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Natália Pasternak

Natalia Pasternak is a microbiologist with a PhD in bacterial genetics and professor of science and policy at Columbia University. She’s founder and current president of Instituto Questão de Ciência (Question of Science Institute).

Genetics defies any attempt to define clear categories for race and gender

When it comes to genetics, there is far more diversity within race or gender groups than there is between them, with only very few clear exceptions

Animals, acupuncture and alt-med: the Brazilian penguin being subjected to Enya

A recently rescued penguin in Rio de Janeiro is being treated with acupuncture, cannabinoids and music therapy - despite a total lack of evidence

Racism is a real phenomenon, but that doesn’t mean that the idea of “biological race” is real

Just because some people will discriminate against others due to their appearance and racial identity, that doesn't make the notion of 'biological race' true.

Pandemic science communication: learning lessons from the life vest uprising

The effectiveness of any public health intervention - whether it's vaccines, masks, or life vests - depends on it being understood by the public.

The science of The Last of Us: should we fear a fungal zombie pandemic?

The hit TV show The Last of Us depicts a world hit by a fungal-caused pandemic that turns the infected to zombies - but could it happen in real life?

Institute Question of Science in Brazil: from fighting pseudoscience to advising governments

IQC - born in response to Bolsanaro and forged in the fight against COVID-19 pseudoscience - aims to establish its permanent place in post-Bolsanaro Brazil

Family Constellation: the pseudoscience retraumatising victims at the approval of Brazilian courts

Brazilian courts are disturbingly fond of Family Constellation, a pseudoscientific form of therapy that pushes blame onto victims, and retraumatises the most vulnerable people

Have Brazilians been effectively immunised against vaccine disinformation?

While health misinformation is rife in Brazil, confidence in vaccines remains extremely high, thanks to decades of public health messaging
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