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Luzio, similar to current Indigenous people

The oldest skeleton in São Paulo was a descendant of the people that populated the Americas 16,000 years ago

Website brings together titles of 16,000 documents on Brazilian independence

Website brings together 16,000 documents about Brazil’s independence, including historical people and monuments

The risks of marriage between cousins

Children of married cousins face 4.16 times the risk of being born with rare genetic diseases

When the Earth started to crack

Tectonic plates likely formed 3.2 billion years ago, when Earth’s surface cracked

Children and adolescents on council in Chile

Chile’s Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge, and Innovation forms Council of Children and Adolescents

Pterosaur ancestor had a beak

230 million years ago, bipedal animal with long fingers surprisingly had a beak

The lethal dust of artificial stones

Aggressive cases of silicosis on the rise among workers in the engineered-stone industry

A combination with long-lasting pigments

Paprika and cinnamon extracts, when combined, preserve carotenoids in food and have antimicrobial and antifungal properties

Fire-resistant drone

Drone resistant to high temperatures could be used to assess the source of fires from up close

A bigger brain in the wild

Mink that escape from captivity and become wild can regain brain volume

Dramatic situation at nursing homes

Public and nonprofit nursing homes fail to fully comply with ANVISA regulations, study finds

Three awards for Brazilian scientists

Biologist, parasitologist, mechanical engineer, and computer scientist receive the Bunge Foundation Award

Ages of the Moon

The Moon is 4.5 billion years old, but its current surface is younger

Agreement reached with the family of Henrietta Lacks

Henrietta Lacks’s family is compensated for unauthorized use of her cells

Seeing trees differently

High-resolution drone images used to monitor the characteristics and degradation of coastal vegetation

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Laboratory star

Crystal inside pulsed laser equipment creates beautiful luminous effect

Decline in scientific output in 2022

Data show a decline in scientific output in São Paulo and Brazil as a whole in 2022

How retracted articles survived peer review

Article examines how papers retracted due to error or fraud managed to pass peer review

Animal abuse at malaria research center

Agency stops funding malaria research center after mistreatment of monkeys

India plans national research agency with US$6 billion budget

India planning to create a national funding agency to stimulate research at the country's universities, institutes, and laboratories

Why we see fewer stars at night

Increased artificial light in the night sky hinders astronomical observations, study says

Lower X-ray doses

Material used in solar panels can detect smaller X-ray doses with better accuracy than existing medical equipment

Mayan city emerges from a forest in Mexico

Ancient Mayan city found in ecological reserve in southeastern Mexico

Method distinguishes chemical identities of coffees

New technique identifies the origin of Brazilian canephora coffees from the states that produce the most

A hydrosolar megastation in China

World's largest combined hydro and solar power station begins operating in China

The sensitive eyes of women

Women at higher risk than men of suffering ocular toxoplasmosis multiple times

Hollow bones promoted gigantism in dinosaurs

Fossil helps explain how dinosaurs became giants

Oil palm advances in Pará

Large oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) plantations can harm biodiversity

Jamaicans behind British iron

Wrought iron production method was invented by Black metalworkers in Jamaica before being taken to England