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Season 2025
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Slave heritage in Congress, meritocracy and can I post pictures of my children? (SciCast #625)
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What impact does slave heritage have on the occupation of Capitol Hill seats in the USA? What does this have to do with meritocratic discourse? Do you have the right to post photos of
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What impact does slave heritage have on the occupation of Capitol Hill seats in the USA? What does this have to do with meritocratic discourse? Do you have the right to post photos of your children on social media without permission?
Recording Team: Tarik Fernandes, André Trapani, Tiago Protti Spinato, Yasmim Pussente
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Exercise in special populations: chronic diseases (SciCast #626)
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Exercise in special populations: chronic diseases (SciCast #626).
Recording Team: André Trapani, Daniele Silva, Yuri Motoyama, Iara Grisi, Guilherme Ozaki, Antônio Lucas
Exercise in special populations: chronic diseases (SciCast #626).
Recording Team: André Trapani, Daniele Silva, Yuri Motoyama, Iara Grisi, Guilherme Ozaki, Antônio Lucas
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Food insecurity, information on social media and can I already buy graphene on the market? (SciCast #627)
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Food insecurity, information on social media and can I already buy graphene on the market?
Recording Team: André Trapani, Lenin Machado, Tiago Protti Spinato, Yasmin Pussente.
Food insecurity, information on social media and can I already buy graphene on the market?
Recording Team: André Trapani, Lenin Machado, Tiago Protti Spinato, Yasmin Pussente.
You've surely seen geographic profiling in some movie or series, but perhaps you're not familiar with the actual term. A very simple and objective definition is found in Chapter 6 of the
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You've surely seen geographic profiling in some movie or series, but perhaps you're not familiar with the actual term. A very simple and objective definition is found in Chapter 6 of the guide Mapping Crime: Principle and Practice by researcher Keith Harries, made for the US Department of Justice: "Geographic profiling is an investigative methodology that uses the location of a connected series of crimes to determine the most likely area in which an offender lives". But how is it done? What are the less obvious uses? Has it already been used in history? On to the episode!
Recording Team: Tarik Fernandes, Marcelo de Matos, Cezar Antônio, Glaucia Souza Silva, Lennon Ruhnke, Vinicius Trevisan.
Parliamentarism is a system of government adopted in many countries around the world, but little known in Brazil. Is the President good for nothing? Is it normal for the Prime Minister
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Parliamentarism is a system of government adopted in many countries around the world, but little known in Brazil. Is the President good for nothing? Is it normal for the Prime Minister to be the same for a long time? What do you mean Parliament was dissolved? Let's find out more about this system, which is sometimes advocated for implementation in Brazil.
Recording Team: André Trapani, César Agenor, Fernando Malta, Gustavo Rebelo, Maria Oliveira, Marcelo Guaxinim.
Trump and Tariffs (SciCast #630).
Recording Team: Fernando Malta, Marcelo de Matos, Isabela Fontanella, Gustavo Rebelo.
Trump and Tariffs (SciCast #630).
Recording Team: Fernando Malta, Marcelo de Matos, Isabela Fontanella, Gustavo Rebelo.
Assisted Human Reproduction (SciCast #631)
Recording Team: André Trapani, Marcelo de Matos, Gabriel Lima, Natalia Nakamura, Daniele Perondi, Letícia Aguiar.
Assisted Human Reproduction (SciCast #631)
Recording Team: André Trapani, Marcelo de Matos, Gabriel Lima, Natalia Nakamura, Daniele Perondi, Letícia Aguiar.
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Language models creating proteins, motorcycle cab apps and can I run Doom on a PDF? (SciCast #632)
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In this spin-off we'll talk about an AI that generated a protein never before imagined, the attempt by city halls to ban motorcycle cab apps and the curious niche of people who are
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In this spin-off we'll talk about an AI that generated a protein never before imagined, the attempt by city halls to ban motorcycle cab apps and the curious niche of people who are committed to running the game Doom on all kinds of devices.
Recording team: André Trapani, Túlio Monegatto Tonheiro, Natalia Nakamura, Cézar Antônio.
It seems that the Scicasters have entered a Sinuca de Bico with today's episode, or rather, a Scinuca! I'm sure you've wondered and questioned your friends and family about absurd things
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It seems that the Scicasters have entered a Sinuca de Bico with today's episode, or rather, a Scinuca! I'm sure you've wondered and questioned your friends and family about absurd things that seem impossible to find out without searching the internet, but sometimes we already have ways of finding the answer and we don't even know it.
Recording Team: André Trapani, Marcelo de Matos, Felipe Queiroz, Lennon Ruhnke, Lucas Souza, Roberto Spinelli, Rita Kujawski.
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Ibogaine, food prices and can I take my cell phone into the classroom? (SciCast #634)
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In this spin-off, we discuss studies into ibogaine, which promises to help treat depression and addictions; the rise in food prices and the outlook for the future; research into
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In this spin-off, we discuss studies into ibogaine, which promises to help treat depression and addictions; the rise in food prices and the outlook for the future; research into excessive screen time in children and the bill to regulate cell phone use in schools.
Recording team: André Trapani, Gustavo Rebello, Yasmin Pussente, Iuri de Barros.
In a relaxed conversation we discuss where our everyday beliefs come from and what the cultural, geographical, income and other contexts are, for example: why do we believe we should
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In a relaxed conversation we discuss where our everyday beliefs come from and what the cultural, geographical, income and other contexts are, for example: why do we believe we should take one, two or three baths a day? Is there such a thing as genuine altruism?
Recording Team: Tarik Fernandes, Marcelo de Matos, André Trapani, Daniele Silva, Rita Kujawski.
What characterizes Parliamentarism? What are its characteristics, peculiarities and even similarities with other political models? In SciCast 629, we talked about the history of
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What characterizes Parliamentarism? What are its characteristics, peculiarities and even similarities with other political models? In SciCast 629, we talked about the history of parliamentarism and then, in this week's episode, we delve into its characteristics and limitations.
Recording Team: André Trapani, Marcelo de Matos, Fernando Malta, Gustavo Rebelo, Maria Oliveira, Livia Nádia da Costa Leite.
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