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Science and Technology

The “Chinese invasion” has arrived: BYD already dominates almost 45% of the electric buses registered in Brazil in May 2026, while 80% of the entire electric fleet in the country is concentrated in São Paulo with 1,300 vehicles.

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 19/06/2026 at 00:47

Economy

After a motorcycle accident at 17, a Bahian agronomist borrowed R$ 40 from his mother, transformed a homemade granola recipe into Tia Sônia, and reached R$ 120 million, targeting São Paulo with 300 tons monthly and 80 products.

Carla Teles 18/06/2026 at 18:32

Economy

Dia Supermercados closes 343 stores in Brazil, ends judicial recovery ahead of schedule, and attempts to revive with 238 units in São Paulo after a debt of nearly R$ 1.1 billion exposed the brutal pressure of wholesale clubs on traditional chains.

Carla Teles 18/06/2026 at 17:01

Interesting facts

Mother of 7 children leaves night job in São Paulo, invests only R$ 86 in artisanal ice creams and sees income become household support: business created at the gate reaches R$ 6,000 per month and aims for a physical store.

Carla Teles 15/06/2026 at 12:29

Economy

Casa CazéTV transforms internet chat into a live event during the World Cup, targeting over 100,000 fans in São Paulo and Rio, and boosts a Brazilian experience company that expects to grow up to 60% with shows, big screens, activations, and Brazil’s games.

Carla Teles 14/06/2026 at 23:29

Interesting facts

Mother of four faces financial difficulties in São Paulo, swaps jobs outside the home for sweet and savory pies, and turns the kitchen into a source of income to support the family while studying nursing to change her children’s future.

Carla Teles 14/06/2026 at 22:59

Interesting facts

São Paulo releases 50,000 free World Cup stickers in libraries and reading points, with 3,000 albums for those with an active registration, while collectors have a few days to pick up the kit and exchange stickers before the stock runs out.

Carla Teles 12/06/2026 at 15:29

Construction

Workers opened the ground at a construction site in downtown São Paulo and found tram tracks buried under the concrete, revealing a forgotten city from the time when the capital still relied on rail transport.

Noel Budeguer 11/06/2026 at 09:09

Science and Technology

Brazil has 130,000 diesel buses, but electric ones still face challenges outside São Paulo: fleet grows by 170%, city concentrates more than 80% of the vehicles, and costs of up to R$ 3 million expose financing and infrastructure bottlenecks in Brazilian public transportation.

Carla Teles 07/06/2026 at 23:11

Construction

Mega project in São Paulo is impressing America: Rodoanel Norte will have a 44 km extension, 14 tunnels, a 50-meter high viaduct, and the final section delivered after years of stoppage and excavations equivalent to 13 Olympic swimming pools.

Alisson Ficher 06/06/2026 at 13:35

Interesting facts

24 m² house where a cleaning lady raised 3 children was loaned to shelter a pregnant young woman and returned destroyed; in 50 days, an architect changed everything, expanded the space, created ventilation, and returned to Vânia the dignified home she had waited for years.

Carla Teles 04/06/2026 at 19:11

Agribusiness

Brazil tightens the clampdown on imported tilapia and raises an alert in the sector following taxation, sanitary inspection, and projects in the Chamber.

Caio Aviz 04/06/2026 at 10:51

The “Chinese invasion” has arrived: BYD already dominates almost 45% of the electric buses registered in Brazil in May 2026, while 80% of the entire electric fleet in the country is concentrated in São Paulo with 1,300 vehicles.

After a motorcycle accident at 17, a Bahian agronomist borrowed R$ 40 from his mother, transformed a homemade granola recipe into Tia Sônia, and reached R$ 120 million, targeting São Paulo with 300 tons monthly and 80 products.

Dia Supermercados closes 343 stores in Brazil, ends judicial recovery ahead of schedule, and attempts to revive with 238 units in São Paulo after a debt of nearly R$ 1.1 billion exposed the brutal pressure of wholesale clubs on traditional chains.

Mother of 7 children leaves night job in São Paulo, invests only R$ 86 in artisanal ice creams and sees income become household support: business created at the gate reaches R$ 6,000 per month and aims for a physical store.

Casa CazéTV transforms internet chat into a live event during the World Cup, targeting over 100,000 fans in São Paulo and Rio, and boosts a Brazilian experience company that expects to grow up to 60% with shows, big screens, activations, and Brazil’s games.

Mother of four faces financial difficulties in São Paulo, swaps jobs outside the home for sweet and savory pies, and turns the kitchen into a source of income to support the family while studying nursing to change her children’s future.

São Paulo releases 50,000 free World Cup stickers in libraries and reading points, with 3,000 albums for those with an active registration, while collectors have a few days to pick up the kit and exchange stickers before the stock runs out.

Workers opened the ground at a construction site in downtown São Paulo and found tram tracks buried under the concrete, revealing a forgotten city from the time when the capital still relied on rail transport.

Brazil has 130,000 diesel buses, but electric ones still face challenges outside São Paulo: fleet grows by 170%, city concentrates more than 80% of the vehicles, and costs of up to R$ 3 million expose financing and infrastructure bottlenecks in Brazilian public transportation.

Mega project in São Paulo is impressing America: Rodoanel Norte will have a 44 km extension, 14 tunnels, a 50-meter high viaduct, and the final section delivered after years of stoppage and excavations equivalent to 13 Olympic swimming pools.

24 m² house where a cleaning lady raised 3 children was loaned to shelter a pregnant young woman and returned destroyed; in 50 days, an architect changed everything, expanded the space, created ventilation, and returned to Vânia the dignified home she had waited for years.

Brazil tightens the clampdown on imported tilapia and raises an alert in the sector following taxation, sanitary inspection, and projects in the Chamber.

Libya built over 4,000 kilometers of underground pipelines to bring water from the Sahara to coastal cities in a project that the government itself called the Eighth Wonder of the World.

Desert sand, previously discarded for being too smooth for concrete, becomes an ecological brick in the United Arab Emirates, dispensing with Portland cement, curing at room temperature, and attempting to transform dunes useless for construction into raw material for a new arid engineering.

He transformed an abandoned plastic water tank into an underground house in the “hobbit hole” style, using only repurposed pallet wood, without heavy machinery or expensive labor.

Toyota launches “family hybrid van” with 7 or 8 seats, 1.8 hybrid engine, fuel consumption of up to 23.8 km/l, and a price equivalent to about R$ 104,000 without taxes, below the Tiggo 8 Pro Plug-in Hybrid sold in Brazil: meet the Noah Hybrid 2026 in Japan.

China transforms desert-devastated area into the world’s largest artificial forest, planting trees for 60 years, blocking sand that reached Beijing, and creating a “green lung” of 92,000 hectares in a region once considered lost.

With 70 tons of rock removed by hand and an 800-year-old abandoned cave, a former businessman transforms a dark shelter into a modern home carved in the heart of the forest.

Scientists have created a material six times lighter than air, 75 times lighter than styrofoam, and that becomes stronger the more it is compressed: aerographite seems impossible, but it can reinforce structures, batteries, and satellites.