One study published last Thursday (14) in the scientific journal Science may help explain why, in general, men die before women –in Brazil, life expectancy for them would be 73.3 years and for them, 80.3 yearsaccording to the IBGE, disregarding the mortality caused by covid-19 pandemic. According to the research, conducted by 25 scientists from … Read more
Roses are red. Neptune it’s deep blue. Why Uranus isn’t it too? the scientists wondered. It’s an intriguing question. Uranus and Neptune, the two outermost planets in our solar system, are ice giants — cold worlds made of gas and ice, with similar chemical compositions. They are also not very different in mass, with Uranus … Read more
“Look at the Moon”, recommended netizens on social networks between the night of this Sunday (15) and the dawn of this Monday (16), in an alert for the total eclipse of the Moon that kept many people up late to watch the astronomical event. This type of eclipse happens two to three times a year, … Read more
Chilean scientists have successfully recovered one of the fossils of ictiossauro most complete in the world, with intact embryos, on the Tyndall glacier, in the Chilean Patagonia region. O ancient marine reptile preserved and pregnant was nicknamed “Fiona” by scientists. The 4-meter-long fossil will help the team study the embryonic development of ichthyosaurs, which roamed … Read more
The dawn of Thursday (5) was a spectacle on its own for astronomers from all over Brazil. The country registered hundreds of meteors in several states, especially in interior from Sao Pauloand in the north of Paraná is at Santa Catarina —the state alone recorded about 300 fragments in the sky. Many of them are … Read more
Since January, Brazil has accounted for 323,900 probable cases of dengue and 79 deaths from the disease. The numbers, available in the latest epidemiological bulletin of the Ministry of Healthreveal an 85.6% increase in infections by this virus, transmitted by mosquito bites Aedes aegypticompared to the same period in 2021. In some parts of the … Read more
“I did it to go to Argentina, because it’s my goal to graduate, to pursue this medical career.” It is like this, citing the neighboring country at each pause for a new reasoning, that Gerson Lavisio32, explains what led him to act as a fake doctor in São Paulo. In an interview with Sheethe confirmed … Read more
Scientists on the outskirts of Chicago, in USAfound that the mass of a subatomic particle is not what it should be—a startling discovery that could revolutionize Physical and our understanding of the Universe. The measurement is the first conclusive result of an experiment that is at odds with one of the most important and successful … Read more
THE James Space Telescope Webb spotted its first star, though not quite tonight, and even took a ‘selfie’ to capture the moment, announced the Nasa this Friday (11th). These steps are part of a months-long process of aligning the observatory’s massive golden mirror that astronomers hope will help unravel the mysteries of the early universe. … Read more
The CEO of EBC (Empresa Brasil de Comunicação), Glen Lopes Valente, has pressed the state-owned vehicles, such as TV Brasil, to reduce journalistic coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic. During a conversation with the company’s management last week, to which the column had access, Valente said that “it’s boring” to talk about health crisis daily and … Read more