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Rainfall from Amazonian Indigenous Territories accounts for 57% of Brazil’s agricultural income

Survey warns that R$ 338 billion of Brazil’s economy is at risk due to environmental degradation in Indigenous Territories

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Life Science

Palm Trees as Living Archives: Tracing ancient human-nature Connections

Biologist Cintia Freitas analyzes plant genetics in conjunction with archaeological data to reveal how Indigenous peoples have influenced the landscape

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Life Science

Indigenous Knowledge Paves New Paths in Academia

Victor Felix, a Potiguara from Paraíba, aims to “tropicalize” soil research

Biology

How Marine Worms Help Us Understand Diversity Along the Brazilian Coast

Rodolfo Silva, “Doctor Worm,” studies the biodiversity of marine communities by looking at their various dimensions

Ecology

How plants “borrowed” genes from fungi and bacteria

Evolution builds complexity from simplicity, new study finds

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Mathematics

Marcelo Campos

What is the structure of an optimal Ramsey graph?

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Life Sciences

Bárbara Flores Borum-Kren

In what ways might the resurgence of the Borum-Kren people contribute to the revitalization of biocultural memory and trigger socioecological cascades in the Uaimií Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil?
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Computer Science

Bruno Iochins Grisci

Do evolutionary optimization algorithms affect the way artificial neural networks learn and behave differently from traditional methods?

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Podcast

O quê? Por quê?

The podcast features questions asked by children to scientists who respond in a clear and understandable way.

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Journalism

O peixe que sabia das secas

The report analyzes changes in ecosystems and the challenges faced by wildlife and riverside communities.

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Pod Paiter: A voz do povo da floresta

Indigenous podcast connects the knowledge of the Paiter Suruí people with the exact and natural sciences.