History

Archaeology

Prehistory in pieces

The skull of Luzia and a 2,800-year-old Egyptian mummy were among the more than 100,000 items in the archaeology and biological anthropology collections

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SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Rebuilding heritage

Partnerships with indigenous peoples and community associations will be decisive to the restoration of ethnographic and linguistic collections

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HISTORY

Memories indelible by fire

For 200 years, the National Museum contributed knowledge in the natural sciences and inspired the creation of several other science museums

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HERITAGE

The pain of loss

Six hours of fire destroyed 200 years of heritage at the largest natural-history museum in Latin America

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History

405-year-old letter suggests Galileo toned down his beliefs

A letter found at the Royal Society in London suggests that Galileo Galilei softened his stance against the ecclesiastical doctrine that the Sun orbited Earth to avoid arrest by the Roman Inquisition

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Video

The eclipse which revolutionized physics

This Wednesday, May 29th, celebrates 100 years of the eclipse which was the first experimental proof of the Theory of General Relativity | 2'36"

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PROFILE

Finding refuge in knowledge

As a victim of persecution, a Malian man transforms a personal experience into a focus of study for his doctorate at USP

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RETROSPECT

One hundred years of Reform in Córdoba

How a rebellion against the rigid hierarchy in an inland university of Argentina inspired change throughout Latin America

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Photolab

Brazil’s National Museum in Quinta da Boa Vista

Brazil’s National Museum in Quinta da Boa Vista, Rio de Janeiro September 3, 2018

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DESIGN

Printing heritage

The first printing shops in São Paulo were established by lawyers and politicians

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History

The slave trade in the United Kingdom

Researchers at the University of Glasgow in Scotland have identified more than 800 articles about fugitive slaves published in British newspapers

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RETROSPECT

German engineering

Germans boosted the development of the urban infrastructure in São Paulo in the 19th century.

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SBPC

Battles never ending

The Society works to gain recognition for researchers and plays an active role in some of the great science debates in Brazil

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History

The atheism of Fritz Müller

In 1848, naturalist Fritz Müller asked the University of Greifswald to excuse him from making the traditional oath to God during his graduation ceremony

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Paleontology

Rare dinosaur sold for €1.13 million

An auction lead to a discussion about the recent trend of treating fossils as works of art

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PHOTOGRAPHY

History in conflict

A new book gathers images of revolts, revolutions, and civil wars, and composes a historical narrative about Brazil

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ARCHAEOLOGY

The age of milk

Hunter-fisher-gatherers who lived in the coastal regions of Santa Catarina State 3,000 years ago breastfed children until 2 years of age

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History

Princeton revisits its history of slavery

Project investigates the institution's involvement with slavery in the country

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Hans Asperger

Pediatrician and Nazi collaborator

historian Herwig Czech showed that the pediatrician aided and supported the Nazi regime and was rewarded with professional opportunities

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Interview

Paulina Alberto: Black activism in the twentieth century

A book explores why black intellectuals first relucted to endorse the ideals of racial harmony, then abandoned them altogether

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HISTORY

Paths to freedom

On the 130th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Brazil, studies reveal the different roles of those involved in the process

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COVER

More people in the rainforest

New archaeological sites and evidence of plant domestication support the idea that pre-Columbian Amazonia was densely populated

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Computation

Data scientists reconstruct the rhetoric of the French Revolution

Researchers used data mining techniques to analyze transcripts of 40,000 speeches made at the National Constituent Assembly

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SOCIETY

From the factory floor to the floor of Congress

Researchers review the history of the struggles of Brazil’s feminist movements

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Anthropology

The Bororo on screen

Researchers suggest that a film made by the Rondon Commission in 1916 may have been the first ethnographic documentary

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INTERVIEW

Maria Ligia Coelho Prado: Unanswered questions in Latin America

The historian talks about identity, wars of independence and interpretations of the region’s development

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RETROSPECT

For a return to former glory

At its 200th anniversary, Brazil’s National Museum is looking to reclaim its important role in disseminating natural sciences in Brazil

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Profile

Eduardo Góes Neves

Archaeologist from MAE-USP summarizes his studies on how intense human occupation has shaped the Amazon forest

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Retrospect

A time of chaos

100 years ago, Spanish flu wreaked havoc worldwide, killing 30 million people and 35,000 in Brazil alone

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URBAN PLANNING

An ambivalent mayor

A study suggests that Pereira Passos’s reform of downtown Rio de Janeiro at the turn of the previous century was designed to integrate, rather than exclude, the lower classes

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