It was revolutionary and much longer than expected – it lasted five years instead of two. The round-the-world boat journey from England took place between 1831 and 1836, at a time when Europe was teetering between creationist and evolutionist explanations…
There are practically no differences between symphonies and philharmonics: both perform in large auditoriums, have more than a hundred musicians and generally perform a repertoire of classical music. But in the past, the story was different. “A few years ago,…
In fact, it wasn’t one war, but two – both fought in 19th century China. In these conflicts, Great Britain and France allied themselves to force China to allow the sale of opium, an anesthetic drug extracted from the poppy,…
It is impossible to generalize: in the medical field, as in any other, there are those who have scribbles and those who write well. Still, there are theories about the origin of the myth. One says that, in the old…
The largest freshwater fish in Brazil are the pirarucu (Arapaima gigas) and the piraíba (Brachyplatystoma filamentosum). Also considered two of the largest fish in the world, they reach, on average, 2.5 meters and can reach 200 kilos. In the past,…
There are two methods. The most common form is observation, since most species have what science calls sexual dimorphism – that is, distinct physical characteristics between males and females. This occurs in animals from different families and orders, such as…
What a disgusting question, right? But, as disgusting as they are, phlegm and nose snot are nothing more than a mixture of proteins and water with cell debris. Ear wax, in addition to proteins and water, also has some enzymes…
It is not known exactly which people used this sign for the first time, but it is certain that it has a very ancient origin, at least 5 thousand years old. The word itself comes from the Sanskrit svastika, which…
Basically, it was the US Department of Defense.The computer network emerged in the late 1960s, during the Cold War, while the North Americans and the Soviet Union were engaged in a fierce technological dispute. The project, conceived by the Advanced…
ILLUSTRATIONS Lucas Leibholtz 10) WANG JINGWEI Birthplace China time of betrayal Sino-Japanese War, 1930s After participating in the Kuomintang, a movement that struggled to unify the country, Jingwei revolted and switched to the enemy side just as China’s war against…