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The author stated that if a parent died without leaving instructions about the funeral, the family could choose burial, a tomb, or cremation, but not donate the body to science, even if the person had died from a disease that required further investigation, such as Alzheimer's. #funeral #ciência #Alzheimer #PT (translated)

Alex_politics stated that in the EU, Spain had created one of the most effective and inexpensive treatments for leukemia, and that two drugs had been developed to slow down Alzheimer's and two others that, according to him, provided 99% immunity against HIV. He also pointed out that patients with paralysis had regained the ability to walk thanks to spinal implants. In contrast, he lamented that there was no car capable of doing backflips over a truck and described the situation as a tie. #Salud #Ciencia #Innovación (translated)

Héctor Suárez Gomís questioned Viri Ríos for, according to him, confusing the payment of taxes with demanding that resources be reflected in public services, such as pothole-free streets. He argued that holding the government accountable for maintenance was not hypocrisy and listed taxes such as the ISR, VAT, IEPS, property tax, and vehicle tax. He also stated that the poor condition of the streets forced citizens to cover private medical expenses and repairs for their vehicles, and mentioned that changing all four tires every year could be a consequence of those conditions. Suárez Gomís pointed out that studying at Harvard did not guarantee an understanding that public money belonged to the citizens and that officials should be held accountable. He urged Ríos to demand answers from Adán Augusto and criticized him for refusing to make statements. Additionally, he accused those who reported potholes and opposed the property tax of being inconsistent and argued that citizens demanded punctuality from taxpayers while tolerating, according to him, government ineptitude. #Impuestos #Gobierno #ServiciosPúblicos (translated)

Verônica Domingues criticized what she described as Lula's intention to lower the age of criminal responsibility. She stated that the measure would be a simplistic response to a complex issue and labeled it as "penal populism." Domingues said she did not support impunity for heinous crimes but opposed incarcerating adolescents alongside adults in prisons that, according to her, were already overcrowded. In her assessment, lowering the age of criminal responsibility before addressing social and racial inequalities in Brazil would deepen these problems, including within the prison system. She also stated that Black and poor adolescents would be more affected by the measure, while white and wealthy youths would escape punishments to the same extent. Domingues criticized those who, according to her, accuse of racism those who point out this risk and said that experts, and not just public opinion, should guide the debate. The author further lamented that sectors of the left supported the proposal and asserted that advocating for the reduction of the age of criminal responsibility was incompatible with being leftist in Brazil. She acknowledged that heinous crimes provoked outrage and a desire for revenge but urged that the issue be discussed without reactionary speeches. #MaioridadePenal #DesigualdadeSocial #PopulismoPenal (translated)

The educational community of the Complutense University of Madrid denounces an assault by a far-right young man on a leftist student, which occurred at a bus stop near the Faculty of Information Sciences, where the aggressor and his group later placed materials with far-right messages inside the Faculty before being expelled by campus security. #Complutense #Ultraderecha #ViolenciaUniversitaria (translated)

The author wrote that George Church and colleagues had identified SRSF1, an RNA-processing and splicing factor, through a transcriptomic screen, and said it restored youthful profiles in cells. They also reported that activating SRSF1 extended median lifespan by 14% in a small mouse study.

Santos da Opressão compared Brazil and Paraguay, stating that the salaries were R$ 1,600.00 and R$ 2,300.00, respectively. According to him, workers had 30 days of vacation in Brazil and 12 in Paraguay, and worked 40 hours a week in the first country and 48 in the second. He also said that water was paid in both countries and compared health services, which he described as free in Brazil and paid in Paraguay. He stated that the transportation allowance was 6% of the salary in Brazil and did not exist in Paraguay, and that there were meal or food vouchers in Brazil, but not in the neighboring country. In his comparison, Santos da Opressão attributed to Brazil a life expectancy of 76 years, against 72 in Paraguay; basic reading rates of 50%, against 34%; and Science rates of 45%, against 29%. He also mentioned an HDI of 0.805 in Brazil and 0.756 in Paraguay, as well as informality rates of 35% and 64%, respectively. Regarding this last data, he stated that more than half of the Paraguayan population lived informally. In the end, he ironically suggested that anyone who preferred the "Paraguayan dream" should move there and bring their friends. #BrasilVsParaguai #DireitosTrabalhistas #VidaNoExterior (translated)

Repentant Milei shared the testimony of a student from the Faculty of Exact Sciences, who said that there were prominent scientists who could not live on their salary and that the gas they threw at her had made it impossible for her to breathe. When asked to leave a message, the student issued an insulting condemnation against everyone in Congress. The account added that anyone who was not moved by her was not Argentine. https://t.co/4gqrAoubz7 #Argentina #Ciencia #DerechosHumanos (translated)

David Ágape stated that journalists faced conflicts of interest when covering their own employers, especially due to work relationships. He compared this type of conflict to others, such as family ties, friendships, and ideological affinities, and said it also existed in science. According to Ágape, professionals from Metrópoles, Estadão, Folha, and O Globo did not usually publicly criticize their own outlets without permission. He also stated that advertisers could influence, directly or indirectly, the agendas of newspapers. In his assessment, in the model of free news, the product was the readers' attention and the client was the advertiser; he said that the Master case had made this dynamic evident. Ágape defended the existence of various competing outlets and mentioned what he called the "Consortium" during the pandemic. He noted that journalists still had individual responsibility to refuse unethical or illegal orders, but said that this aspect was often ignored in discussions on social media. He also advocated for alternative journalism funded by readers and called for subscriptions to support the outlet A Investigação and its independence. https://t.co/XuG3rvfuLG #Jornalismo #ConflitoDeInteresses #ImprensaIndependente (translated)

The article by Margarida Bentes Penedo discusses how science is used to justify authoritarian policies, arguing that disagreement with these proposals is often interpreted as opposition to science, which limits political debate and genuine citizen participation. #Autoritarismo #Política #Biodiversidade (translated)

A fossil discovered in 1924 on the Isle of Wight has allowed the identification of a new carnivorous dinosaur, named Invictibellatrix amberina, that lived 120 million years ago and belongs to the group of megaraptorans, related to the tyrannosaurs. #Dinosaurios #Fósiles #Ciencia (translated)