There are several differences, such as size, eating habits, social organization and behavior towards men. But there is also much in common between dog, wolf and fox: the three are part of the canidae family, which also includes the jackal,…
»> It depends on the type: volcanic ones arise from the accumulation of lava and continental ones can arise from soil erosion or the accumulation of sediments. There are also other less common types, such as atolls, which are formed…
ILLUSTRATIONS Bruno Dias 1) (NOT) FOLLOW THE MASTER A common behavior among sociable mammals is gestural imitation. We unconsciously copy and emulate gestures from the people we interact with as a way to reassure them during a conversation. A person…
He has good maternal help, but he still has a lot of work to get to the marsupium, name of the famous pouch that the mother-kangaroo has in her womb. When about to give birth, the female lies on her…
The greatest symbol of resistance to slavery in the history of Brazil appeared in the last decades of the 16th century, in an area where today the border between Alagoas and Pernambuco is located. In the beginning, the Quilombo dos…
– (Breno Macedo/) Humans have never needed cutting-edge technology to study the stars. Stonehenge, that famous circle of rocks in the United Kingdom, is the best proof of this: erected over 3,000 years ago, it is still standing today, made…
It is the star VY Canis Majoris, about 2.7 billion km in diameter, that is, more than 3 million times larger than the Sun. However, using the term “astro” to talk about planets, stars, meteors and other structures that make…
It is a religious movement, which, in the mid-20th century, began to recognize the first black emperor to govern an African country as the incarnation of the messiah on Earth. Despite this, Rastafarianism is not considered an official religion, as…
The subject is controversial, after all light is not something material that you can pick up a handful and put on the scale. But, in a recent article, American astrophysicist Laura Whitlock, from NASA, said that a photon (a particle…
– (Playback/Playback) In fact, although Moses, David, Solomon and many other Old Testament characters have not been officially canonized, they are indeed considered saints by the Catholic Church. “They are the holy patriarchs”, says theologian Irineu Rabuske, professor at the…