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New Nature Museum in Piauí

The new institution is located in an area that borders the Serra da Capivara National Park

National Museum rescues 1,500 pieces

They include exhibit pieces and others that were stored in the museum's archives, as well as equipment, personal objects, and architectural fragments

France must return African objects

Tens of thousands of African artifacts kept in French museums should be permanently returned if requested by the country of origin

Solar radiation set off sea mines during the Vietnam War

A strong solar storm in 1972 is now believed the most likely cause of the sudden detonation of dozens of naval mines during the Vietnam War

Bacteria hungry for works of art

Some microorganisms destroy works of art while others protect them

Telescope measures almost all the starlight ever produced in the universe

Based on data collected by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, an international group of astrophysicists has been able to measure almost all of the starlight produced since the universe was formed about 13.7 billion years ago

The long life of parrots

Genetic mutations help the turquoise-fronted Amazon parrot live for up to 80 years

R&D expenditure in the state of São Paulo

Research and development (R&D) expenditure in the state of São Paulo totaled R$25.8 billion in 2017, slightly lower than the previous year

Transparency on the rise

A study published in the journal PLOS Biology suggests biomedical research is becoming more open and transparent

Systematic violations in peer-review process

Twenty-six scientific articles by electrical engineer Antonio Orlandi have been retracted

A perfect fit

Frogs are very particular when choosing the flowers in which they will spend their whole lives

Dinosaurs probably originated in Southern Brazil

Paleontologists talk about characteristics and origins of dinos | 10'59"

Orangutan mother alerts infant of danger after spotting a “tiger”

Primate makes a noise that sounds like a kiss to warn its offspring

Richard Feynman’s medal sold at auction

The medal was just one of the items up for sale in Sotheby's History of Science and Technology auction

Europe streamlines project approval

The European Union has adopted a series of measures to simplify the process of requesting scientific funding under the Horizon 2020 program

First Sirius beamlines expected to begin operating by the end of 2019

The electron beam is expected to start circulating in the second half of 2019 and the six initial experimental stations, called beamlines

Termite mounds in the Caatinga occupy an area larger than Great Britain

Murundus are up to 9 m in diameter, and occupy an area of approximately 230,000 km2 and were formed between 690 and 3,820 years ago

Bones of “disappeared” politician identified

The bones belonged to Aluísio Palhano Pedreira Ferreira, a trade union leader from Rio de Janeiro and a member of the Popular Revolutionary Vanguard

Half of the world’s annual rain falls in 12 days

Approximately 75% of annual rainfall falls on the 30 wettest days of the year

Looking deep into Mars

Almost six months after leaving Earth, NASA's InSight probe landed safely in Elysium Planitia, in the equatorial region of Mars

More water dragged into the interior of the earth

Slow collisions of tectonic plates beneath the ocean may be dragging three times as much water into the earth's interior as previously predicted

225-million-year-old long-necked dinosaurs

The fossils of three specimens of a new genus and species of herbivorous dinosaur have been found in the state of Rio Grande do Sul

New standard approved for measuring a kilogram

The kilogram will now be measured using the Planck constant

Chinese scientist who claims to have created gene-edited babies suspended

He Jiankui claims to have altered genes using DNA editing technique

Public education funding

Most federal funds are used for basic education via the Basic Education Maintenance and Development Fund and other programs

CNRS creates scientific integrity office

The French National Center for Scientific Research has established an office to investigate suspected cases of misconduct

Arbitration in authorship conflicts

Canadian biologist Zen Faulkes proposed a new way of resolving disputes over the authorship of scientific articles

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Splendor at the highest heights

High in the Itatiaia mountains in Rio de Janeiro, more than 2,000 meters above sea level, the brightly colored flowers of the Buddleja speciosissima demand attention

First items salvaged

A rare meteorite and fragments of Brazil’s most ancient human fossil have been found in the rubble of the National Museum