''Galileu'' is a

science magazine ''Science'' is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and one of the world's top academic journals. It was first published in 1880, is currently circulated weekly and has a subscrib ...

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, which was founded in 1991. The magazine is owned by

Editora Globo Editora Globo S.A. is a Brazilian publishing house, property of :pt:Fundação Roberto Marinho, Fundação Roberto Marinho. It began as a bookstore called Livraria do Globo, created in Porto Alegre, in December 1883, by Laudelino Pinheiro de Barc ...

. ''Galileu'' was first called "Globo Ciência" (in English "Globo Science"). The current magazine is named after

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, or '' Galileu Galilei'', in Portuguese. It is a competitor of '' Superinteressante'', another science and technology magazine. In 1998, ''Globo Ciência'' published its 86th edition and, from then on, changed its name to ''Galileu''. The first issue's topics centered on robots. The headquarters of the magazine which is published on a monthly basis is in

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. The magazine mostly features articles on technology, research, environment, health and culture.

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