Interview
Philip Hanawalt
Philip Hanawalt: “What we don’t know is what is most important in science”
Stanford professor upholds creativity in research
Zeev Maoz
Zeev Maoz: Reasoning by others
A professor from the University of California revisits the roots of the Arab-Israeli conflict
By Carlos Haag
Maria Immacolata V. de Lopes
Maria Immacolata Vassallo de Lopes: TV soap opera, the Brazilian narrative
Professor examines why the soap opera is a favorite folktale
Manning Marable
Manning Marable: Living black history
Professor argues that re-inventing the past could re-shape the USA's racial future
Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Fernando Henrique Cardoso: No leniency for deforestation
Society cannot be lenient toward environmental damage
By Fabrício Marques and Neldson Marcolin
Charles Naspitz
Charles Naspitz: Epidemic in the air
Child allergy expert talks about the challenge of understanding and treating asthma
José Goldemberg
José Goldemberg: From critic to herald
The former Dean of USP looks back on 60 years of academic life
Interview
João Paulo dos Reis Velloso: A new world in the Tropics?
An economist believes that Brazil can become number one among emerging countries
Newton da Costa
Newton da Costa: Passion and contradiction
The mathematician who created paraconsistent logic has three books republished
José de Souza Martins
José de Souza Martins: Sociology examining the edges of society, dreams and hope
Sociology examining the edges of society, dreams and hope
By Marcos de Oliveira and Mariluce Moura
Maria Luiza Tucci Carneiro
Maria Luiza Tucci Carneiro: The “undesirable” race
Concern with racial prejudice hides the historical anti-Semitism in Brazilian society
By Carlos Haag
Alexandre Kalache
Alexandre Kalache: A policy for ageing well
Creator of age-friendly cities says that this issue is important for the country's development
Interview
Léa Velho: The need for a Brazilian view of science
Unicamp researcher discusses the challenges necessary to improve Brazil's academic production
By Fabrício Marques and Ricardo Zorzetto
Luiz Hildebrando P. da Silva
On the banks of the Madeira river
Sanitation expert speaks as chemotherapy that can block the action of parasites
By Claudia Izique and Ricardo Zorzetto
Interview
Luis Fernandes: The motor of development
Finep President modernizes management to turn technological innovation into an agent of growth
José Sérgio Gabrielli
José Sérgio Gabrielli de Azevedo: “Let’s not downgrade petroleum now”
An interview with the economist and President of Petrobras
Interview
Simon Schwartzman: The science critic
Former IBGE president analyzes the social impact of the provincial notions of Brazilian universities
Interview
Henrique Lins de Barros: From the atom to the airplane
LÉO RAMOSIn Henrique Lins de Barros’s office at CBPF, the Brazilian Physics Research Center in the district of Urca, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, there is a picture on the wall on the right. On the left side there is a poster showing details of a multicellular organism, Candidatus Magnetoglobus multicellularis. In the... View Article
Sérgio Mascarenhas
Sérgio Mascarenhas: Physics in the current world
The impact of condensed matter physics on the contemporary world
Interview
Esper Abrão Cavalheiro: The reconstruction of man
Given its potential for profoundly altering human performance, the new convergence of technologies must be debated by the scientific community
By Mariluce Moura and Neldson Marcolin
Interview
Claudia Bauzer Medeiros: Computer science in the future
MIGUEL BOYAYANResearcher Claudia Bauzer Medeiros leads quite a busy academic life: a professor at the Computer Science Center of the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) for the last 20 years, her extensive academic output has involved over 30 projects in the field of scientific databases, mainly as applied to biodiversity and agro-environmental planning. “The Unicamp... View Article
By Fabrício Marques and Mariluce Moura
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Lilia Moritz Schwarcz: Almost blacks, almost whites
Anthropologist Lilia Schwarcz discusses the link between science and racism in Brazil
By Carlos Haag
José Sérgio Gabrielli
José Sérgio Gabrielli de Azevedo: “Let’s not downgrade petroleum now”
An interview with the economist and President of Petrobras
Interview
Angelo Machado: Between books and dragonflies
GLÁUCIA RODRIGUESResearcher Angelo Machado has the habit of taking big leaps from time to time. Graduated as a physician, he specialized in neuroanatomy. Once retired, he entered an entrance exam for zoology and became a renowned entomologist. When 50 years old, he began to write books for children and is an acclaimed author. Simultaneously with... View Article
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Thomaz Farkas: Optimist and raving, but not too much
EDUARDO CESARIn a 15-minute documentary made by Walter Lima Júnior in 2004, at one point Thomaz Farkas, 82 years old, tells that he ought to have been born in Brazil, because in 1924 his parents were already living over here. Without many resources, when the moment of the birth drew close, they asked Farkas’s maternal... View Article
By Mariluce Moura and Neldson Marcolin
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Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro: Violence without limits
A UN study coordinated by a Brazilian sociologist reveals that children are the victims of mistreatment and aggression throughout the world, at all classes and environments, whilst society accepts the phenomenon with complacency