Highlights

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Corporate strategy

Evangelical presence in the legislature triples thanks to backing by large churches

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Public faith

Researchers around the world are attempting to understand the growth of evangelicalism in Brazil, where it is rising faster than in any other country

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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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Public health

Kissing bug infestations in the city of São Paulo

Two infestations of kissing bugs, insects that transmit the protozoa that causes Chagas disease, have been identified in the city of São Paulo

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Education

People of color in higher education

For the first time in Brazil's history, people of color represent the majority of students enrolled in public higher education institutions

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Environment

Deforestation increases, CO2 emissions stabilize

The rate of deforestation in the Legal Amazon increased by 30% between August 2018 and July 2019

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Photolab

Biological engineering

Lab-made vascular cells actively produce a coagulation factor

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Obituary 

Democratic aspirations

Developing a stable political system was a lifetime concern for Wanderley Guilherme dos Santos

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Retrospect

Teaching a trade

Established in 1909, Escolas de Aprendizes Artífices were the start of a technical education network that now has federal institutes spread across 644 campuses

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GOOD PRACTICES

Flawed theory retracted

The idea that HIV may not be the cause of AIDS was suggested in the 1990s, but completely discredited when drugs were created that prevented replication of the virus and eliminated the symptoms of the syndrome

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Good Practices

Purdue researcher admits fraud

At a US district court, Qingyou Han, director of Purdue University's Center for Materials Processing Research, admitted defrauding the NSF, the USA's largest research funding agency

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Good Practices

More information about predatory journals

Scientific integrity researchers attempt to overcome the challenges of classifying fraudulent journals

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Data

Formal employment in engineering

Crisis leads to drop in formal employment in engineering

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