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It is an impressive phenomenon that usually occurs in cemeteries or swamps. From time to time, mysterious bluish flames appear, which appear for a few seconds on the surface and then disappear without a trace. Today, scientists know that this…

No, being born in the seventh month is much riskier. The rule is that the more time the baby spends inside the mother’s belly, the more chances he has to be healthy. “In the seventh month of pregnancy, almost all…

This is the second chapter of the series “Theories with a name” It is a scientific and philosophical principle that proposes that, among hypotheses formulated on the same evidence, it is more rational to believe in the simplest one. That…

Samba was born in Bahia, in the 19th century, from the mixture of African rhythms. But it was in Rio de Janeiro that he took root and developed, even though he was persecuted. During the 1920s, for example, anyone caught…

Among cultivated and wild species, there are almost a thousand types of banana spread around the world, all identified by the scientific name Musa. They have the most diverse sizes, from the small Musa sapientum, the Brazilian golden banana, which…

Superstitions are part of everyday life: even if you’ve never had one, you know someone who does. And they’re so strange that you can’t help but wonder: who was the “madman” who invented each one? We went after the folklore…

»> – () Even with the body immobilized during sleep, the nervous system continues to send electrical impulses to the muscles, keeping them tense. “When we stay in the same posture for a long time, a part of the muscles…

illustrates Cezar Berje edition Felipe van Deursen Imagine losing control of your thoughts and becoming a kind of robot that acts in the way desired by a politician, a religious person or a company. But forget the image of someone…

The exchange of punches as a sport has the same birthplace as philosophy and mathematics: ancient Greece. Despite modalities similar to boxing appearing in Sumerian engravings from 3000 BC, the first record of it as something formal, guided by rules,…