Issue # 351 _ May 2025

Notes

Ecology

Lionfish taking over the Brazilian coastline

Public health

Chikungunya vaccine arrives in Brazil

History

Digital archive of Umbanda records

Mining

Where does the gold come from?

Climate

Fragile defense against climate disasters

Space

German rocket flies for 30 seconds

Behavior

How babies and other primates use touch

Environment

Ice sheet thickness averages 2,000 km

Agriculture

Robotic fruit-picking arm

Public health

Weight-loss drugs change eating habits

Acknowledgment

Álvaro Alberto Award

Climatology

Drier soil, more intense storms

Archaeology

Hominids buried 110,000 years ago