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Natália Pasternak

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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).
https://www.iqc.org.br/
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GMOs

Closing the information gap on GM technology means addressing fear, as well as ignorance

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It’s time to direct our efforts not only to providing scientific knowledge on genetically modified food, but also to addressing people’s fears.
Covid-19

Why I called for the Brazilian Senate to impeach President Bolsanaro over our Covid crisis

Natália Pasternak -
Science-based policies can save us from future pandemics. We won't get them by remaining silent when denialism takes over governments.
Covid-19

Brazil’s COVID-19 inquiry puts pseudoscience on trial

Natália Pasternak -
The COVID-19 inquiry in Brazil is an opportunity to understand what went wrong and what can be learned - it is one we can't afford to pass up
Alternative Medicine

Brazil’s bogus “Covid kit” represents a failure of private healthcare regulation

Natália Pasternak -
Investigations show doctors were pressured to prescribe "early treatment protocol" Covid kits made up of unproven, ineffective interventions
Science

The ‘scientist as lone genius’ is a myth that obscures real stories of scientific discovery

Natália Pasternak, Carlos Orsi -
Science communication that focuses on lone geniuses making accidental discoveries can prime the public to accept quacks masquerading as mavericks
Alternative Medicine

When it comes to our health, doing nothing is often better than doing something wrong

Natália Pasternak, Carlos Orsi -
Most of the time, being proactive can be a good thing, but when it comes to healthcare, doing nothing is better than doing something stupid.
Alternative Medicine

Kardecism: the fringe spiritualist doctrine which became the soul of pseudoscience in Brazil

Natália Pasternak, Carlos Orsi -
Kardecism - an 19th century off-shoot of spiritualism - found fertile ground in Brazil, and grew to wholly undermine trust in science and medicine.
Alternative Medicine

Brazilian Congress turns green – not for the environment, but for homeopathy

Natália Pasternak, Carlos Orsi -
Brazil continues to make baffling healthcare decisions, including lighting up the Brazilian congress buildings... in honour of homeopathy
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