History
Cover
An inconvenient pinch of magic
Researchers discover alchemy powder in an archive at the Royal Society
By Carlos Haag
History of Science
On the shoulders of magic giants
The process of transforming alchemy into chemistry was long and smooth
By Carlos Haag
Rockefeller Foundation
A country is made out of people, health and illnesses
Foreign eradication programs influenced Brazil's construction
By Carlos Haag
History of science
Even so, sound moves
Galileo's father influenced his son in the search for experimental truth
By Carlos Haag
Foreign affairs
Dance of the wheelchairs at the United Nations
The idea of Brazil on the Security Council came from the US
By Carlos Haag
Spices
What do you hunger for?
Eating habits help understand the dynamics of relations in colonial Brazil
By Carlos Haag
Fabrics of history
The clothes that Brazilians wore during the ‘coffee with milk’ part of their history
What the First Republic hid beneath its clothes
Expedition
Science to create a nation
Rondon Commission naturalists helped to formalize scientific research
By Carlos Haag
Archaeology
Silent discourse of the slaves
Remains of Africans slaves were found in the center of Rio de Janeiro
By Redação
Memory
Pragmatic science
The first state laboratory for chemical analyses was established 200 years ago
Year of Chemistry
Science, a (not very) feminine word
Marie Curie is still one of the few women on the list of laureates in the area
Memory
Sailing on familiar seas
Colonial Brazil produced in the 17th century the galleon Padre Eterno
Regional rebellions
The mutineers of the Empire
Popular participation in nineteenth century uprisings greater than thought
Luiz Felipe de Alencastro
Luiz Felipe de Alencastro: Brazil’s observer in the South Atlantic
Historian proposes that the Brasil's formation took place outside its borders
History of FAPESP V
Competition in the sky
FAPESP have helped astronomers and astrophysicists produce science
International Year of Chemistry
Flavors and perfumes
Sweet, bitter and smelly compounds are the main characters in the story
Political science
Civil resistance and dilemmas of culture
Research explores conflicts in the opposition to the military regime
History of FAPESP III
Ecological path
FAPESP has been investing for five decades in biodiversity studies
History of FAPESP II
New paradigms
The Bioq-FAPESP Program boosted biochemistry in the 1970s