Trending Scientific Theories in Brazil — the 7 days to 24 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed scientific theories on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 24 October 2026 (Portuguese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: flat Earth. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Total Views (the 7 days to 24 October 2026)
1
flat Earth
archaic conception of the Earth's shape
5,445
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2
anarchism
a philosophy, movement, and political ideology that holds that any government, like the state, is undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful
2,757
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3
Big Bang
hypothetical begin of the Universe through expansion out of an infinitely small and infinitely dense state
840
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4
accelerationism
political philosophy that the prevailing system of capitalism should be expanded in order to generate radical social change
445
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5
general relativity
standard and classical physics theory of gravity and space
312
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6
race
nonscientific human classification system primarily based on physical appearance
255
views
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7
technofeudalism
political theory
246
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8
meritocracy
political system in which capital is assigned on the basis of competence
245
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9
Fermi paradox
apparent contradiction between the lack of evidence and high probability estimates for the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations
206
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10
heliocentrism
astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around a relatively stationary Sun at the center of the Solar System
188
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11
cell theory
scientific theory that living organisms are made up of cells, that they are the basic structural/organizational unit of all organisms, and that all cells come from pre-existing cells
173
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12
uncertainty principle
fundamental principle in quantum physics
169
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13
theory of relativity
two interrelated physics theories by Albert Einstein
151
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14
infrared radiation
electromagnetic radiation with longer wavelengths than those of visible light
147
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15
continental drift
movement of Earth's continents relative to each other
131
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16
Darwinism
theory of biological evolution driven by natural selection
106
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17
special relativity
physical theory of measurement in an inertial frame of reference proposed in 1905 by Albert Einstein
101
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18
vitalism
discredited scientific hypothesis
97
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19
miasma theory
obsolete medical theory about the transmission of disease through bad air
84
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20
Lamarckism
hypothesis that an organism can pass on characteristics that it has acquired through use or disuse during its lifetime to its offspring
81
views
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21
Dyson sphere
hypothetical megastructure, originally described by Freeman Dyson
68
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22
Coriolis force
apparent or fictitious force on objects moving within a reference frame that rotates with respect to an inertial frame
68
views
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23
insanity
abnormal mental or behavioral patterns
68
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24
boson
quantum system invariant by exchange of two identical instances
59
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25
foco
theory of revolution by way of guerrilla warfare
58
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26
Bose–Einstein condensate
state of matter of a dilute gas of bosons cooled to temperatures very near absolute zero
58
views
views
27
Socialism in One Country
political theory by Joseph Stalin
55
views
views
28
Einstein field equations
field equations in general relativity
51
views
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29
spontaneous generation
disproven theory of life arising from nonliving matter
46
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30
spherical Earth
assertion that the Earth is (at least approximately) spherical
45
views
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31
von Mises yield criterion
concept in continuum mechanics
44
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32
germ theory of disease
prevailing theory about the cause of infectious diseases
43
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33
elite theory
theory of the state
41
views
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34
History of atomic theory
history of scientific theory that views matter as made up of atoms of chemical elements
40
views
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35
nutation
type of motion in astronomy. A component of the rotating motion of a planet under the influence of gravitational pull by moons, other planets or the central star
36
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36
Reflexology
psychological theory
36
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37
phlogiston theory
superseded scientific theory about combustion
35
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38
bricolage
construction or creation of a work from a diverse range of things that happen to be available, or a work created by such a process.
34
views
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39
Fresnel zone
region of space involved in radio propagation between a transmitting and receiving antenna
31
views
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40
palingenetic ultranationalism
theory concerning generic fascism
30
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41
modern evolutionary synthesis
early-20th-century scientific theory combining Darwinian evolution and Mendelian inheritance
29
views
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42
Realism
international relations theory
29
views
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43
probability axioms
axioms that are relevant to the probability theory
28
views
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44
band theory
model of electronic structure in solids
27
views
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45
big lie
gross distortion or misrepresentation of the truth
26
views
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46
libertarian communalism
libertarian socialist theory
26
views
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47
capability approach
economic theory
26
views
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48
biogenesis
biological term that shows the view that living beings can develop only from other living beings
25
views
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49
Gallicanism
the belief that popular civil authority—often represented by the monarchs' authority or the state's authority—over the Catholic Church is comparable to that of the Pope's
25
views
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50
Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era
a political theory attributed to Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
24
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51
Aristotelian physics
natural sciences as described by Aristotle
24
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52
Third International Theory
theory of governance proposed by Muammar Gaddafi
24
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53
post-Marxism
trend in political philosophy and social theory
24
views
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54
Fermi–Dirac statistics
behaviour of many identical fermions, particles with half-integer spin
23
views
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55
trickle-down economics
economic theory
23
views
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56
iron law of oligarchy
Political theory claiming that all organizations will eventually become oligarchic
23
views
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57
Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory
chemical theory defining acids and bases by transfer of protons (hydrons)
23
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58
preformationism
formerly-popular theory that organisms develop from miniature versions of themselves
23
views
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59
kinetic theory
mathematical model explaining macroscopic properties of gases in microscopic terms
23
views
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60
Kurgan hypothesis
theory of Indo-European origin
21
views
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61
refrigerator mother theory
discredited historical theory that autistic spectrum disorders are caused by a lack of parental emotional warmth
20
views
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62
contractualism
moral theory
18
views
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63
principal–agent problem
conflict of interest when one agent makes decisions on another's behalf
18
views
views
64
Duverger's law
principle in political science
17
views
views
65
voting paradox (Condorcet)
Marquis de Condorcet's observation regarding times when voters' collective preferences are cyclic, even when voters' individual preferences are not
16
views
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66
domino theory
theory concerning the influence of Communism
16
views
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67
flood geology
attempt to interpret and reconcile geological features of the Earth in accordance with a literal belief in the global flood described in Genesis
14
views
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68
Dirac sea
ground state of a fermionic field; thought of as a "sea" of negative-energy states that have been all filled in, thus rendering the vaccum stable
13
views
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69
tidal acceleration
cause of tidal locking
13
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70
Fresnel diffraction
diffraction
13
views
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71
Three Worlds Theory
Maoist interpretation and formulation of international relations
13
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72
neorealism
concept in international relations
11
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73
Madman theory
feature of Richard Nixon's foreign policy
11
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74
rotating black hole
black hole with angular momentum
11
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75
axial tilt
angle between the rotational axis and orbital axis of a body
10
views
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76
Penrose process
theorical process wherein energy can be extracted from a rotating black hole
10
views
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77
democratic peace theory
theory which posits that democracies are hesitant to engage in armed conflict with other identified democracies
10
views
views
78
high-functioning autism
outdated term for types of autism without intellectual or verbal disability and cognitively "higher functioning" (with an IQ of ≥70); term that medical and autistic communities calling to stop using because it is simplistic and offensive
9
views
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79
pangenesis
Darwin's hypothetical mechanism for heredity
8
views
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80
elliptic filter
signal processing filter
7
views
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81
Bose-Einstein statistics
statistical description for the behaviour of bosons
7
views
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82
Boveri–Sutton chromosome theory
theory
7
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83
organizational ecology
theoretical and empirical approach in the social sciences that is considered a sub-field of organizational studies
7
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84
extended evolutionary synthesis
set of theoretical concepts argued to be more comprehensive than the earlier modern synthesis of evolutionary biology that took place between 1918 and 1942
7
views
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85
Le Sage's theory of gravitation
obsolete kinetic theory of gravity that explained Newton’s gravitational force in terms of streams of unseen particles impacting material objects from all directions
7
views
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86
free energy principle
hypothesis in neuroscience proposed by Karl Friston
6
views
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87
perturbation theory
quantum mechanics
6
views
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88
Maxwell–Boltzmann statistics
statistical distribution used in many-particle mechanics
6
views
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89
optical aberration
phenomenon in astronomy
6
views
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90
Jahn–Teller effect
mechanism of spontaneous symmetry breaking in molecular and solid-state systems
6
views
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91
caloric theory
obsolete scientific theory of heat flow
6
views
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92
HIV/AIDS denialism
unsubstantiated denial of the scientific fact that HIV causes AIDS
5
views
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93
triarchic theory of intelligence
theory of human intelligence formulated by Robert Sternberg
5
views
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94
dual state (model)
model for how dictatorships are run, coined by Ernst Fraenkel
5
views
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95
Regalism
doctrine and political practice, predominant in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries, that defended the superiority of the king's power over the Catholic Church
5
views
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96
isospin
quantum number related to the weak interaction
5
views
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97
von Neumann entropy
type of entropy in quantum statistical mechanics
5
views
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98
withering away of the state
concept coined by Engels that, with the realization of socialism, the state will become obsolete and disappear as the society will govern itself without coercive enforcement of the law
5
views
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99
liberalism
school of thought within international relations theory
5
views
views
100
Penrose diagram
two-dimensional diagram that captures the causal relations between different points in spacetime
5
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