History

ART

Transnational hillbillies

Almeida Junior created his figures with the naturalist painting from Europe

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PALEONTOLOGY

Inside fossils

Computed tomography permits detailed analysis of bones of extinct animals

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THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY

Fifty years since that night

UBA's invasion by police was the precursor to the brain drain from Argentina

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Memory

A country in statistics

The IBGE has modernized its social and economic statistics in Brazil

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Obituary

Brazilianist par excellence

U.S. historian Thomas Skidmore authored a classic study on Republican Brazil

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ECONOMICS

Efficiency on tracks

The São Paulo Railway Company was an exception in the railway industry

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Tapuiasaurus macedoi

Titanosaur in Minas Gerais

Skull discovered in Minas Gerais is the oldest titanosaur in South America

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MEMORY

Recognizing the researchers

The Brazilian Academy of Sciences celebrates its centennial anniversary

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GEOMAGNETISM

Magnetic memories of the Jesuit missions

Geophysicists recovered information about the Earth’s magnetic field

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Digitization

Reclaiming the past

Mormon initiative recovers old records from offices in São Paulo cities

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Institution

The chemistry of innovation

Araraquara institute excels among Unesp units

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Archaeology

The people of Lagoa Santa

A team of researchers work on an archaeological site at Lapa do Santo

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PALEONTOLOGY

Heart of stone

New fossil record reveals an unforeseen pathway in the evolution of the heart

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GEOLOGY

The human era

Plastic material accumulated on ocean floors may define a new period in history

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photographic plate

A planetary system from 1917

Disks from 1917 is the first of a planetary system distant from the Sun

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History

The end of chalets

An article studies the origin, development and decline of the chalets

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Memory

The Brazilian side of Goethe

Goethe's writings were influenced by the works of naturalists

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History of Health

São Paulo as a Laboratory

The preventive approach held sway in medical practice in the 20th century

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History

The quilombo economy

Trade of farm surplus continue today at black rural communities

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MEMORY

Good-bye to the Prof. Besnard

University has to remove oceanographic vessel from the port

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Cinema

Cinema’s scattered fragments

Filmmaker delves into archives of Brazilian images to find material

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Performing Arts

Theatrical costumes: naturalism and invention

The history of costumes for the Brazilian stage since the 19th century

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Memory

The eclipse that confirmed Einstein’s theory

National Observatory restores photographic plates of the 1919 solar eclipse

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History

The fight for abolition

Study reconstructs the role of the abolitionist movement as a social force

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Culture

Globalization in the 19th century

Project reveals an intense circulation of cultural goods in the 19th century

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CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS

Searching for the magic numbers

Four chemical elements are now part of the periodic table

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Memory

The legend of an invisible monk

Gregor Mendel’s experiments with pea plants gave birth to genetics

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Nutrition

A diet rich in fish

Pre-Columbian people in Amazonia ate fish regularly

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ART

Dialogue with a distant past

Exhibit brings together archeology and contemporary artists

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Archeology

The unusual menu of the Paracas people

A population that lived more than 2,000 years ago ate a carbohydrate-rich diet

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