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Sophia La Banca

Sophia La Banca

Sophia La Banca is a freelance science journalist whose work covers various fields in biology. She received an M.Sc. in biochemistry at Universidade de São Paulo and a Ph.D. in behavioral neuroscience at Unifesp, both in Brazil.

JSTOR Collections

Building Brasília

A twentieth-century experiment in urban planning promised progress—but carried immense financial and human costs.
Plain illuminated partially covered by fog, soft lights
Plants & Animals

Shedding Light on the Cost of Light Pollution

Artificial light has a huge variety of harmful effects on ecosystems. Scientists are exploring ways to mitigate the damage.
Alpine Pennycress - Noccaea caerulescens
Science & Technology

In Phytoremediation, Plants Extract Toxins from Soils

Researchers have a cheap, easy way for cleaning up oil spills: letting plants do the work. Why isn’t it used more often?