genética

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A giant parrot that doesn’t fly, weighs up to 4 kg, and smells like honey almost disappeared from the planet, but an extreme program in New Zealand used predator-free islands, genetics, fake eggs, and a controlled diet to save the kakapo from extinction.

Carla Teles 14/06/2026 at 21:26

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Genetic study shows that Europe after Rome was not born from a lightning invasion, but from families, migrations, and a lot of mixing.

Viviane Alves 14/06/2026 at 09:02

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USP wants to read the DNA of up to 5,000 Brazilian couples before pregnancy to discover if future babies may inherit silent genetic diseases.

Viviane Alves 12/06/2026 at 15:49

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“Lazy” DNA reveals the secret of sloths and shows how jumping genes can explain slow metabolism and surprising longevity

Caio Aviz 11/06/2026 at 20:56

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Scientists manage to correct genes in human embryos before birth with unprecedented precision, and the discovery reignites the debate on hereditary diseases, the future of babies, and the limits of genetics.

Caio Aviz 09/06/2026 at 20:46

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Indigenous peoples of the Andes surprise scientists by revealing a rare genetic adaptation linked to potato consumption 10,000 years ago, a discovery that could change what we know about evolution, diet, and human survival.

Felipe Alves da Silva 09/06/2026 at 18:23

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Organ transplantation may enter a new era with genetically modified pigs and the promise of ending the waiting list for human donors

Fabio Lucas Carvalho 25/04/2026 at 00:12

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Science discovers that the air is not empty as it seems, but rather a gigantic natural archive that stores DNA of animals, plants, and humans without anyone noticing.

Felipe Alves da Silva 16/04/2026 at 09:14

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Japanese scientists have discovered that human DNA carries a second secret code that determines which genes will be silenced, and a protein called DHX29 is responsible for filtering the weaker genetic messages.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 15/04/2026 at 21:22

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Researchers believed for decades that genetics influenced only a small part of people’s lifespan and that lifestyle was what mattered most, but a new study from the Weizmann Institute in Israel turned this idea upside down and showed that DNA plays a much larger role than anyone imagined in determining who lives longer and who dies sooner.

Bruno Teles 14/04/2026 at 16:02

Cientistas analisando árvore genealógica em laboratório enquanto estudam padrão incomum de nascimentos masculinos ligado a possível gene raro associado ao cromossomo Y.

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Family Intrigues Scientists After Registering Overwhelming Majority of Men for More Than 200 Years and Raising Hypothesis of Rare Gene Linked to Y Chromosome

Caio Aviz 09/03/2026 at 17:12

Três lagartos Uta stansburiana com gargantas laranja, azul e amarela sobre rochas no deserto, ilustrando estratégias evolutivas semelhantes ao jogo pedra, papel e tesoura.

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Lizards Live in an Evolving Game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, Where Colors, Behavior, and Reproduction Alternate in Cycles That Maintain the Species’ Genetic Balance Over Time

Caio Aviz 08/01/2026 at 15:14

A giant parrot that doesn’t fly, weighs up to 4 kg, and smells like honey almost disappeared from the planet, but an extreme program in New Zealand used predator-free islands, genetics, fake eggs, and a controlled diet to save the kakapo from extinction.

Genetic study shows that Europe after Rome was not born from a lightning invasion, but from families, migrations, and a lot of mixing.

USP wants to read the DNA of up to 5,000 Brazilian couples before pregnancy to discover if future babies may inherit silent genetic diseases.

“Lazy” DNA reveals the secret of sloths and shows how jumping genes can explain slow metabolism and surprising longevity

Scientists manage to correct genes in human embryos before birth with unprecedented precision, and the discovery reignites the debate on hereditary diseases, the future of babies, and the limits of genetics.

Indigenous peoples of the Andes surprise scientists by revealing a rare genetic adaptation linked to potato consumption 10,000 years ago, a discovery that could change what we know about evolution, diet, and human survival.

Organ transplantation may enter a new era with genetically modified pigs and the promise of ending the waiting list for human donors

Science discovers that the air is not empty as it seems, but rather a gigantic natural archive that stores DNA of animals, plants, and humans without anyone noticing.

Japanese scientists have discovered that human DNA carries a second secret code that determines which genes will be silenced, and a protein called DHX29 is responsible for filtering the weaker genetic messages.

Family Intrigues Scientists After Registering Overwhelming Majority of Men for More Than 200 Years and Raising Hypothesis of Rare Gene Linked to Y Chromosome

Lizards Live in an Evolving Game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, Where Colors, Behavior, and Reproduction Alternate in Cycles That Maintain the Species’ Genetic Balance Over Time

In the cold desert of Ladakh, where it hardly rains, engineer Sonam Wangchuk created the ice stupa, a tower that freezes winter water and stores it for irrigating crops in the spring, a simple engineering feat that mimics nature.

Almost 6,000 residents live concentrated along a single street nearly 9 km long in the interior of Poland. Houses form a continuous row, and behind them, narrow agricultural strips emerge, creating one of the most unusual rural patterns in Europe.

Júlia Pimentel, an 11-year-old from Minas Gerais, independently invented a new formula to calculate the square root using simple addition and multiplication, and her method was published in one of the most important mathematical scientific journals in Brazil.

They planted a sea of eucalyptus to produce cellulose, but the monoculture turned into a green desert, dried up springs and rivers, and pushed families out of regions in Minas Gerais and Bahia.

Chinese woman planted trees for decades while sand buried part of her house, received $5,000 from an American in 1999, and helped transform the desert into a forest of 8 million trees in China.

Heir bought 23,000 degraded acres in the Scottish Highlands, fenced the area, planted nearly 1 million native trees, and transformed empty mountains into a forest officially recognized after meeting 15 evaluation criteria over 20 years.

The Atacama Desert, the driest place on Earth, was covered in flowers and turned into a colorful carpet with more than 200 species in the phenomenon called “desert bloom,” when atypical rains awaken seeds that had remained dormant in the soil for many years.