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Under the feathers
To study the diversity and evolutionary history of parasites in birds, Bruno Fermino teamed up on expeditions with fellow ornithologists: some interested in birds, others in the creatures that live inside them. He thus had the opportunity to photograph species such as the yellow-chevroned parakeet (Brotogeris chiriri)—the picture above was taken in Santana do Araguaia,... View Article
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Fertility clock
Genetic alterations to the biological clock could be linked to fertility disorders
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Unexpected feast
When biologist Felipe Amorim first questioned how the strange flowers of the Scybalium fungiforme are pollinated, he only knew one thing for certain: the evidence pointed to non-flying mammals. His infrared cameras later captured footage of possums, which came as quite a surprise—although they fit the description, they were not previously known to be pollinators.... View Article
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Marble columns
As groundwater flows through the limestone substrate, it dissolves the rock in underground systems called karsts
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Invisible message
When stimulated with ultraviolet light, the cock-eyed squid (Histioteuthis sp.) becomes covered with bright red dots
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The harvestman with eight canes
Of all the harvestman species found in Brazil, Giupponia Chagasi is the best adapted to living in caves—a trait known as troglomorphism
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Vital swamp
Although the Amazon is known as a rainforest, it is also home to the largest mangrove in the world
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Lethal networks
Faced with an invasion of viruses or bacteria, human immune system cells sometimes overreact in a process known as NETosis, which has been shown to be more severe when the invader is SARS-CoV-2
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Cave times
Roughly 7,500 years ago, humans took shelter in Abrigo do Alvo, Analândia, in the state of São Paulo
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The phoenix tree
Like the mythical bird that rises from the ashes, the andira tree sprouts from the ground after wildfires in the Cerrado
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Underwater stars
When disturbed by a physical bump or a beam of light, the tunicates Pyrosoma atlanticum emit a turquoise light
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In the eye of a giant
Upon entry into operation, the Manacá beamline at the Sirius laboratory was directed at crystals of the 3CL protein, part of the mechanism by which the SARS-CoV-2 virus multiplies
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Ancient dunes
The sand dunes on the banks of the São Francisco River, the most extensive inland dunes in Brazil, began to form more than 20,000 years ago
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Fluorescence in motion
When added to viscous alcohol using a pipette, aminoquinoline slowly rises due to differences in density between the two substances, and as they mix, a fluorescent glow is emitted, visible in black light
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A look through the lens
Iny: o brilho dos espíritos, which captures a ritual of the Karajá people from the state of Mato Grosso, placed first in the Images Produced by Cameras category of the Science & Art Photography Prize
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Mutilated courtship
Scorpions of the genus Ananteris can shed their stinger when attacked
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Graphene-coated microspheres
Light emitted by an optical fiber travels through the center of a glass microsphere and interacts with the graphene that coats its surface
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Working overtime to defeat Covid-19
Researcher create face shields using a 3D printer
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Plant-stem lace
If you take a thin slice of a young stem of Acleisanthes chenopodioides and look at it under a microscope, this is what you will see
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Needle in a haystack
In this collage ultra-diffuse galaxies are shown by the faint white patches in the center of each square
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A house in the trees
In the Amazon, bats of the Mesophylla genus sometimes sleep under large tree leaves
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Technological skin
Shark's skin feels smooth if you run your hand from head to tail, but rough in reverse
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Biological engineering
Lab-made vascular cells actively produce a coagulation factor
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Until archaeology do us part
After death, a man and woman in Lapa do Santo, Minas Gerais State, remained together for more than 8,000 years
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A landscape in an egg
A group led by paleontologist Sérgio Alex Azevedo, from the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro, was able to identify the fossil by analyzing its microstructure
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Inside the vines
The dyed stem cross-sections in the images show the stiffer and the more flexible parts of forest vines
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