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Scientists create chocolate-flavored honey using native Brazilian bees
Publicado em 24 de novembro de 2025
Chocolate-flavored HONEY has been created by scientists in Brazil.
The team used a product from native stingless bees to extract bioactive compounds - such as caffeine - from chocolate manufacturing waste.
They say the process adds nutritional and commercial value to an ingredient that is usually discarded.
Researchers from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) developed the new product.
It is made from native bee honey and cocoa bean shells and can be consumed directly or used [...]
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‘Extraordinary’ fossil reveals the oldest ant species known to science
Publicado em 27 abril 2025The 113 million-year-old fossil of a hell ant preserves tiny details of the insect's wings. Anderson Lepeco Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN In almost overlooked fossil discovered in a Brazilian museum collection has revealed the oldest ant specimen known to science, according to new research. The prehistoric ant lived among dinosaurs 113 million years ago [...]ver notícia -
Heavy drinking linked with lasting impact on the brain, study finds
Publicado em 09 abril 2025(CNN) — Heavy drinking is associated with increased risk of a type of brain injury linked with memory and thinking problems. That's according to a new study in which researchers defined heavy drinking as eight or more alcoholic drinks per week. This study, which was published in the journal Neurology, comes when clinicians and public health advocates are raising awareness of alcohol use disorder and issues related to excessive alcohol consumption. To help people think about [...]ver notícia -
Brazilian researchers find 'terrifying' plastic rocks on remote island
Publicado emTRINDADE ISLAND, Brazil : The geology of Brazil's volcanic Trindade Island has fascinated scientists for years, but the discovery of rocks made from plastic debris in this remote turtle refuge is sparking alarm. Melted plastic has become intertwined with rocks on the island, located 1,140 km (708 miles) from the southeastern state of Espirito Santo, which researchers say is evidence of humans' growing influence over the earth's geological cycles. "This is new and [...]ver notícia -
This dwarf planet has a ring instead of a moon, and scientists don't know why
Publicado em 08 fevereiro 2023Recent telescope data revealed that a small planet in the far reaches of our solar system has a dense ring round it. And scientists are baffled as to why. The planet, Quaoar, is one of roughly 3,000 small planets that orbit the sun beyond Neptune, and at 690 miles (1,110-kilometers) wide, it’s about the seventh largest, with Pluto and Eris ranking as the biggest. Observations of Quaoar made between 2018 and 2021 revealed that the planet has a ring sitting farther away from it than [...]ver notícia -
Tiny Amazon fish spotted in a single stream could go extinct just after being found
Publicado em 18 maio 2022Two new colorful species of fish have been found in Brazil's Amazon Basin -- and they are already at risk of disappearing due to extinction. The fish belong to a subfamily called South American darters. The discovery brings the known number of darter species to five. One species, Poecilocharax callipterus, is distinguished by its long, striking red-orange fins and a dark spot at the base of its tail. The other new species, Poecilocharax rhizophilus is the most miniature darter ever [...]ver notícia -
Un diminuto pez del Amazonas descubierto en un solo arroyo podría extinguirse a nada de su descubrimiento
Publicado em 18 maio 2022(CNN) — Los investigadores encontraron dos nuevas especies de peces coloridos en la cuenca del Amazonas, y ya se encuentran en la lista de especies en peligro de extinción. Los peces pertenecen a una subfamilia llamada pez ciprínido de agua dulce sudamericano. El descubrimiento eleva a cinco el número conocido de especies de ciprínidos de agua dulce. Los investigadores han encontrado una nueva especie de pez, el Poecilocharax callipterus, en la cuenca del [...]ver notícia -
Newly discovered Amazonian fish are already threatened
Publicado em 18 maio 2022Sign up for CNN's Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more.(CNN) Two new colorful species of fish have been found in Brazil's Amazon Basin -- and they are already at risk of disappearing due to extinction.The fish belong to a subfamily called South American darters. T he discovery brings the known number of darter species to five.One species, Poecilocharax callipterus, is distinguished by its long, [...]ver notícia