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A team of researchers from the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) they discovered in Brazil and flea-toad, considered the second smallest vertebrate in the world, according to a study published this Friday. This specimen of the genus Brachycephalus measures 6.95 millimeters and can rest on a nail. The study, supported by the Research Support Foundation of the State of São Paulo (FAPESP) and published in the magazine PeerJ, indicates that this new mini-toad is only 0.5 millimeters [...]

Four days by boat from the coast of Brazil, is the island of Trinidad, where several species of animals and plants are endemic (including endangered turtles). The island is practically virgin territory, since it has never had human settlements other than a group of just 32 people who travel from time to time to collect data on the flora and fauna. It is precisely its distance from civilization that has caused the concern of the scientific community, which recently discovered that even in this [...]

Scientists have discovered rocks mixed with molten plastic on the volcanic island of Trindade in Brazil. They speak of a worrying discovery, because the amount of plastic waste on the island is increasing. According to the scientists, plastic pollution is mainly caused by fishing nets, which are present in large numbers on the beaches of Trindade. “The fishing nets get carried away by the ocean currents and pile up on the beach,” geologist Fernanda Avelar Santos tells CNN. [...]

HAVANA | Cuba now has two vaccines fully developed by scientists in the country, after the authorization for use on Friday of its Soberana, announced Friday the drug regulatory authority (Cecmed). The announcement comes as the island experiences a high incidence rate of COVID-19 infections, a month after the authorization of Abdala, Latin America’s first vaccine. “This was possible after a rigorous evaluation process” over the past few weeks, in which “all the results [...]

Mattel, the maker of the Barbie doll, created six dolls honoring women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics from different parts of the world. One of them is the researcher who led the creation of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, la profesora Sarah Gilbert. Although the scientist said that she had found the creation “very strange” at first, she hoped it would inspire the children. “I hope it is part of it being more normal than girls think about science [...]