Highlights

Data

Admissions to engineering and computing courses

Survey shows changes in number of admissions to engineering and computing courses

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Good practices

Compromised peer review leads to retraction of 209 articles

Publishing company Sage has announced the retraction of 209 scientific articles

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Good practices

Automatic conversion in Excel changed to prevent errors in genetic studies

Microsoft has announced changes to an Excel feature that has become infamous for introducing errors into research data

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Good practices

A recipe to follow

Consortium proposes checklists to ensure that microscopy images in articles can be understood and confirmed

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Human Resources

Open positions at research institutions

Jobs announced by MCTI offer relief, but new hires will not offset the number of staff retiring

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Interview

Sergio Rezende: A compass to find the way

The physicist and former minister explains what he expects from the debates at the 5th National Science, Technology, and Innovation Conference, which takes place in June 2024

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Epidemiology

Neglected diseases in the crosshairs

Interministerial committee seeks to reduce the burden of diseases associated with poverty, with the aim of defeating them by 2030

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Interview

Ima Vieira: Restore the forest with justice

Ecologist from Pará says that deforested areas of the Amazon often regenerate, but that the recovery bill must be paid by those who destroyed the forest

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Ethology

Communication and diet different in urban primates

Pied tamarins in Manaus use smell to complement vocalizations, while howler monkeys in Rio Grande do Sul add barbecue to their vegetarian diet

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Ecology

The roots of Amazonian biodiversity

By reversing the flow direction of the rivers, molding the surface, and blocking moisture from the Atlantic, the Andes made the forest a refuge and birthplace for new species of plants and animals

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Zoology

Guide to Amazon snakes launched at the Butantan Institute

Illustrated panels provide information and teach visitors how to recognize 160 species that inhabit the biome

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Cover

Maps show that 14% of the Amazon is occupied by pasture and agriculture

EMBRAPA and INPE restart the TerraClass project, which monitors land use and cover in deforested areas of the biome

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Cover

Forest Guardians

Multiple systems are used to monitor deforestation in the Amazon and guide oversight

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Geology

Ice-covered lava lake

Lava lake on an icy island could tell us more about how magma circulates in volcanoes

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Zoology

Egg-laying mammal rediscovered

Rare species of mammal that lays eggs is found in a forest in Indonesia

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