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History
Digital archive of Umbanda records
Digital archive offers access to documents, images, and sound recordings from Umbanda places of worship
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Mining
Where does the gold come from?
Chemical elements help trace the origin of gold and uncover illegal mining
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Climate
Fragile defense against climate disasters
Lack of municipal infrastructure worsens landslides and floods
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Space
German rocket flies for 30 seconds
German company becomes first to launch orbital rocket in mainland Europe
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Behavior
How babies and other primates use touch
Human and chimpanzee babies both touch adult faces as a way of creating emotional bonds
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Environment
Ice sheet thickness averages 2,000 km
New map reveals Antarctica’s ice sheet is thicker and more voluminous than previously thought
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Agriculture
Robotic fruit-picking arm
Robotic arm capable of gently picking fruit without damaging it
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Public health
Weight-loss drugs change eating habits
Weight-loss drugs alter food preferences of the people who use them
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Climatology
Drier soil, more intense storms
Contrast in surface temperatures could worsen storms
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Archaeology
Hominids buried 110,000 years ago
Neanderthals and modern humans lived together and shared social customs
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Biodiversity
Nectar not from flowers
Survey identifies plants that produce nectar outside of their flowers, attracting ants that protect them
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Public health
Hypertension rate remains high
Almost one in four Brazilians has hypertension, a condition that mainly affects women and the elderly
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History
Celebrations around cerritos
Cerritos in present-day Rio Grande do Sul were the scene of pre-Columbian social and cultural rituals
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Education
More Brazilians with a university degree
Census shows that the number of people without an education has halved since 2000, while the number of graduates has tripled
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Environment
Harvesting fog in Atacama
Chilean researchers discover innovative way to harvest water from fog in the Atacama Desert
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Health
Keep video game volume low
WHO launches global standard to protect the hearing of children and young people who play video games
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Archaeology
The story of the avocado in Honduras
Fossilized specimens found in Honduras provide evidence of avocado domestication
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Climate change
1.5 billion m3 of rainfall in Rio Grande do Sul
1.5 billion m³ of rain fell in Porto Alegre and the surrounding region in May 2024
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Public policies
Deadly African roads
Africa leads in road deaths due to structural problems, such as poor roads and lack of law enforcement
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Genetics
Loss of genetic diversity encourages extinction
Decline in genetic diversity may have contributed to the extinction of the Neanderthals
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Energy
Recyclable solar panels
Swedish scientists create recyclable perovskite solar cell
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Nutrition
Unsupervised dieting
One in ten children and teenagers presents some form of disordered eating behavior
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Astrophysics
The wandering Sun and the cooling Earth
Solar System passed through the Orion constellation, which may have influenced Earth's climate
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Ethology
Wolves domesticated themselves in search of food
Wild wolves approached humans in search of food and domesticated themselves
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Environment
Rondônia in flames 43,000 years ago
Macrocharcoal reveals forest fires in Rondônia 43,000 years ago
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Obstetrics
More twins from late motherhood
Late pregnancy leads to higher chance of twins or triplets
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Astrophysics
Our neighboring galaxy in detail
James Webb Telescope details neighboring galaxy of Andromeda
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Zoology
Climate caused megafauna extinction
Lack of rain accelerated extinction of megafauna in Northeast Brazil
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