The ‘world’s oldest 3D heart’ found in prehistoric fish

The ‘world’s oldest 3D heart’ found in prehistoric fish

Researchers have discovered a 380-million-year-old heart preserved inside a fossilized prehistoric fish. They say the specimen captures a key moment…
USP scientists win IgNobel 2022 for studying how constipation affects scorpions sex

USP scientists win IgNobel 2022 for studying how constipation affects scorpions sex

Researchers from USP (University of São Paulo) are the winners of one of the ten categories of the 2022 IgNobel.…
Covid virus changes RNA from infected cells, study says

Covid virus changes RNA from infected cells, study says

For the first time, scientists from Unifesp (Federal University of São Paulo) were able to show that infection with the…
Opinion – Sou Ciência: Tragic scenario in EAD, but known

Opinion – Sou Ciência: Tragic scenario in EAD, but known

In addition to the tragic result in Distance Learning in private institutions, with more than 2/3 of the courses with…
Opinion – Reinaldo José Lopes: The capybara by astronaut Marcos Pontes

Opinion – Reinaldo José Lopes: The capybara by astronaut Marcos Pontes

The reader may forgive the relative vulgarity of the expression, but it is always convenient to pull a candidate’s capybara…
Scientists criticize agreement between Capes and Public Ministry on postgraduate evaluation

Scientists criticize agreement between Capes and Public Ministry on postgraduate evaluation

The SBPC (Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science) published this Wednesday (14) a note in which it criticizes the…
NASA finds ‘bricks of life’ in rocks in lake delta on Mars

NASA finds ‘bricks of life’ in rocks in lake delta on Mars

NASA presented this Thursday (15) a performance report on the mission of the Perseverance rover in the Jezero crater, on…
‘Jurassic vomit’ gives clues about prehistoric animal feeding

‘Jurassic vomit’ gives clues about prehistoric animal feeding

Some 150 million years after they were expelled by an as-yet-unidentified animal, likely a small fish or semiaquatic mammal, fossilized…
Fundamental Science: The Discovery That Solved Darwin’s Dilemma

Fundamental Science: The Discovery That Solved Darwin’s Dilemma

Darwin is known and celebrated for his theory of evolution, which caused a major paradigm shift in the way human…
‘Patagotitan’, exhibition with the largest dinosaur in the world, is better than a video game

‘Patagotitan’, exhibition with the largest dinosaur in the world, is better than a video game

Advances in audiovisual technology have left today’s audience tremendously unaccustomed to reconstructions of the Age of Dinosaurs. Would anyone who…