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''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 ...
in
Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...
, 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
Galileo Galilei Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642), commonly referred to as Galileo Galilei ( , , ) or mononymously as Galileo, was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a poly ...
, 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
São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...
. The magazine mostly features articles on technology, research, environment, health and culture.


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