_SCIENCE MAGAZINE
Category: English
Deadly bacteria lurks in coastal waters as climate changes
_CPI, MOTHER JONES
In the right hands
A community in the Brazilian Amazon shows how to preserve nature and keep economic development. The case, however, is still an exception in the region. _CIENCIA HOJE
Why is the U.S. average birth weight dropping?
Birth weight is one of those measures that parents care about. They are proud of baby’s every pound—and the less a baby weighs, the more parents and pediatricians tend to worry. This is perhaps why a recent study showing that U.S. birth weights have declined made it into the Washington Post. Researchers from the University…
AI in journalism: from baseball fields to ethical concerns
Where are all the baseball fields in the USA? The question may seem silly, but the answer is not easy. There is no official data on it. Satellite images might show the location of the fields. However, it would take some long tedious hours to analyse the pictures since there are thousands of them. This…
A suffocated nation
Brazil is far from being a high suicide rate country. The rate of ‘self-induced death’ in the country is close to 5 per 100,000 – six times lower than the average observed in countries where suicide is a big problem like Lithuania and South Korea. However, the reality is completely different when it concerns the…
Embargoed science (my first paper)
Many people do not know, but much of the news about research papers published in the major journals are not new at all for the journalists. Journalists receive the scientific papers of journals like Science and Nature at least one week ahead of publication. With them, we also receive a pack of press releases about the articles and the contacts…
09/21 – United for the climate
Thousands of people took to New York City’s streets demanding more attention to climate “There is no planet B”, “Forests aren’t for sale”, “Listen to indigenous peoples”, “Climate change is real, teach science,” are some of the messages written on signs carried by marchers who gathered this Sunday morning in the streets of Manhattan, New…
The hard reality of giving birth in Brazil
Cesareans and unnecessary medical procedures are the daily reality of labor in Brazil. Here, 52% of all babies are born by cesarean, a rate three times bigger than the accepted as healthy by the World Health Organization (WHO). When it comes only to the private health system, the number is even higher: 88% of births…
Bidding to rebuild the Brazilian Antarctic Station failed
Two years ago a fire destroyed the Brazilian Antarctic research station know as Comandante Ferraz base on King George Island. Plans were made to reconstruct the base until the Antarctic summer of 2015. A new architectural project was developed by Brazilians and it was chosen by the Navy in a contest. Last year the Navy…
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