Issue # 271 _ September 2018

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Cover

Pesticides in the balance: Debate stirs over proposed regulations on pesticides—the mainstay of large-scale farming but a hazard to the environment and the health of rural communities
Options on the table: Agriculture 4.0 can help to reduce pesticide use on farms in Brazil

S&T Policy

DISSEMINATION

Lab-made art

Artists use tools from science to craft their work

Funding

Reaping dividends

Investment in research has increased farm productivity in São Paulo and generated economic returns for the state

ENVIRONMENT

Life goes on

Environmental legislation helps reconnect Atlantic Forest fragments in agricultural regions across Brazil

Publications

A wider target audience

Major publisher’s acquisition of manuscript submission system makes waves in scientific journals market

Science

EVOLUTION

A theory in motion

Research that looks beyond the gene suggests new directions for understanding how species diversify

HEALTH

Early-term births on the rise

In 2015, 40% of babies were born before reaching biological maturity, partly because of elective cesarean sections

OCEANOGRAPHY

Sources of methane under the sea

Two thousand craters releasing greenhouse gas found off the Brazilian coast

ASTROPHYSICS

Signs of new worlds

Gravitational waves could be used to detect exoplanets in close orbit around their parent star

SBPC

In search of new audiences

Brazilian science association targets young people, liberal professionals, and businesses in an effort to extend their social reach

Technology

JUSTICE

Automation in law

A new type of startup known as legaltechs is developing technological systems for the legal field

INTERVIEW

Antonio Carlos Rossini Jr.: Betting on connected environments

An engineer talks about the expansion of the Internet of Things in Brazil and the trajectory of one of the first Brazilian startups focusing on this ecosystem

Humanities

URBANISM

The search for open spaces

Recent urban development has been marked by contradictions around the use of open areas

AUDIOVISUAL

Films in school

The National Institute of Educational Filmmaking played a fundamental role in science instruction and dissemination in Brazil

ART

The curious creatures of Frans Post

Exhibition in an Irish museum brings together artwork of Brazilian fauna created by the Dutch artist in the seventeenth century