Mathematics
Science olympics
A place for girls in mathematics
A girls-only competition seeks to create a more welcoming environment for female talent in the subject
By Redação
mathematics
The first woman to win the Abel Prize
American mathematician Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck is the first woman to win the Abel Prize, one of the most important awards in mathematics
By Redação
Zoology
Bees capable of adding and subtracting
Apis mellifera bees can learn to recognize quantities
By Redação
History
Roughly 1.5 million Jews killed in just three months
Between August and October of 1942, at the height of Operation Reinhard, 500,000 Jews per month were taken to concentration camps and killed in occupied Poland
By Redação
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Mimicking the brain
Artificial intelligence as a scientific field was borne from mathematical studies in the 1940s
By Suzel Tunes
Mathematics
Brazil among the world’s mathematical heavyweights
In January, the International Mathematical Union (IMU) approved the country's promotion into group 5,
By Redação
Marcelo Viana
Marcelo Viana: A mathematician 30 hours a day
Impa's director talks about Brazil's entry in the elite group in mathematics
By Redação
mathematics
Trigonometry on a 3700-year-old tablet from Babylon
Trigonometry on a 3700-year-old tablet from Babylon
By Redação
Atmospherical Sciences
The chaotic mathematics of whirlwinds
Computational model forecasts the stages of whirlwinds
By Redação
15th FCW prize
FCW prizewinners
Mathematician Jacob Palis and composer Edu Lobo are the winners
By Redação
Interconnectivity
Traffic on the net
System enables vehicles to exchange information about urban traffic
Thomas Lewinsohn
Thomas Lewinsohn: Amplitude to think
Ecologist integrates evolution and physical and mathematical models
MATHEMATICS
Virtual sieve
System compares the performance of soccer players and helps identify talents
SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
Communicator talent show
Science communication competition arrives in Brazil