Communication

SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION

Researchers and students help improve Wikipedia entries

At least 35 universities in the country implemented undergraduate and communication projects with the online encyclopedia

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Ethology

Canine expressiveness

Canine from Africa may have the same expressive features as domestic dogs

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COMMUNICATION

Six in ten Brazilians are interested in science and technology, according to a survey

Public Perception of S&T Survey highlights growth of social media as a source of information and the rise of fake news

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COMMUNICATION

Butantan Institute wins José Reis Award

Butantan Institute wins José Reis Award for science communication initiatives

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Retrospect

The first transatlantic telegraph cable in Brazil

Installed 150 years ago, the innovation helped newspapers and encouraged the creation of news agencies around the country

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Communication

Brazilian researcher wins award for dance about kangaroos

Doctoral student’s music video sharing the results of his research in Australia won the international Dance Your Ph.D. competition

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Open access

Radical change in science communication

International consortium proposes new model for publishing articles and research results

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Obituary

Right to scientific knowledge

Ennio Candotti, founder of the Amazon Museum, was passionate about promoting science as head of the SBPC

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Science communication

Science TikTokers

Blending character impressions, animations, and memes, students and young researchers create short videos on science topics using their smartphones, earning additional income

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Acknowledgment

Pesquisa FAPESP wins award

Pesquisa FAPESP wins 2023 Einstein Award for Most Admired in Health, Science, and Well-being

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COMPUTING

The challenges of regulating artificial intelligence

Brazil discusses legislation to regulate the use of artificial intelligence

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OPEN ACCESS

The pain of exclusion

This study finds that discount and waiver policies for the publication of scientific articles with large publishers are limited and fail to consider the difficulties faced by authors from countries such as Brazil

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COMPUTING

Deepfake

Algorithm developed to detect images and videos altered by artificial intelligence, the new technological method for spreading disinformation

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Collaborations

Initiatives promote greater involvement of patients in clinical trials and the search for new treatments

Patients collaborate with physicians on clinical trials and in the search for new treatments

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Cover

ChatGPT ushers in a new era in human-computer interaction

Software promises to reinvent everything from online search engines to voice assistants, with a multitude of ethical implications

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Cover

System designed to detect manipulated images in scientific articles

Artificial intelligence can both generate fake images and help to identify them

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ARCHIVAL SCIENCE

Effort to expand access to valuable documents

The São Paulo State Public Archive launches a computer platform to preserve and share its extensive digital collection

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COVER

Science with the public

People without academic experience contribute to data collection and knowledge production

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OPEN ACCESS

Discount and waiver policies for article publication charges are inaccessible to countries like Brazil

Concessions offered by publishers are restricted to authors from very poor nations​

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COMPUTING

Deepfake

Algorithm detects images and videos altered by artificial intelligence, the new technological approach to spreading disinformation

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LAW

Lawless land

Lack of consensus on the concept of disinformation hinders regulatory efforts to control the spread of false content online

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RESEARCH ITINERARIES

An encounter with Arabic dialects

Felipe Benjamin Francisco and the challenges of linguistic comprehension

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Videos

What is deepfake?

Anderson Rocha, head of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (recod.ai) at the University of Campinas, explains how this technology works, as well as its applications and risks

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INTERVIEW

Virgílio Almeida: A thinker of the digital world

Computer scientist warns of the risk that the internet and its digital tools will increase discrimination and social inequality

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History

Paper battle

Newspapers and political pamphlets spread ideas, questions, and controversies surrounding Brazil’s independence

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LAW

Lawless land

Lack of consensus on the concept of disinformation hinders regulatory efforts to control the spread of false content online

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Biology

A hypothetical fungi language

Computer scientist has mapped what could be a fungi language

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Research during quarantine

“To keep from going crazy, I focused my energies on research and on the classes I teach at public schools”

João Augusto Neves Pires, a doctoral student in history, divided his time between studying the punk movement in São Paulo and the classes he taught using Pesquisa FAPESP as pedagogical material

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Diffusion

Science highlighted by journalism

Study finds that “embargo emails,” which give media professionals advance access to scientific articles, increase mentions on social media and citations in other papers

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Data

Information about science

The demand for reliable scientific information has grown in recent years

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