Ciência Hoje

{{Short description|Brazilian sciente magazine}}

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Ciência Hoje (Portuguese:Science today) is a Brazilian science magazine created in 1982 by Sociedade Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência (SBPC).{{cite web|author1=Germana Barata|author2=Rodrigo Cunha|author3=Simone Pallone|author4=Carlos Vogt|title=ComCiência online magazine: 15 years investing on training and on scientific culture|url=http://www.pcst-2014.org/pcst_proceedings/artigos/germana_barata_rodrigo_cunha_simone_pallone_carlos_vogt_panel.pdf|work=International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference|accessdate=29 May 2016|format=Conference Paper|date=May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701203405/http://www.pcst-2014.org/pcst_proceedings/artigos/germana_barata_rodrigo_cunha_simone_pallone_carlos_vogt_panel.pdf|archive-date=1 July 2016|url-status=dead}} Its first edition was issued in 1982, during the SBPC's 34th annual meeting, held in Campinas.{{Cite web|title=As homenagens da Ciência Hoje|url=http://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/2002/09/01/as-homenagens-da-ciencia-hoje/|website=Revista Pesquisa Fapesp|accessdate=26 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107134802/http://revistapesquisa.fapesp.br/2002/09/01/as-homenagens-da-ciencia-hoje/|archive-date=7 January 2016|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|title = Fim da ‘CH’? Seria uma perda irreparável|url=http://observatoriodaimprensa.com.br/jornal-de-debates/_ed841_fim_da_ch_seria_uma_perda_irreparavel/|work=Observatorio da Imprensa|accessdate=4 August 2016}}

The magazine's first editors were biologists Darcy Fountoura and Roberto Lent and physicists {{ILL|Alberto Passos Guimarães|pt}} and Ennio Candotti.{{Cite web|title=Brasiliana: Imprensa: Ciência Hoje|url=http://www.museudavida.fiocruz.br/brasiliana/cgi/cgilua.exe/sys/start.htm?infoid=14&sid=21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807115956/http://www.museudavida.fiocruz.br/brasiliana/cgi/cgilua.exe/sys/start.htm?infoid=14&sid=21|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 August 2016|work=Museu Davida|accessdate=26 October 2015}}

In 2003 the magazine became part of the Instituto Ciência Hoje (ICH), a public interest social organization responsible for publishing theCiência Hoje and Ciência Hoje das Crianças (Ciência Hoje for kids) magazines. The Institute also publishes Ciência Hoje na Escola (supplemental educational material) and science popularization books.

The magazine deals with several fields of knowledge, including biology, mathematics, physics, chemistry, philosophy and sociology, and is written by journalists and researchers.