Gabriel Passetti analyses the writings of Robert FitzRoy about Brazil. The captain of HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin’s expedition was against slavery and critical of Brazilian economic and social structures.

Article of Maria Margaret Lopes and Irina Podgorny discusses the scientific trajectory of the zoologist and paleontologist Hermann von Ihering. He was the director of Paulista Museum in São Paulo and formulated a theory on land bridges.

The HCS – Manguinhos new issue features eleven articles ranging from the trip of the HMS Beagle in Brazil to the Kraken Myth, a monster that haunted sailors in North Europe.

In this exclusive interview, Ian Read, from Soka University, talks about tetanus in 19th century Brazil. According to him, the story about health and medicine is needed to understand the transition from empire to the republic.

Entrevista con Susana V. Garcia del Museo de la Plata, Argentina. El artículo, “La pesca comercial y el estudio de la fauna marítima en la Argentina”, es uno de los destaques de la última edición de HCS Manguinhos: Oeans and Seas.

The online exhibition “Surviving and Thriving” tells the story of Aids from its first cases in the US, in the 80’s. It also shows personal stories and governmental campaigns. Available at the US National Library of Medicine website.

See the summary of the new edition of the Journal. The issue July-Sept is “Oceans and seas: history, science, policy”.

The Rondon Commission, headed by the lieutenant Cândido Rondon, aimed to integrate Brazil through a strategic telegraph line. Researcher from the commission documented indigenous culture and this gave rise to indigenist policies.

Teresa Cristina Rego, member of the Academic Committee of SciELO Brazil, analyses the impact and side effects of evaluation requirements for academic production.

Nicholas Steneck, Director of the Research, Ethics and Integrity Program at the University of Michigan, talked about plagiarism and data falsification in a recent event at Fapesp, São Paulo. Watch the video.