Retrospect
Retrospect
On their own skin
106 years ago, Emilio Ribas and Adolpho Lutz proved that yellow fever was transmitted by mosquitoes
Retrospect
Pages from time past
Inmet assembles 12 million documents of the oldest meteorological records in Brazil
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The gears of life
The first machines in Brazil to replace heart and lung systems appeared in the 1950's
Memory
Fungus in the air
Adolpho Lutz published two articles describing a new disease, 100 years ago
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Rigor and generosity
Simão Mathias was the first student to get a doctorate from the University of São Paulo's School of Philosophy, in 1942
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Recovered treasure
1936 film on Rio de Janeiro shows how the Internet helps to recover the past
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The height of knowledge
63 years ago, Barbara McClintock discovered on making a study of corn that the genome is not stable
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Official verdict
An unprecedented document signals the start of immunization in Brazil back in 1804
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Alcohol conversion
Of the three cars that crisscrossed the country to publicize the new fuel in 1976, only one is still standing
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Windmill power
Created in the 19th century, wind-generated electricity is expanding worldwide
Memory
Always in the vanguard
Carmen Portinho helped to change architecture and the arts in Rio de Janeiro
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20th century Bandeirantes (Trailblazers)
121 years ago a wild region of São Paulo began to be explored
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In the days of maxambomba
140 years ago, the country's first urban railroad was inaugurated in Recife.
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The emperors and the mummies
The owner of Latin America's largest Egyptian collection, Brazil looks for resources to excavate in Tanis