Highlights

Extreme events

Hurricane watching

Formation and development of cyclones along Brazilian coast

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Extreme events

A compass for tsunamis

Earth’s magnetic field may warn of arrival of giant waves

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Fossils

The hoatzin’s long journey

Origins of the Amazonian bird that “ruminates”

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CELL WALL

The coating of ferns

Plants have different structures from those previously found

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Ageing

The price of longevity

Increase in life expectancy results in new problems

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Engineering education

ITA’s flight

New dean seeks to double the seats at engineering school

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History of FAPESP VI

Stable weather

From weather forecasting to global warming

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Celebration

Partnerships without frontiers

FAPESP strengthens research ties between Brazil and US

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Memory

Sailing on familiar seas

Colonial Brazil produced in the 17th century the galleon Padre Eterno

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Marta Rovira

Marta Rovira: A place in the sun for science

Argentina's research funding agency wants to retrieve scientific capacity

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Cover

Neuron maker

Compound guides brain cell development

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Regional rebellions

The mutineers of the Empire

Popular participation in nineteenth century uprisings greater than thought

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Architectural culture

The new home of modernism

Warchavchki reveals tensions from the Brazilian avant-garde

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Memory

The optimistic rebel

Economist Antônio Barros de Castro foresaw Brazil's needs and path

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Biography

The war of the Rosas

Saving Jews in Nazi Germany marked Guimarães Rosa and his wife, Aracy

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