Science

Precambrian Fauna

Life protected by armor

The Northern of Paraguay have fossils of the earliest animals with skeletons

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Wild animals

The cougar’s paths

Felines are able to move around in regions occupied by human beings

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Neurological development

On satiation and other pleasures

Cells control hunger and activate the neural reward mechanisms

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Fragile skin

Struggling with the sun

Hereditary disorder aggravated by exposure to daylight

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Side effects

Medicine and poison

Compound against cancer damages heart cells

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Obituary

Among pioneers

Luiz Edmundo de Magalhães helped consolidate genetics in Brazil

Emerging parasites

The exterminator of amphibians

Animal trafficking may spread lethal fungus for toads and frogs

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Cretaceous

The bacteria that ate pterosaurs

Bacteria fossils have been found on 115 million year-old pterosaurs

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Astronomy

The heavyweights of the Universe

Alternative mechanism may explain the formation of stars from neutrons that are bigger than normal

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Marine life

The living rocks of Abrolhos

Largest bank of calcareous algae in the world, in Brazil

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Twin star

A second sun

In the Dragon constellation, Suns's almost perfect copy

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People from the Amazon

The human factor

Brazil nuts may result from indigenous actions before Europeans

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Genome fragments

Wandering DNA

Fragments of genetic material move in a non-random pattern

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Higgs boson

An expanding jigsaw puzzle

Boson might reveal first clues to new elementary particle physics

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Complex networks

The order of scarcity

Reservoir pattern in Ceará may help to face drought and floods

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Borborema range

The origin of the mountain

Northeastern plain may have been formed around 30 million years ago

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Muscular distrophy

Joint treatment

Stem cells and growth factor combined reduce symptoms in mice

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Matings

The sexual flexibility of females

Males not always necessary for lizard reproduction

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Mental diseases

Storms of body and soul

Depression and euphoria may damage cells and accelerate aging

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Complex networks

The architecture of tissues

Connections with neighbors help to define the function of cells

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Genetic analysis

A deceptive plant

A study questions the origin of pine trees

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Environmental preservation

One road, many forests

Ring road around Greater São Paulo triggers an operation to replant forest

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Primary immunodeficiencies

When the thymus gland is unwell

Extra copy of the gene harms the cells that defend against Down syndrome

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Obituary

Uninterrupted activity

Chemist Blanka Wladislaw researched and taught with the same intensity

Extraterrestrial life

Tiny, but hefty

Microorganisms invisible to the naked eye can survive interplanetary trips

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Information technology

The new wave of qubits

Systems could have a quantum feature useful for computer sciences

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Environment - atmosphere

The climate equation

Study evaluates the impact of plants on global temperatures

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Forensic analyses

Skin color written in the DNA

Tests can reveal racial characteristics without the person

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Emerging parasites

Brazilian forms of toxoplasmosis

Local types of encephalitis-causing toxoplasmosis

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Insulin resistance

Visceral connections

Change in the intestinal microbiota profile favors diabetes and obesity

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