Highlights

Archaeology

Archaeology without excavation

Archaeologists have mapped an entire Ancient Roman city without carrying out a single excavation

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Geology

A colossal eruption

One of the largest volcanic eruptions to have left a record on Earth occurred 8.7 million years ago

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Data

FAPESP funds COVID-19 research projects

Number of projects at each institution (as of 06/18/2020)

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Good practices

List of retractions grows

It has been 10 years since German anesthesiologist Joachim Boldt was involved in one of the largest scientific misconduct scandals in history. Even today, the scandal continues

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Good practices

Harvard puts anthropologist on leave amid allegations of sexual harassment

Gary Urton has been put on paid leave while the institution investigates allegations of sexual harassment filed by former students

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Good practices

Based on unreliable information

How a suspicious big-data company was able to provide data for COVID-19 articles published in two major scientific journals

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Photolab

Mutilated courtship

Scorpions of the genus Ananteris can shed their stinger when attacked

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COVID-19

Research during the quarantine

Fernando Carvall“I keep nudging my students and trying to send a positive message” I head a laboratory at UFRJ’s Institute of Medical Biochemistry where we research the nervous system. There are 28 of us: 5 postdoctoral fellows, 6 PhD students, 8 master’s students, 6 undergraduates, and the technical staff. It was a shock when UFRJ... View Article

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Cover

Calculating in the dark

Creativity helps scientists predict the economic impacts of an unprecedented crisis

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Covid-19

Restoring trust

In the midst of the pandemic a new study measures high rates of confidence in science

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Interview

Sergio Machado Rezende: Together against COVID-19

The physicist is one of the coordinators of the Scientific Committee for the Fight against Coronavirus in the Northeast, which advises the region's governors

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Cover

Predicting the course of epidemics

Mathematical modeling of infectious disease, a science perfected over the last 250 years, is helping guide the COVID-19 response through uncertainties

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Cover

The child enigma

Researchers are trying to unravel why so few children contract COVID-19 and why some of those who do develop a severe inflammation of the blood vessels

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Covid-19

The size of the pandemic

Lag times in case reporting can hurt government efforts to contain spread of COVID-19

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Careers

The fight against suffering

Brazilian researcher wins international award for his studies on chronic pain

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