technology
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16 and No Man’s Sky
During my undergraduate studies, I had the honor of working alongside Professor Marco Antônio de Almeida, a researcher in the fields of mediation and cultural action. In fact, I served with him as a member of the University’s Extension and Culture Committee for a certain period. It was through this dynamic that I learned to…
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While the journal reviews, the world changes
There is a curious feeling that accompanies those who do research in areas linked to technology. You write about the present knowing that, when the text is finally published, part of it will already belong to the past. Scientific production has always needed time. Peer review, corrections, new readings, opinions. This care is one of…
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Token and Tolkien
The other day I went to approve blog comments. In the middle of the messages, two curious comments appeared: knwqmtkwzhyeesvrwvgfueqojtpruv mjhxlkketykipjjuhllffxvxvrivqdo It wasn’t Portuguese. It wasn’t English. It also wasn’t Sindarin. For a few seconds, I thought some elf had tried to get in touch. Then I imagined an orc had tripped over the keyboard.…
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July 8: Researcher and Science Day in Brazil
July 8 brings together two important celebrations: National Science Day and National Scientific Researcher Day. The date honors the founding of the Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science (SBPC), created on July 8, 1948, and considered one of the milestones in the organization of scientific research in Brazil. The commemorations were officialized by two…