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Science, question of order
President of SBPC preaches return to debate on S&T
 Em interview with Journal of Unicamp, the president of the Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science (SBPC), Glaci Theresinha Zancan, defends that the institution recovers its academic profile, prioritizing the debate on scientific production. According to Glaci, the SBPC was an important focus of resistance to the military regime, but today the situation is different. “There is no reason for the SBPC to be primarily a forum for discussing politics, even less so for party politics”
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 Frescal is not synonymous with fresh. Biologist Luciane Oimari analyzed 210 samples of this cheese in Campinas and found that 70 were outside one or more microbiological standards, unfit for consumption. Minas frescol only loses in sales to dish and mozzarella cheeses. page 2
 Boy or girl? is the first question asked when a baby is born. Sometimes doctors don't know how to answer. Genital ambiguity is the subject of a new book in the country, by Gil and Andréa Guerra, bringing together the experience and theoretical basis of a group of experts. page 12
 Nilda Villanueva, a doctoral student, wins an award in the United States for developing an unprecedented methodology for food sensory analysis. To achieve this she accomplished a survey of more than 100 wine consumers. page 4
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