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A parasite reaches the big city

Difficult diagnosis and a warmer climate facilitate the advance of visceral leishmaniasis toward large urban centers

Promise of boycott

Computer scientists vow to boycott new subscription-only artificial intelligence journal

Precocious entrepreneurs

OECD study places Brazil among the countries with the greatest number of startups founded by students or recent graduates

Igor Pacca: In search of the secrets of inner Earth

Physicist Igor Pacca trailblazed geophysics research in Brazil and studied continental drift by investigating changes in Earth’s magnetic field

Particle-tracking challenge

CERN launched a computer science challenge to stimulate the development of artificially intelligent data-analysis programs

First female leader of the journal Nature

British geneticist is the new editor in chief of Nature

A complex relationship between insects and plants

Female beetles visit the orchids and transfer pollen from the male organ to the female organ of the same flower

Princeton revisits its history of slavery

Project investigates the institution's involvement with slavery in the country

Digital diplomas now compulsory

The Brazilian Ministry of Education published an ordinance in April requiring that all diplomas and academic documents be issued in digital format

Pediatrician and Nazi collaborator

historian Herwig Czech showed that the pediatrician aided and supported the Nazi regime and was rewarded with professional opportunities

A researcher almost elected president

Physics and chemistry researcher Jiří Drahoš, 68, was very nearly elected president of the Czech Republic this January

The first beaked bird

A bird that lived between 95 million and 84 million years ago is helping scientists learn how the beak evolved

Internal communication in plants

Plant cells communicate with each other by exchanging chemical compounds, similar to the role played by neurons in animal central nervous systems

Africa hit by new Ebola outbreak

In May, the city of Mbandaka confirmed its first cases of Ebola, which have spread from an outbreak in nearby rural areas

Improving dairy cattle

A genetic test designed by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation could help to more quickly improve the Girolando dairy herd

Amazonian dolphins under threat

Two species of freshwater dolphin found in the Amazon could be at serious risk of extinction

Scientific publications: Brazil, São Paulo, and other countries

Forged confirmation letters

The American Society of Civil Engineers has learned that its name is being fraudulently used to scam people out of money

Pitfalls of misconduct

Director of the National Center for Professional & Research Ethics at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, USA, listed the pitfalls that students and researchers often fall into that can lead to poor decisions and cases of scientific misconduct

A second chance

Biologist fired by the University of Tokyo for manipulating images receives training from British Nobel laureate

Self-reflection for Embraer

A natural battleground

The yellow fungus is found in about 60 other species

Experimenting with curiosity

Biologist starts a company to share her scientific knowledge in the studies of life and living organisms

Compulsory return

Scholarship recipients call for flexibility regarding their commitment to return to Brazil after completing their PhDs

The solidarity economist

Paul Singer dedicated his life to understanding Brazil and expanding the development of opportunities for workers

The (almost) unknown Villa-Lobos

Analysis of his musical oeuvre, in particular the symphonies, reveals the Brazilian composer’s complex creative process

Paulina Alberto: Black activism in the twentieth century

A book explores why black intellectuals first relucted to endorse the ideals of racial harmony, then abandoned them altogether

Paths to freedom

On the 130^th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Brazil, studies reveal the different roles of those involved in the process

Blimp over the forest

Pilotless aircraft built in Brazil will monitor environmental reserves in the Amazon

Imported efficiency

Cars use less fuel with technologies fostered by the Inovar Auto program, nearly all of which are foreign