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Archaeology
The enigmatic dragon man
An almost complete skull fossil that was hidden for 85 years may belong to a new species of archaic human being
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Innovation
Wireless pacemaker dissolves in the body
Researchers have developed a wireless, battery-free pacemaker
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Political Sciences
The high cost of the Brazilian Legislature
The Brazilian Legislature is the most expensive among the 34 countries analyzed
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Biodiversity
Deforestation and hungry harpy eagles
The largest eagle in the world, is disappearing from some regions of the Amazon as a result of deforestation
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Cell biology
The explosive exit of Trypanosoma cruzi
Biologist used microscopes to observe and document how the parasite returns to the blood
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Funding
ERC president
German geneticist Maria Leptin will be the new president of the European Research Council
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space tourism
Billionaires initiate the age of space tourism
Billionaires initiate the age of space tourism
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Pharmacology
New Alzheimer’s drug sparks controversy
A new compound designed to fight Alzheimer's disease is causing controversy
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Environment
Earth’s cryosphere is shrinking
The ice that covers the Earth decreased by an average of 87,000 square kilometers per year between 1979 and 2016, possibly due to climate change
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COVID-19
The awakening of a dormant virus
Study suggests that SARS-CoV-2 activates dormant virus in the human genome
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COVID-19
Hybrid coronavirus antibodies
A promising strategy for preventing and treating the novel coronavirus has been successfully tested in mice by researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA
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COVID-19
Changes in alcohol consumption
Self isolation and social distancing seem to be changing the way alcohol is consumed in Latin America and the Caribbean, with a fall in the number of people drinking
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COVID-19
Birth rates fall in six state capitals
The number of new births has dropped further in six Brazilian capitals during the pandemic
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COVID-19
Deaths exacerbate income losses
Death of 430,000 people from COVID-19 until May could cost the economy R$10.9 billion per month
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hydrology
Half of the world’s rivers dry up each year
More than half of the world's rivers and streams have a stretch that dries up for at least one day each year
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Genetics
The most complete human genome
On May 27, the T2T consortium, an international collaboration involving 30 research institutions, published an article titled “The complete sequence of a human genome” on bioRxiv
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Zoology
The crows and the empty set
With training, carrion crow were able to understand the empty set as a null numerical quantity close to one
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diversity
The NIH’s plan to combat racism
Francis Collins, director of the NIH introduced UNITE, a program launched to combat structural racism and increase diversity, equity, and inclusion
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Paleontology
The near extinction of sharks
Ocean sediment fossil records suggest that today's sharks are descended from the few survivors of a mass extinction that wiped out nearly all the shark species that lived in the early Miocene Epoch
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Biology
Back to life after 24,000 years
Rotifers of the Bdelloidea class are multicellular invertebrate organisms so small that they are usually only seen under a microscope
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Innovation
Earth-controlled temperature
A technology developed at the São Carlos School of Engineering of the University of São Paulo uses heat exchange between the subsoil and the foundation piles to acclimatize a building's interior
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Astrophysics
The oldest spiral galaxy
Astrophysicists have identified the oldest spiral galaxy ever observed
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Zoology
A giant water and food vacuum
African elephants are able to fill their nostrils with 3.7 liters of water in just 1.5 seconds
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COVID-19
Risk of death is higher among the poor in Chile
People under 40 living in poorer municipalities in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Chile, are 3.1 times more likely to die from complications associated with COVID-19 than those who live in more affluent regions
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COVID-19
Lasting consequences
People who survive SARS-CoV-2, even those not hospitalized, can suffer the effects of the infection for months after the most intense symptoms subside
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COVID-19
The virus and the loss of smell
The loss of smell that affects up to two-thirds of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 is a consequence of both the direct action of the virus and the inflammation it triggers in the olfactory system, according to a team of researchers
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COVID-19
Dengue increases risk of COVID-19 symptoms
The risk of developing COVID-19 symptoms when infected with the novel coronavirus is twice as high among individuals who have had dengue in the past
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Covid-19
Mask effectiveness tests
Researchers compared the quality of 227 types of face masks sold in Brazil, measuring their ability to block the novel coronavirus
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