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Nov 03, 12:00 · Folha de S.Paulo · Panorama summary

DNA links Native Hawaiians to Easter Island and reveals 7,000 km Pacific crossing

Study in Science indicates that navigators from Rapa Nui were among the first to colonize Hawaii.

Nov 03, 06:00 · Folha de S.Paulo

Study analyzed 967 human remains from at least 60 individuals and saw marks consistent with dismemberment, boiling and breaking for consumption.

Nov 02, 06:00 · Folha de S.Paulo

The 66-million-year-old Infernogallus jamesi had no teeth and a parrot-like head.

Oct 29 · 05:00

Particles of about 100 nanometers may pose a challenge for astronauts and for spacesuit design.

Oct 28 · 12:00

Cambridge simulations indicate it would be rare for a comet to deliver a significant amount of hydrogen cyanide intact to Earth.

Oct 28 · 10:36

The object provisionally called 2026 ED138 may measure between 600 and 1,500 km and be among the largest bodies ever found in the region.

Oct 28 · 02:00

Astronomers see a never-before-seen structure around the white dwarf J1328−1450, possibly maintained by two bodies that survived the star's death.

Oct 27 · 18:06

The observatory that detected more than 2,000 gamma-ray bursts ended operations after nearly 22 years in space.

Oct 27 · 09:45

The Lumina model tracks the first 2 billion years of the cosmos and produces fewer giant galaxies than the James Webb telescope has been observing.

Oct 27 · 03:30

The 237-million-year-old Gerrothorax maritimus had bony armor and gills; none of the more than 8,000 living amphibians is fully marine.