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PALEONTOLOGY
Another donation to Brazil’s National Museum
Brazilian National Museum receives donation of 1,104 fossils from the Araripe basin in Northeast Brazil
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FUNDING
FAPESP Board of Trustees speaks out on LDO
FAPESP Board of Trustees speaks out on the proposed 2025 Budgetary Guidelines bill
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EVOLUTION
A rare hybrid butterfly
Heliconius elevatus, a hybrid of H. pardalinus and H. melpomene, has more genes from the former, but inherited the coloration capable of scaring off predators from the latter
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SOCIOLOGY
New center to debate global issues
Center for Critical Imagination: Political Economy and Citizenship (CCI) will hold discussions on global problems
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EPIDEMIOLOGY
Children one centimeter taller and a few grams heavier
One in 10 children aged three and over is overweight
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BIOLOGY
Amazonian fish sensitive to intense heat
Higher temperatures damage the tambaqui's DNA and liver and worsen the effects of pesticides
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ECOLOGY
Invasive species in mangroves of São Paulo
Fast-growing invasive plant spreading through mangroves in the Santos estuary
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GEOLOGY
Gateway to the underworld opening wider
Crater in Russia growing larger and releasing between 4,000 and 5,000 tons of carbon per year
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COMMUNICATION
Butantan Institute wins José Reis Award
Butantan Institute wins José Reis Award for science communication initiatives
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CHEMISTRY
A single layer of gold atoms
Goldene, a new gold-based material, could be used to convert carbon dioxide, produce hydrogen, and purify water
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ASTRONOMY
Thousands of craters and 17 rock types on the Moon
Geological maps of the Moon could help in the planning of future missions and construction of a lunar research base
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INFECTOLOGY
Antiviral milking
Rising number of mammal species infected by the H5N1 virus worldwide
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR | 340
Coffee with pions
Coffee is the most popular drink in Brazil, after water. In a cup or glass, with or without sugar, with breakfast in the morning or after a meal, it is ubiquitous in homes, offices, factories, restaurants, and bars. In Brazil — the world’s largest producer and second largest consumer — coffee is always superlative. A... View Article
Photolab
Frozen? Not always
Project monitors how snowmelt affects seawater, air, and sediment in Antarctica
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Research Itineraries
At the right time
Syrian paleontologist Wafa Adel Alhalabi arrived in Brazil as a refugee, having fled the war in her home country. Now at USP, Ribeirão Preto campus, she is studying fossils from her homeland
RETROSPECT
Revolt against the weighing scale
The implementation of the Decimal Metric System in Brazil caused a popular protest that was strongly repressed during the Brazilian Empire, 150 years ago
By Suzel Tunes
LITERATURE
Letters from Oswald to Mário de Andrade reveal the underground face of modernism
Writers corresponded between 1919 and 1928, a year before their friendship broke down
By Juliana Vaz
MINING
What to do with the waste generated by mineral exploration
Mining companies, startups, and universities are looking for new ways to use waste produced during extraction processes
By Suzel Tunes and Yuri Vasconcelos
CLIMATE CHANGE
Global warming threatens main Atlantic Ocean current system
Ice loss in Greenland puts Atlantic Ocean currents at risk