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Ecology
Bird feathers contain traces of pesticides
Bird feather flaws caused by pesticides
By Redação
Environment
AI to recover climate data
Artificial intelligence helps recover climate records beyond the reach of large-scale analyses
By Redação
Climatology
Heat spoils the mood
Rising temperatures could reduce global well-being by the end of the century
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Zoology
Jaguar mates with black jaguar
Jaguars place importance on sounds and smells when mating
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Archaeology
A human skull with features of two species
140,000-year-old child’s skull has traits of both modern humans and Neanderthals
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Digital world
Protecting yourself against cyber attacks
Making backups is a key measure against virus attacks
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Political science
Prevention is better than the cure in elections
In elections, it is better to warn about fake news beforehand than to try to correct it afterward
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Awards
Winners of the Conrado Wessel Award
Biologist Mercedes Bustamante and writer Marcelo Rubens Paiva win 2025 FCW Prize
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Epidemiology
Mosquitoes spreading diseases across Europe
Warming climate helps mosquitoes spread infectious diseases across Europe
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Virology
FDA suspends Chikungunya vaccine approved in Brazil
Ixchiq Chikungunya vaccine suspended after reports of serious side effects
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Public health
Heart failure causing fewer hospitalizations
Hospitalizations for heart failure have decreased, but in-hospital deaths have increased
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Physics
Fully Japanese quantum computer
Japan’s first superconducting quantum computer begins operating
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Environment
Predicting landslides
Data on climate, soil, and topography help predict landslides
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Health
Flu cases rise with wildfires
Study associates wildfires with increase in flu cases
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Biochemistry
Fossil particles reveal ancient atmosphere
Scientists use micrometeorites to reconstruct early Earth's atmosphere
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Genomics
The potato, daughter of the tomato
The potato is the result of a cross between the tomato and another plant called an etuberosum
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Conservation
Reducing poverty to restore the Caatinga
Ecologists propose new strategy for curbing degradation of the Caatinga
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Genetics
Meeting and separation among butterflies
Genome sequencing of butterflies reveals factors behind species diversification
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Endocrinology
New diabetes subtype in Africa
Scientists identify new subtype of diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa
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Archaeology
Intact 2,600-year-old Etruscan tomb
Archaeologists discover Etruscan tomb containing 100 intact objects
By Redação
History
Indigenous protest in the seventeenth century
Document from 1645 shows that Indigenous people were dissatisfied with their enslavement by Europeans
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Medicine
New way to identify muscle weakness
Value revision for sarcopenia diagnosis doubles case count
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Nutrition
Highs and lows of ultra-processed food consumption
People living in capital cities in the South and Southeast of Brazil eat more ultra-processed foods
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Geography
Freshwater scarce in the Northern Hemisphere
Earth’s continents have suffered an unprecedented loss of freshwater since 2002
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Foundation
New FAPESP executive director
Carlos Graeff is appointed as executive director of FAPESP’s Executive Board
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Biodiversity
Wolves help aspens grow again
Aspen trees growing again in Yellowstone Park after the reintroduction of gray wolves
By Redação
Biodiversity
A big worm? No, a snake
World's smallest snake rediscovered under a rock in a forest on the Caribbean island of Barbados
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