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Brazil backs out of hosting next year’s UN climate conference

Nov 29, 2018

Brazil has withdrawn its invitation to host global climate talks next year, according to The Hill, following the election of president-elect Jair Bolsonaro, who has threatened to withdraw the nation from the P...

Brazil’s far-right Bolsonaro is as much a danger to science as to democracy

West Side Story

Oct 30, 2018

Environment, Opinion, Science, World

Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro won Brazil’s presidential election on Sunday, earning support from 55 percent of voters. Bolsonaro has often been called the “Tropical Trump,” given his many parallels with th...

Yellow fever outbreak in Brazil raises concerns of epidemic

West Side Story

Jan 18, 2017

Health, Science, World

An outbreak of yellow fever in Minas Gerais, a Brazilian state near Sao Paulo, has infected 110 people and killed 30, according to a report released Friday. While a vaccine exists for the disease, this outbreak...

Letter suggesting change of plans for Olympics exaggerates Zika threat

West Side Story

Jul 27, 2016

Health, Opinion, World

An open letter has been addressed to the Director-General of the World Health Organization, calling for delay of the upcoming Olympics and Paralympics set to take place in Rio de Janeiro, on the basis of concer...

Bivalve Mollusk Golden Mussels growing like virus in Amazon River, says report

Charles Omedo

Feb 6, 2015

Innovation

The golden mussel is a bivalve mollusk that is very invasive in nature, propagating throughout ecosystems like a virus on a mission. The golden mussel breeds and reproduces in quick successions, and given the f...

WHO reports Poliovirus sample found in Brazil Viracopos Airport sewage

Ally Stackhouse

Jun 24, 2014

Health

A strain of poliovirus has been detected in a sample taken from sewage at the Viracopos International Airport in Sao Paulo state in March. Random samples are taken routinely and the positive results of polio st...

Paraplegic kicks ball at World Cup with mind-controlled robotic suit

Platonium

Jun 13, 2014

Health, Innovation

A paraplegic man made the first kick at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, using a mind-controlled robotic exoskeleton in order to do so. 29-year old Juliano Pinto was clad in a hefty metal suit and wore a c...

Google has Street View for all 12 FIFA World Cup 2014 stadiums

Platonium

Jun 5, 2014

World

Google is now offering Street View for all 12 FIFA World Cup 2014 stadiums. The FIFA World Cup, which will be held in Brazil this year, is starting next week on Thursday, June 12th. In preparation for the hu...

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