Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company Blue Origin will bring the first woman to the surface of the moon, the American billionaire announced on Friday. NASA (United…
Why it is right to reduce meat consumption – 05/12/2020 – Marcelo Leite
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon remains high. It grew by 9.5% between 2019 and 2020 and reached 11,088 km2. More than 720 million trees were…
The Hayabusa2 probe successfully brings asteroid samples to Earth – Messenger Sidereal
A very special shooting star crossed the sky in Australia last Saturday (5). It was the return capsule of the Japanese Hayabusa2 mission, which, after…
We took part in the Astral Chat with the great Marcelo Gleiser! – Darwin and God
Me and my friend Pirula, with whom I wrote the little bestseller “Darwin Sem Frescura”, did not receive the Jabuti Prize in the “Science” category,…
Ianomâmi leader Davi Kopenawa is new member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences – 12/07/2020 – Science
Davi Kopenawa, one of the main leaders of the Yanomami people, was elected as a cooperating member of the ABC (Brazilian Academy of Sciences). He…
The spectacular Mayan calendar – 12/09/2020 – Marcelo Viana
Writing was invented at least three times: Sumerians in Mesopotamia around 3,200 BC. Chinese, around 1200 BC and Maya in Central America around 500 BC…
Denialism isn’t the worst threat to science – basic research
From Carlos Monteiro Like the shape of the earth, nutritional epidemiology has not been immune to false controversy * * Contradictions are inherent in science.…
The total number of objects built by mankind exceeds the mass of living things on earth for the first time – 09/12/2020 – science
The sum of the objects constructed by mankind has just surpassed the sum of the mass of life forms on earth for the first time,…
Reptiles That Lived In Trees Help Uncover the Origin of Pterosaurs – 09/12/2020 – Science
The origin of the pterosaurs, the most spectacular flying animals in the history of the earth, has become a little less mysterious. New information about…
The polymer virus stamp enables a quick Covid test for saliva synthesis
Researchers at the Renato Archer Information Technology Center (CTI) in Campinas developed two types of portable rapid tests to detect the virus that causes Covid-19…
