Highlights

Climatology

Heat spoils the mood

Rising temperatures could reduce global well-being by the end of the century

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Zoology

Jaguar mates with black jaguar

Jaguars place importance on sounds and smells when mating

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Archaeology

A human skull with features of two species

140,000-year-old child’s skull has traits of both modern humans and Neanderthals

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Digital world

Protecting yourself against cyber attacks

Making backups is a key measure against virus attacks

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Political science

Prevention is better than the cure in elections

In elections, it is better to warn about fake news beforehand than to try to correct it afterward

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Awards

Winners of the Conrado Wessel Award

Biologist Mercedes Bustamante and writer Marcelo Rubens Paiva win 2025 FCW Prize

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Epidemiology

Mosquitoes spreading diseases across Europe

Warming climate helps mosquitoes spread infectious diseases across Europe

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Virology

FDA suspends Chikungunya vaccine approved in Brazil

Ixchiq Chikungunya vaccine suspended after reports of serious side effects

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Public health

Heart failure causing fewer hospitalizations

Hospitalizations for heart failure have decreased, but in-hospital deaths have increased

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Physics

Fully Japanese quantum computer

Japan’s first superconducting quantum computer begins operating

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Environment

Predicting landslides

Data on climate, soil, and topography help predict landslides

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Photolab

Collective Regeneration

Marine organism can regenerate from a single fragment

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Research itineraries

The USP archaeology professor began his career as an electrician

Vagner Carvalheiro Porto, who was also a school teacher, is now an expert in the archaeology of the Roman Empire

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Retrospect

David Bohm, a rebellious physicist

Persecuted in the US, he lived in Brazil for four years and proposed new concepts to explain the behavior of atomic particles

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Obituary

Immunologist Victor Nussenzweig was a pioneer in malaria vaccine research

With his wife Ruth, who was also a researcher, he developed the basis for immunization against the parasite that causes the disease

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