»> There is a myth that alcohol and sex make a good pair. But most of the time, this is just legend. In general, the exact opposite happens: drinking too much hinders people’s sexual performance. Let’s get to the facts.…
It was a military program launched by former US President Ronald Reagan in 1983. Officially called SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative), it intended to create a system of satellites equipped with laser cannons to destroy missiles sent against the country. In…
– (Middle Studio/Strange World) The intensity of light emitted by supernovae – the explosion of stars with more than 10 times the mass of the Sun – outside our galaxy is evidence of this expansion. First, astronomers calculate the amount…
ILLUSTRATIONS Felipe Cachopa They are the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) and the frog Paedophryne amauensis, respectively. As an adult, the blue whale is, on average, 24 m long and 160 tonnes – males also hold the record for the largest…
(Sarah Kamada/Superinteresting) In Rio de Janeiro, since 1988, they are determined by the Liga Independente das Escolas de Samba (Liesa), created in 1984 by directors of ten of the main schools of the Special Group. The League created a training…
TdF suggestion Gabriel DuarteIllustrates Dudu TorresEdition Felipe van Deursen – (Dudu Torres/) 1. Little is known about her childhood. Born in 1794, Marie was the bastard daughter of a freed slave named Marguerite with the fifth mayor of New Orleans…
They are ordered by distributors from specialized companies (which have teams of freelance translators) or directly from these professionals. Although there are many translation and subtitling studios (and that sometimes also do dubbing), the increase in content production and the…
ILLUSTRATES: sattu 1. Cryogenics is the freezing of corpses at low temperatures so that they will be resurrected one day. When the patient is declared dead, doctors try to prevent the body from deteriorating: drugs are injected and machines maintain…
»> Why does corn have hair? Glaucia Simonetti Pinto, Sao Paulo-SP Because he needs these little threads to reproduce. In fact, the “hair” or the “beard” of the corn serves to transport the pollen grains that will fertilize the ovules…
Created in 1955 by the CIA, at the height of the Cold War, Area 51 is located in the Nevada Desert, USA, and is part of Nellis Base, a huge official installation of the American Air Force. It got this…