QUESTION Robson Vilanova Island, Sao Sepe, RS This horrific creature appeared in The Call of Cthulhua short story by American author HP Lovecraft published in 1928 that soon became a horror classic. She is an evil cosmic entity, worshiped by…
They are gravitational, weak nuclear, electromagnetic and strong nuclear forces. Each one of them acts in a unique way, but they all form a type of mechanism of interaction between particles, and are responsible for governing the Universe as we…
Yes. The platypus is one of them. In spring, the female lays two or three eggs. The young are born in 14 days and lick the milk that oozes from the rudimentary mammary glands, since the animal does not have…
»> Its origin is lost in the dust of millennia, because the instrument is nothing more than a bow model, one of the first instruments used by man to produce sounds, almost 20 thousand years ago. The great doubt of…
»> They contain a weak type of poison but they are really harmful – so much so that they are prohibited for children under one year old and people with allergic or respiratory problems. And even for those who don’t…
ILLUSTRATES Lao city It is a sleep disorder characterized by episodes in which the person seems terrified – hence the name. It is not a nightmare or sleepwalking, but a separate problem, characterized by the intensity of the episodes. The…
(dia4/iStock) Because the temperature needed to make the drink freeze is just below minus 20°C, the temperature that a freezer usually has. How is this possible? Simple: thanks to the very low freezing point of ethyl alcohol: minus 117°C. Vodka…
– (Kiko Garcia) question Robson Vilanova Island, Sao Sepe, RS There are some hypotheses about the name of the mass celebrated on Christmas Eve, but no one knows for sure. The most accepted, according to the Catholic faith, says that…
(strange world/strange world) Reader question – João Pedro Frederico, Fortaleza, CE It was Mauritania, in northwest Africa, between Western Sahara and Senegal. The abolition officially took place on November 9, 1981, and only became a crime in 2007. Formed by…
The world’s largest anuran – an order of tailless jumping amphibians, which includes toads, frogs and tree frogs – is not a frog. It’s the goliath frog (Conraua goliath), which can measure up to 35 centimeters and 3.5 kilos, equivalent…