Biotechnology
Meet my high-tech graphic-novel 21st-century Saci
Can largely unknown Brazilian folklore characters like #Saci, #Boitatá, #Iara and #Curupira compete with #Halloween? Not with low-tech approaches. Over the last semesters, my kindergarten-age kids have been studying Saci:…
The value of carbon is relative, biodiversity is absolute
There is evidence that reforestation reflects a biodiversity gain of more than 200% in a degraded area Originally published in Portuguese at Valor Econômico – 7/22/2024 5:01 Carbon dominates the…
Associated traditional knowledge, big data and the innovation train
Originally published on LinkedIn in October 2017 (but still important) Without scientists, the only thing you can get out of a forest are the trees. At the next the Biodiversity…
The barcode and the qr-code of Life
Every Species has DNA so it is reasonable to use DNA to identify every species The actual practice of using DNA sequences for systematics began to take shape in the…
Science is best when verified by technology
An essay based on the article Sarewitz, 2016. Saving Science. The New Atlantis During the COVID19 pandemic, once again, science has brought the solution to a health, humanitarian, social and…