Author: The Brasilians NewsPaper
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Laureus Awards: Four Brazilians in contention
Brazilian athletes Rayssa Leal (skate), Yago Dora (surf), João Fonseca (tennis), and Gabriel Araújo, also known as Gabrielzinho (Paralympic swimming), are among the nominees for the Laureus World Sports Awards – considered the Oscar of sports – in various categories. The list, announced on Tuesday (March 3), highlights the top athletes of the 2025 season.…
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Community Transforms Environmental Landscape of Guanabara Bay (RJ)
Community involvement from traditional peoples is transforming the environmental landscape of mangroves in Guanabara Bay through cleanup projects and environmental education initiatives.
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Area occupied by favelas nearly tripled in 40 years in Brazil
Brazilian favelas grew and occupied an area of 92.3 thousand hectares over the last 40 years, according to the Annual Mapping of Urbanized Areas in Brazil by MapBiomas, released this Wednesday (4). According to the study, favelas nearly tripled in size over four decades, becoming 2.75 times larger, while cities in general grew 2.5 times.…
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Minas Gerais has the largest urban area on steep slopes in the country
Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest urbanized area on high slopes, that is, built on steep slopes that pose risks to residents. The data was released on Wednesday (4) by MapBiomas, in the Annual Mapping of Urbanized Areas in Brazil. In the state, where heavy rains left 72 people dead and one…
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Waking Up at 3 AM Is Normal: Sleeping Straight Through Is a Modern Invention, Not an Evolution
Regarding sleep, there are some deeply rooted beliefs, such as falling asleep in less than five minutes being good (spoiler: no way), that we need to sleep eight hours (we’re probably sleeping too much already), or that sleeping straight through the entire night is ideal. But check this out: that last one is a myth…
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The 2026 World Cup Faces Major Challenges Just 100 Days Before Kickoff
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Just 100 days before the start of the FIFA World Cup, what should be a period of celebration is turning into a moment of turbulence. The U.S. and Israel’s attacks on Iran have raised major doubts about the Persian country’s possible withdrawal from the 48-team tournament—a decision no other nation has made after qualifying since…
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A New Daily Pill Promises to Help HIV’s ‘Forgotten Population’
Is there a pill I can take every day to stay healthy? That’s a question that Dr. Chloe Orkin frequently hears from her elderly HIV patients, who take several medications daily to keep the virus under control. “They keep asking: ‘Why can’t I take just one pill? Or why can’t I take injections?’ And we…
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Brazilian study warns of rapid melting of polar ice caps
A study titled Planeta em Degelo, based on new data from the Brazilian Antarctic Program (Proantar), warns of the acceleration of glacier melting, which totaled 9,179 gigatons since 1976, threatening coastal cities mainly. Almost all of this amount (98%) reached the oceans in liquid form since 1990, and 41% only between 2015 and 2024. In…
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Peer pressure can make this clownfish change its stripes
In Disney’s Finding Nemo, the clownfish Marlin worries that his son Nemo might be hurt and asks him to count how many stripes he has. Nemo gets the answer right: three. But in another species, the tomato clownfish, all the stripes except one disappear as the young fish mature. Now, in an article published in…
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US and Israel Attacks on Iran Leave More Than 1,045 Dead
More than 1,045 people have died in Iran as a result of attacks carried out by the United States and Israel since the beginning of the military escalation in the country. The number was reported by the semi-official Iranian agency Tasnim, as the conflict entered its fifth day on Wednesday (4) with bombings in several…