By Olavo Amaral Scientist rankings are popular, but who rates the contribution of science? * * Researchers at Stanford University as well as SciTech and…
Acre had a dense network of roads between villages before the Europeans came – 12/29/2020 – Science
Shortly before the arrival of Europeans in South America, the forests of Acre were cleared by a relatively dense network of roads that could be…
Super and Semiconductors are highlights of the year with application challenges – summaries
The Covid-19 pandemic, like everything else, completely changed the list of major scientific achievements in 2020. In 2020, the three-dimensional structures of proteins were finally…
The coronavirus variants – 12/29/2020 – Atila Iamarino
If viruses have a particular skill, it is variability. Since they are simpler than you and I, who have cells, the process of copying your…
Mathematical challenges until the end of 2020 – 12/30/2020 – Marcelo Viana
This is the 200th edition of this column and the last in 2020. The magic of these numbers made me think we all deserve some…
The WHO Director, New Zealand Prime Minister and Fauci are among the Celebrities of the Year for Nature – 12/30/2020 – Science
Among the ten personalities of 2020 for the renowned Nature magazine are some names who stood out in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic: Tedros…
Endangered Brazilian birds emerge from ashes during conservation work – 12/31/2020 – Science
The myth that Brazil would be the country in the world that best protects its natural environments only thrives thanks to ignorance of what has…
Covid, Hydroxychloroquine, and Withdrawal Vaccine: See Science’s Achievements and Failures in 2020 – 12/31/2020 – Science
2020 will forever be marked by the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus, which paralyzed the world, infected more than 82 million people and caused the deaths of at…
My books were read in 2020, from Science to Science Fiction – Darwin and God
I had never done the practice of writing down all of the books I read for an entire year. In 2020, it is time to…
The year will be a mask, not a vaccine
The United States ended the unfortunate 2020 with 2.8 million vaccinations for Covid after starting vaccination 17 days earlier. Read more (01/02/2021 – 23:15)
