Notes
Zoology

What’s for dinner?
The cuttlefish eats less at lunch when its favorite dish is served for dinner
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Biodiversity

Colorful but discreet
If you look very closely through a patch of bromeliads, searching leaf by leaf, you may be lucky enough to find a brightly colored leafhopper
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Fapesp

New member of the FAPESP Board of Trustees
Biomedical scientist Helena Bonciani Nader, from the Federal University of São Paulo, has joined the FAPESP Board of Trustees
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Public health

Keep an eye on your waist
Waist circumference indicates risk of heart and metabolic diseases
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Communication

A platform for sharing Brazilian science
Agência Bori, an online platform designed to help journalists access Brazilian science, began operating on February 12
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Virology

The Zika virus and astrocytes
First isolated in Africa in 1947, the Zika virus has a predilection for brain cells
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Physics

Physicists immobilize glass particle
A research group in Austria cooled the first solid state object—a nanometer fragment of glass a thousand times smaller than a grain of sand
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Genetics

Neanderthal genes in Africa
According to the research, Europeans and Asians have about three times as much Neanderthal DNA as Africans
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Astronomy

A giant, sleeping galaxy
An international group of astronomers has identified a rare galaxy, known only as XMM-2599, which formed very early in the history of the universe
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Zoology

Millennia of migration
Some birds travel almost unbelievable distances, sometimes across continents, in pursuit of warmer climates and food to survive and reproduce
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Genetics

A molecular lifespan clock
Biologists analyzed the genome of 252 animal species and found a genetic trait that they propose serves as a molecular clock for lifespan
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Communication

From science fair to published paper
The Canadian Science Fair Journal has published more than 50 scientific articles written by authors under the age of 18
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Technology

Contact lenses that monitor health
South Korean researchers have taken an important step towards creating a contact lens capable of measuring certain health parameters
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Genetics

The distinctive Habsburg Jaw
Successive marriages between close relatives may have been the genetic cause of the highly pronounced jawline among members of the Habsburg imperial line
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Zoology

Cooperation between parrots
Biologists have discovered possible evidence of cooperative behavior among birds that has previously only been observed in mammals
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Physiology

The orphans of the Romanian dictatorship
Adults who were deprived of food and social contact in their early years have smaller brains, according to a study
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Medicine

Marathons and the heart
The physical preparation for running a marathon for the first time can lower blood pressure and stiffen the aortic valve
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Visual arts

The prominent jugular of a tense David
Physician Daniel Gelfman, from Marian University, USA, noticed a detail in the monumental sculpture of David that few notice: the bulging jugular vein on the right side of the neck
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Research

New Brazilian Antarctic Station
Inaugurated on January 15, the new Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station has a modern design and can accommodate up to 64 people
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Archaeology

New glyphs found in the Peruvian desert
Archaeologists from Japan have identified 143 new drawings—or geoglyphs—of animals, plants, and people in the Nazca desert, near the coast of Peru
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Biology

Pirarucu scales form a special armor
The composition and structure of pirarucu scales make them highly resistant to punctures and tension
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Physics

Science personalities 2019
Brazilian physicist Ricardo Galvão features on the journal Nature's list of the ten most influential people in science in 2019
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Geology

Why the Nile is so unchanging
The Nile has followed the same path in North Africa for almost 30 million years
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Foundation

FAPESP appoints new scientific director
Neuroscientist Luiz Eugênio Araújo de Morais Mello has officially been appointed scientific director of FAPESP by the governor of São Paulo, João Doria
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Genetics

Understanding the Brazilian genome
Researchers launched an initiative with the aim of mapping the genome of 15,000 Brazilians aged 35–74
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Astronomy

Probe reveals origin of solar winds
The Parker Solar Probe space probe has been closer to the Sun than any other manmade object, and it is expected to get even closer over the next seven years of its mission
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Paleontology

The predator with voracious jaws
A fossil discovered in Rio Grande do Sul is the best-preserved representative of the herrerasauridae, one of the first strains of carnivorous dinosaur
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Geology

Titan’s landscape
Of all the celestial bodies in our solar system, Titan, Saturn's largest moon, has the most similar geology to Earth
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Farming

Antibiotics and meat production
Almost three quarters of all antibiotics sold worldwide are used in the production of animals for meat
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