Category: Science and Technology
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Brazilian Startup Program Creates Investment Opportunities in the USA
The Brazilian Agency for the Promotion of Exports and Investments, in conjunction with the Ministry of Economy of Brazil, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sebrae (Brazilian Service of Support for Micro and Small Enterprises), and Anprotec (National Association of Entities Promoting Innovation), recently announced the debut of the Startup Outreach Brazil Program, now with a…
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Lula Proposes that COP30 Be Held in the Amazon
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The elected president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, will propose that the 30th edition of the UN Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP30), in 2025, be held in the Amazon. “We will talk to the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, and we will ask that the COP of 2025 be held in Brazil, in…
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Nobel Winner Says Brazilian Agriculture is a Success Story
Rattan Lal, Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2007, praises Brazilian agriculture as a success story during his visit to Brazil’s booth at COP27.
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AgriTalks Series Highlighted Brazil as a Leading Agribusiness Producer
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Local and international leaders from the sector, academia, experts, and producers discussed long-term food production and sustainability issues, as well as solutions in agricultural technologies. The Brazilian Agency for the Promotion of Exports and Investments, in partnership with the Embassy of Brazil in Washington, D.C., the Consulate General of Brazil in New York, the Consulate…
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World AIDS Day: US Government Aims to End Transmission by 2030
December 1st is World AIDS Day, an annual event aimed at raising awareness about the disease and raising funds to combat it worldwide. Over the past four decades, health researchers have focused heavily on combating HIV, but infection with this virus remains a significant global health issue. According to the World Health Organization, “an estimated…
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World’s Largest Active Volcano Erupts for the First Time in 38 Years
The world’s largest active volcano, Mauna Loa, located in Hawaii, has erupted for the first time since 1984, putting the largest island of the archipelago on alert due to a likely ashfall this Monday, November 28. The eruption of Mauna Loa does not threaten local communities or impede flights over the Big Island. However, wind-blown…
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American Billionaire Who Inspired TV Series Convicted of Fraud
She was “the youngest billionaire in the world,” according to Forbes magazine. The “next Steve Jobs,” said Inc, another major business magazine. In 2014, Elizabeth Holmes, then 30 years old, was on top of the world. She dropped out of Stanford University to found a company valued at $9 billion, Theranos. What did she promise?…
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Why Does Our Brain Believe Lies?
Brazil has just gone through an electoral cycle filled with disinformation and conspiracy theories. Many so absurd that it leads us to question: “Why do so many people believe in lies?” Culpable is the brain. An interesting article published by The Washington Post reports that many of the decisions we make as individuals and as…
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The Most Urgent Challenge Facing Humanity
For at least 50,000 years, humanity has been on a journey of separation – distancing itself from nature and becoming increasingly differentiated, individualized, and empowered. In recent decades, we have become so dominant as a species that we are producing trends that alter the Earth – global warming, species extinction, unsustainable population, massive famines, waves…
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This is where new businesses are launched
Several business hubs in the U.S. are among the best places in the world to launch a business. A Startup Genome, a research organization that supports small businesses, ranks three American strategic areas among the top five in its latest global start-up ecosystem ranking: Silicon Valley (located in Santa Clara Valley, California), New York, and…