across continents, in pursuit of warmer climates and food to survive and reproduce
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Data
Engineer salaries for men and women in Brazil1
Average real salary for engineers in Brazil grew between 2006 and 2013 and fell from 2013 to 2018
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Good practices
Predatory journal training
The University Grants Commission has decreed that universities in the country must train all PhD students in the ethics of scientific publication
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