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  1. Filling the global vaccine research vacuum: Scientific denialism, pandemic risk, and the urgency of a new international immunization order

    Article • Vacunas, April 2026, Elsevier

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  2. Promovendo a alfabetização sobre mudanças climáticas e o enfrentamento da desinformação nas redes sociais

    Article • Revista Sergipana de Educação Ambiental, February 2026, Revista Sergipana de Educacao Ambiental

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  3. Entre la ciencia y la desinformación: la percepción de profesores de ciencias sobre las fake news durante la pandemia de Covid-19

    Article • Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios Educativos, January 2026, Universidad Iberoamericana, A. C.

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  4. Latent Profile Analyses of Explanations About the Origins of SARS-CoV-2 Within and Across Countries

    Article • Collabra Psychology, January 2026, University of California Press

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  5. Scientific communication and vaccine hesitation: an analysis of the editorial line of a great Brazilian newspaper

    Article • Oxford Open Immunology, January 2026, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  6. Brazilian’s views of theistic evolutionism

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), December 2025, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  7. Entrevista Dra. Kelly Nunes

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), December 2025, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  8. Interview Dr. Kelly Nunes

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), December 2025, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  9. Epistemological and sociocultural challenges in the teaching of evolution: an analysis of Argentine biology teachers’ discourse

    Article • Journal of Biological Education, October 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  10. The complex web between environmental disruption, pesticide use, and human health: lessons from the bat crisis

    Article • Bulletin of the National Research Centre, October 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  11. CONSTRUINDO PONTES ENTRE CIÊNCIA E FÉ

    Article • Estudos de religião, October 2025, Instituto Metodista de Ensino Superior

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  12. Pancreatic cancer in the era of precision medicine: challenges, advances, and the future of therapeutic strategies

    Article • Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute, October 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  13. Entrevista com Dra. Mariangela Hungria

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), September 2025, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  14. Interview Dr. Mariangela Hungria

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), September 2025, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  15. CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES IN THE SEARCH FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SOURCES: A GLOBAL ANALYSIS

    Article • SAPIENS - Revista de divulgação Científica, September 2025, Editora UEMG - EdUEMG

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  16. Capacitação de Agentes Comunitários de Saúde no Manejo do Mal de Alzheimer em Idosos: Um Estudo de Caso em Formiga e Cidades Adjacentes

    Article • Interagir pensando a extensão, September 2025, Universidade de Estado do Rio de Janeiro

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  17. Pathogens, people, and the planet: a systematic review of biodiversity decline, zoonotic spillover, and climate-driven health vulnerabilities

    Article • Biodiversity, August 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  18. Entrevista Dr. Duncan H. Pritchard

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), July 2025, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  19. Interview Dr. Duncan H Pritchard

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), July 2025, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  20. Dangerous fanaticism in Brazil (and in the world) at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Article • Ciência ET Praxis, March 2025, Editora UEMG - EdUEMG

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  21. Discovery of the hole in the ozone layer: environmental awareness and fighting scientific fake news

    Article • Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics, March 2025, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  22. The Complex Intersection Between Autism, Prejudice and the LGBTQIA+ Movement: An Analysis of an Excerpt from the Series “The Good Doctor”

    Article • Journal of Homosexuality, February 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  23. Undermining Scientific Progress

    Article • The American Biology Teacher, February 2025, University of California Press

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  24. mRNA Technology in Modern Medicine: Review and Future Prospects

    Article • Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology, January 2025, Innovation Forever Publishing Group Limited

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  25. Percepciones Científicas y Religiosas de los Profesores de Biología en América Latina sobre la Enseñanza de la Evolución: Importancia Atribuida al Diseño Inteligente

    Article • Austral Comunicación, January 2025, Asociacion Civil de Estudios Superiores (ACES) Universidad Austra

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  26. The Reconfiguration of Social Bonds in the Digital Age: Virtual Connections vs. Face-to-Face Relationships

    Article • Nature Anthropology, January 2025, SCIE Publishing Limited

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  27. Return of poliomyelitis: A real risk in a country afflicted by scientific denialism

    Article • Vaccine, January 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  28. Two right-leaning leaders in the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective assessment of Brazil and Australia

    Article • Revista Pan-Amazônica de Saúde, January 2025, Instituto Evandro Chagas

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  29. Entrevista Dr. José Eustáquio Diniz Alves

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), September 2024, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  30. Interview Dr. José Eustáquio Diniz Alves

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), September 2024, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  31. Reckoning with COVID-19 denial: Brazil's exemplary model for global response

    Article • World Journal of Methodology, September 2024, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  32. Medical Misinformation and Unproven COVID-19 Treatments in Brazil: Analyzing the Impact of Misguided Health Policies

    Article • Pharmacologia, September 2024, Science International

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  33. Challenges and Reflections on Pandemic Disinformation: The Case of Hydroxychloroquine and the Implications for Global Public Health

    Article • Value in Health Regional Issues, September 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  34. Bridging Minds and Frontiers: An Unconventional Academic Odyssey with Francisco José Ayala

    Article • Razón y fe, July 2024, Universidad Pontificia Comillas

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  35. The presence of the adjunct ozone therapy in the scientific official literature worldwide should suggest that this medical approach is neither denialism, nor pseudoscience: author's response to Chirumbolo et al.

    Article • The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, July 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  36. Design Inteligente em uma Revista Científica Brasileira: pseudociência acadêmica

    Article • Educação em Foco, June 2024, Editora UEMG - EdUEMG

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  37. The ozone therapy controversy and the need for science-based health policies in the Brazilian context

    Article • The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, June 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  38. Deceptive tactics: Misappropriation of scientific literature by ‘Gazeta do Povo’ in undermining COVID-19 vaccination efforts

    Article • Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, May 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  39. Gigantopithecus blacki extinction and human threats to Tapanuli orangutans: lessons from past and present challenges

    Article • Bulletin of the National Research Centre, April 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  40. Vaccine detox in Brazil: Myths and risks of a pseudoscientific therapy

    Article • The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, February 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  41. Relevância de Deus para a evolução biológica: percepções de professores de Biologia em três países latino-americanos

    Article • Ciência & Educação (Bauru), January 2024, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  42. Risks of scientific misinformation through press and pre-print articles

    Article • Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -), November 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  43. Secularism, biology teachers, and evolution teaching: a comparative analysis of the Brazilian phenomenon

    Article • Journal of Biological Education, July 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  44. Indigenous Culture: What can we learn (and teach)?

    Article • Symposium of Biology Education (Symbion), June 2023, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  45. Iconic Athletes and the Antivaccine Movement: An Improbable Alliance That Reinforces Science Denial

    Article • AJPM Focus, June 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  46. VIROSES EMERGENTES E REEMERGENTES E SUAS RELAÇÕES COM O MEIO AMBIENTE

    Article • May 2023, Editora Pasteur

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  47. Religion and science must work together on behalf of the environmental movement

    Article • PLURA - Revista de Estudos de Religião, January 2023, Even3

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  48. Entrevista com Ullrich Bauer

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), August 2022, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  49. Interview with Ullrich Bauer

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), August 2022, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  50. Extensão universitária como ferramenta para o combate às verminoses

    Article • August 2022, Pantanal Editora

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  51. Brazil and the (Un)Natural Selection of SARS-CoV-2

    Article • Annals of Public Health Reports, June 2022, sPage.direcT

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  52. Information and misinformation about climate change: lessons from Brazil

    Article • Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics, May 2022, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  53. Pope Alexander VII, President Bolsonaro, and pandemics: When humanity goes back

    Article • Ethics Medicine and Public Health, April 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  54. 100 years later, little has changed in Brazil: disinformation and pandemic

    Article • African Health Sciences, December 2021, African Journals Online (AJOL)

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  55. Sars-Cov-2, evolution and P1 mutation

    Article • Academia Letters, November 2021, Academia.edu

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  56. Entrevista Sibel Erduran

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), October 2021, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  57. Interview Sibel Erduran

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), October 2021, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  58. Antibiotics against viruses: Brazilian doctors adrift

    Article • Infection Control, September 2021, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  59. The (in)competence of the Bolsonaro government in confronting coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

    Article • Infection Control, September 2021, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  60. Interview with Nelio Bizzo

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), July 2021, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  61. Entrevista com Nelio Bizzo

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), July 2021, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  62. Teleological vs. Scientific views of evolution theory among high school biology teachers in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay

    Article • JURNAL BIOEDUKATIKA, June 2021, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  63. The xenophobia virus and the COVID-19 pandemic

    Article • Éthique & Santé, June 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  64. The Brazilian Scientific Denialism Through The American Journal of Medicine

    Article • The American Journal of Medicine, April 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  65. Wildfires and Brazilian irrationality on social networks

    Article • Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics, March 2021, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  66. The danger of denialism: lessons from the Brazilian pandemic

    Article • Bulletin of the National Research Centre, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  67. Entrevista Glenn Branch

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), March 2021, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  68. Interview Glenn Branch

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), March 2021, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  69. Medicines and illusions in the fight against COVID-19 in Brazil

    Article • Ethics Medicine and Public Health, March 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  70. Biology teachers’ conceptions of Humankind Origin across secular and religious countries: an international comparison

    Article • Evolution Education and Outreach, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  71. The historic success of vaccination and the global challenge posed by inaccurate knowledge in social networks

    Article • Patient Education and Counseling, September 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  72. Entrevista com Cristine Legare

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), August 2020, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  73. Interview with Cristine Legare

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), August 2020, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  74. Unlikely nephron neural syndrome impacts craft beer consumption in Brazil: What lessons can be learned?

    Article • Annales Pharmaceutiques Françaises, August 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  75. Dissemination of COVID-19: Questions for science

    Article • Ethics Medicine and Public Health, July 2020, Elsevier

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  76. Vision of pedagogy course students on the origin and evolution of the human species

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), June 2020, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  77. Teachers’ Conceptions about the Origin of Humans in the Context of Three Latin American Countries with Different Forms and Degrees of Secularism

    Article • Science & Education, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  78. Biological evolution and creationism from the perspective of graduate students of biological sciences

    Article • Góndola enseñanza y aprendizaje de las ciencias, May 2020, Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  79. Interview with Marlos Cholodovskis Machado

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), December 2019, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  80. Teste de evidência como atividade investigativa sobre "transgenia e técnica de DNA recombinante" para alunos do ensino médio

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), September 2019, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  81. ENTREVISTA DRA. EUGENIE C. SCOTT

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), April 2019, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  82. INTERVIEW DRA. EUGENIE C. SCOTT

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), April 2019, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  83. The Human Species Origin: Views of Biology Teachers from Three Latin American Countries

    Article • Theology and Science, April 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  84. ENTREVISTA COM O MESTRE REGINALDO CRUZ ALVES ROSA

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), December 2018, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  85. INTERVIEW WITH MSC.REGINALDO CRUZ ALVES ROSA

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), December 2018, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  86. Emerging Green Synergy in the Science/Religion Relationship: From Conflict to Potentially Planet-Saving Cooperation

    Article • Environmental Claims Journal, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva, Michael Gottlieb

  87. Chimpanzee included in the genus Homo? How biology teachers from three Latin American countries conceive it

    Article • Journal of Biological Education, July 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva, Gonzalo Peñaloza

  88. Questions for the Science Editor

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), December 2017, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  89. Efeitos da alimentação na evolução humana: uma revisão

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), December 2017, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  90. BIOLOGY TEACHERS’ CONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF LIFE IN BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, AND URUGUAY: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

    Article • Zygon®, November 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  91. Intelligent design endangers education

    Article • Science, August 2017, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  92. Importância da seleção natural e do design inteligente na evolução das espécies: Concepção dos alunos de ciências biológicas

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), August 2017, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  93. Interview with Magaly Robalino Campos

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), August 2017, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  94. Entrevista con Magaly Robalino Campos

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), August 2017, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  95. Entrevista com Magaly Robalino Campos

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), August 2017, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  96. Entrevista Dra. Graça Carvalho

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), December 2016, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  97. Interview Dra. Graça Carvalho

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), December 2016, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  98. A percepção sobre a hipótese do Design Inteligente no Brasil (Minas Gerais)

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), August 2016, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  99. Entrevista com Francisco J. Ayala

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), August 2016, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  100. Interview with Francisco J. Ayala

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), August 2016, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  101. Creationist and Evolutionary conceptions in teacher training in two regions of Brazil

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), September 2015, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  102. The Perspective of Science and Religion in High School Biology Teachers in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay: A Comparative Study

    Article • Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, July 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  103. Can One Accept the Theory of Evolution and Believe in God as Well?

    Article • Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, July 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  104. Environmental Education: Investigative Activity with Students of Education Young and Adults

    Article • International Journal for Cross-Disciplinary Subjects in Education, June 2015, Infonomics Society

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  105. Does the Scientific Progress Dispense the Teaching of Biological Evolution?

    Article • Literacy Information and Computer Education Journal, March 2015, Infonomics Society

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  106. A influência da religiosidade na aceitação do evolucionismo: um estudo em uma amostra da população brasileira

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), July 2013, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  107. Obstetricians and pregnant women from Formiga’s town, in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Deciding what kind of labor to be held

    Article • Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, January 2013, Scientific Research Publishing, Inc,

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  108. Creationism and intelligent design: Presence in the Brazilian educational policy

    Article • Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, January 2010, Elsevier

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  109. Creationism and intelligent design: Presence in the Brazilian educational policy

    Article • Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, January 2010, Elsevier

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  110. Acompanhamento de gestantes: nível de informação e influências de familiares, amigos e da mídia para a decisão do tipo de parto

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), January 1970, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  111. Os tipos de parto no município de Formiga-MG

    Article • Conexão Ciência (Online), January 1970, Fundacao Educacional de Formiga - FUOM

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva

  112. Revista Científica Universitas

    Article • Revista Científic Universitas, Even3

    Dr. Heslley Machado Silva