Highlights
Materials engineering
Beautiful, smooth and impermeable
Company develops a material that substitutes granite, marble and steel
Communication
Who has power over the fourth power?
Blogs demystify journalism and dictate the news
By Carlos Haag
Literature
In the shadow of the past
The 125th anniversary of the birth of Stefan Zweig
By Carlos Haag
Visual arts
The design of an era
The growing concern with the visual conception of graphic arts in Brazil
Retrospect
Driven by passions
José Leite Lopes, who died at the age of 87, leaves a vast range of accomplishments
Interview
Emilio Moran: A world in change
MIGUEL BOYAYANWhen he talks about global climatic changes, anthropologist Emilio Moran seems capable of catching the attention of even the most skeptical of the anti-environmentalists. Perhaps because, instead of only detaining himself on numbers – whether of animal and plant species in the process of extinction, or of more or less degrees Celsius of the... View Article
By Fabrício Marques and Mariluce Moura
Public policies
A monitored stroll in the park
A new system evaluates and guards against environmental impact in parks
Virology
Men in the spotlight
Masculine sexual health helps to contain a virus linked to uterus cancer
Ecology
Invisible communities
The surface of a single leaf can house more than 600 species of bacteria