ILLUSTRATESMurilo Araujo 1. In March 1898, two male lions began probing the workers of a bridge which was being built on the Tsavo River in Kenya by the British Empire. The first to spot them was Irish lieutenant colonel John…
ILLUSTRATIONS MGStudio 10. BACK TO ORIGINS Name Sea turtle there is About 150 million years where do you live All oceans except the Arctic These animals spend most of their lives underwater. Males only touch the ground when they are…
The oil extraction process varies greatly, according to the depth at which the oil is found. It can be in the first layers of the soil or even thousands of meters below sea level. This is the case of the…
It is still not known exactly why yawning is contagious. By the way, this is a great mystery for scholars. “There are some theories to try to explain this phenomenon, but there are no conclusive answers”, says biologist Débora Hipólide,…
Seals, walruses and sea lions are part of the suborder Pinnipedia, but belong to different families: Phocidae (seals), Odobenidae (walruses) and Otariidae (seal lions). All three are mammals highly adapted to living in the sea. “Walruses are the only ones…
They were fabulous beings from Greek mythology, half man and half horse, who inhabited the regions of Arcadia (Central Peloponnese) and Thessaly (southern Macedonia). According to belief, they would have arisen from a forbidden union between Ixion, king of Thessaly,…
Drums only gained their current appearance, with several instruments played at the same time, at the end of the 19th century, although cavemen already played drums in sacred rituals. Around 8,000 years ago, our furry ancestors were already drumming on…
It was one of the biggest conflicts of the Middle Ages, between two of the main European powers: France and England. Despite its name, it lasted more than a century – according to historians’ definition, it all started in 1337,…
HOME RECIPE Baked dice arrive at the table with few surprises 1. To increase the chances of the die landing with the chosen number pointing upwards, just heat it in a gas oven for ten minutes, or in the microwave…
»> As we all learned in school, ordinary water is made up of two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen – hence the formula H2O. Hydrogen peroxide, as its name says, has an extra oxygen atom. Thus, hydrogen peroxide…