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Beginning the conversation

Beginning the conversation

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Bali Meeting

Light at the end of the tunnel

Climate Conference outlines map of the path for fighting global warming

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Climate change

Powerful rivers

Variations in the rainfall pattern may create havoc in the sea winds

Climate Science

A storm factory

Concentrated heat and pollution lead to heavy rainfall during the week

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Pharmacology

Flight of the Phoenix

Hemopressin could help weight loss and treat chemical dependence

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Ecology

The dangers of bare earth

Separation between forests and streams explain the scarcity of amphibians

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Chemistry

Sea of mercury

High concentrations of mercury in the River Negro basin

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Interview

Léa Velho: The need for a Brazilian view of science

Unicamp researcher discusses the challenges necessary to improve Brazil's academic production

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Journals

Thinking about communication

USP launches publication to debate the theoretical frontiers of the subject

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Music

The Maluco-Beleza utopia

A study reveals Brazil's counterculture movement of the sixties and seventies

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Local Productive Arrangements

A collective story

Networks of small companies are beginning to be acknowledged

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Assessment

Here and throughout Brazil

A survey maps the path of those who have received FAPESP grants

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Innovation

A development plan

Project for System of São Paulo Technological Complexes completed

University

The ABC of science

The new UFABC is betting on multidisciplinarity

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Retrospect

Recovered treasure

1936 film on Rio de Janeiro shows how the Internet helps to recover the past

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Cover

Targeting the mosquito

Research seeks alternatives to fight dengue carrier

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Cover

The promise to neutralize the virus

Instituto Butantan to conduct clinical studies of dengue fever vaccine

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Against perverse circles and cycles

Against perverse circles and cycles

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Physics

Cosmic rays long journey…

Cosmic rays long journey

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Evolution

Around the world

Biologists try to explain how and when human beings appeared

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Neuroscience

Way beyond Cyborg

Robotic prosthesis are closer to reality

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Chemistry

The man who uncooked the egg

Researcher wants to change the way humans cook their meals

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Climate change

Words and weather

Natural disasters require new communication strategies

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Energy

A voice for the planet

José Goldemberg is one of the "environmental heroes"

Geography

More people, fewer trees

Index identifies Amazon Forest areas prone to deforestation

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Luiz Hildebrando P. da Silva

On the banks of the Madeira river

Sanitation expert speaks as chemotherapy that can block the action of parasites

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Anthropology

Those who don’t know how to dance improvise

Hip-hop offers social existence to youngsters in poor suburbs

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History

From the whale’s belly into the fire

In eighteenth century, a priest from Bahia wished to unite Jews and Christians

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Sociology

Abortion and the origin of crime

Link between interrupted pregnancies and criminality is denied by academics

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Investments

A new plan for growth

Federal government invests in science, technology and innovation

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