ILLUSTRATES Tom WombEDITION Felipe van Deursen – (Tom Belly/Strange World) THE FALL OF JERUSALEMLed by Nebuchadnezzar II, Babylonian soldiers surrounded the city, destroyed Solomon’s Temple, and expelled the Jews READ THE REPORT “THE STORIES THAT THE BIBLE DIDN’T TELL”– Ark…
Introduction The desire for independence has been a longstanding issue in Spain, particularly in regions like the Basque Country and Catalonia. This sentiment traces back to the 19th century and was further fueled during the Francisco Franco dictatorship from 1939…
By the shape of the head: that of the venomous ones is triangular. That, at least, is what the saying goes – but that is a dangerous generalization. Differentiating between them is far from being that simple. Other anatomical details…
There are 6,912 languages currently spoken in the world, according to the Ethnologue compendium. Of these, only eight came from Latin: Italian, French, Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Provencal and Romanian. Dalmatic, formerly spoken on the Dalmatian coast of Croatia, also…
ILLUSTRATIONS Márcio L. Castro 10. EROTIC WRINKLE position name reverse How it is The man reclines with his back arched as the woman squirms over him, her belly turning. Even if the woman rocks on the dance floor, nothing guarantees…
ILLUSTRATES Aluisio Cervelle 10. DOG LOYALTY Cemetery glasnevin Where Dublin, Ireland All dogs deserve heaven… but some are trapped in our existential plane. Such was the case with a Newfoundlad dog that refused to leave its owner, John McNeill Boyd,…
»> Yes, the remedy mixes acids extracted from fruits with a composition of salts: sodium bicarbonate and sodium carbonate – sodium chloride, which is table salt, does not enter the formula. One of the main ingredients in fruit salt is…
(maraqu/iStock) No, and finding it is one of the biggest goals of cosmology, the science that studies the Universe. “Observations suggest that it is infinite, but the data are not completely reliable”, says astronomer Roberto Boczko, from USP. Based on…
»> Mainly for aesthetic reasons. “Some people think that cropping the ears and tail makes the animal prettier and at the same time gives it a more aggressive appearance,” says dog trainer Sheila Niski. But there are other reasons. Veterinarians…
the cabin – There are several types of TARDIS. The Doctor’s is a Type 40 model, known to have some operational defects. – TARDIS are living creatures, with consciousness and personality. They are not built, they grow. – Chameleon circuitry…