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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.…

Community involvement of traditional peoples is transforming the environmental conditions of Guanabara Bay’s mangroves through cleanups, campaigns, and recovery of fauna and flora.

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.…

Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest urbanized area on steep slopes, that is, built on steep hills 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 dead and one missing…

Regarding sleep, there are some deeply rooted beliefs, such as falling asleep in less than five minutes being good (spoiler: not at all), that we need to sleep eight hours (we’re probably already sleeping too much), or that sleeping straight through the night is ideal. But here’s the thing: that last one is also a…

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 US and Israel’s attacks on Iran have raised major doubts about the possible withdrawal of the Persian country from the 48-team tournament — a decision not taken by any…

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 multiple 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…

A study titled Planet in Thaw, based on new data from the Brazilian Antarctic Program (Proantar), warns of the acceleration of glacier melting, which totaled 9,179 gigatons since 1976, primarily threatening coastal cities. Almost all of this amount (98%) reached the oceans in liquid form since 1990, and 41% just between 2015 and 2024. In…

In Disney’s Finding Nemo, Nemo has three stripes. But in the tomato clownfish, they disappear as the young mature, influenced by social pressure from adults in anemones.

More than 1,045 people died in Iran due to attacks by the United States and Israel since the start of the military escalation, as the conflict intensifies with bombings and retaliations.