Because their residues rise with much more force than most conventional bomb explosions, forming a kind of jet of matter. When an atomic bomb is detonated, it produces a bubble of very hot gas, violently heating the air around it.…
(Márcio L. Castro/) question Robson Vilanova Island, Sao Sepe, RS 1) A BUG’S LIFEO bugsilk (bombyx mori) it is the caterpillar of a moth. The female of the animal, domesticated more than 3 thousand years ago in China, lays up…
Tickling is the body’s defense system. Scholars believe they arose in prehistoric times. Its function was not to make people laugh, but identify problems, like venomous insects. The animal’s rubbing against the skin provoked an unpleasant sensation of alertness, forcing…
(Verdant/Weird World) Reader Question Kleber Ruiz, Sao Paulo, SPIllustrates Raphael MortariEdition Felipe van Deursen It is a movement that preaches total abstinence from alcohol, drugs and cigarettes. It emerged in the early 1980s as a response to the excesses of…
SEEING IS BELIEVING Who has the biggest wardrobe in Belgium? The Manneken Pis, a famous statue of a little boy peeing, in Brussels. Following a tradition that began in 1698, the city’s residents have dressed it in more than 850…
Yes. The Hague Conventions and the Geneva Protocol – not to be confused with the Geneva Conventions –, drafted by various countries from 1899 to the late 1990s, restrict the use of eight types of weapons on the battlefield. In…
question João Pedro MS, Rio de Janeiro, RJ illustrates Samuel Leme edition Felipe van Deursen It varies a lot, of course. Basically, there are four factors involved: composition of the atmosphere, illumination from nearby stars, particles suspended in the air,…
MC PEHUGA COUNTRY – Mexico and Colombia INGREDIENTS – Basically our Mc Chicken – which in Spanish-speaking countries is called Mc Pollo – with a slice of tomato CURIOSITIES – In Colombia, there is also the option of Mc Pollo…
(Disclosure/Reproduction) This vegetable chubby has a name and address: it is known as the Tule tree and is located in the village of the same name in the city of Oaxaca, in the heart of Mexico. That plump tree is…
Because of her, we lost BRL 12 billion in private investments in 2011 – the equivalent of R$ 1.2 thousand paid annually for each Brazilian worker. Discover the most notorious cases of the last 20 years* 10. Give me some…