10 / January / 2025 Preparing For the Next Global Challenges: The Ebola vaccine example Developing and manufacturing vaccines that have a global impact requires working with global partners, focusing on delivering real solutions to the ongoing threat of the next pandemic By Sue Ann Costa Clemens
10 / December / 2024 Why does beauty matter? More than just moments of contemplation, the beauty of everyday life also provides sensations and experiences that help us feel more balanced and healthy By Lis Leão
03 / December / 2024 Twenty years of the Innovation Act: a promising seed in barren ground Despite the bold and modern set of legal instruments, the measures have not yet been enough to change the Brazilian economy’s capacity for innovation By André Tortato Rauen
21 / November / 2024 Where do centenarians live? Flaws in life expectancy projections can affect public policies, pension rates, and planning of hospitals and nursing homes By Helder Nakaya
06 / August / 2024 In the middle of the road there was some plastic While the versatility of plastics has made them a revolutionary discovery, the price paid by the planet is too high for us to remain impassive in the face of an urgent need for change By Lis Leão
18 / July / 2024 The surprising connection between breastfeeding and bone health A hormone discovered by researchers at the University of California strengthens bones and protects breastfeeding mothers By Helder Nakaya
02 / July / 2024 We need to steer technological change The innovations we need cannot depend solely on spontaneous discoveries prompted by curiosity By André Tortato Rauen
29 / March / 2024 What can nature do for mental health? Contact with natural landscapes, green spaces, and birdsong can help in coping with disorders such as anxiety and depression By Lis Leão
18 / March / 2024 Gears and algorithms: The “steam” that will power the twenty-first century Cutting-edge technology has not yet spread far and wide enough to have positive impacts and externalities on the entire economic and social fabric By André Tortato Rauen
04 / September / 2023 The crisis and extinction of experience Disconnection with nature is at the heart of climate change and its impacts on biodiversity and health By Lis Leão