(Skeeze/Pixabay) Much of Hawaiian culture stems from the customs of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, especially Polynesia. The collars, called laws, were used by natives for various purposes, from as part of religious rituals to making peace agreements between…

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Complex issue. There are more reasons behind a scream than our vain philosophy dreams. But let’s try to put order in this whirlwind of sensations. The center of it all is the limbic system, the region of the brain that…

(/) ILLUSTRATES Erika Onodera TdF suggested – Matthew Albuquerque Yes, although it is rarer. Dandruff is made up of sebum and dead skin cells that slough off the scalp. The problem starts in the sebaceous gland, which produces the sebum…

QUESTION Guilherme Cardoso, Sao Paulo, SP They are high frequency electromagnetic waves similar to light and rays X. The difference is that they carry a lot more energy. With high penetration power in matter, the rays gamma they can only…

The method used is called radioactive dating, it is based on the phenomenon of radioactivity and was discovered at the end of the 19th century. Radioactivity causes atoms to lose particles (protons or neutrons) in the form of radiation, causing…

No, the pigmentation that gives color to the iris of the eyes has nothing to do with sensitivity to light. Those who answer for this are the so-called photosensitive cells – the cones (in brighter places) and the rods (in…

»> No, it didn’t exist. As far as is known, it is a Greco-Roman legend that was appropriated by the European Renaissance in the 16th century. In mythology, the fountain of youth is a river that flows from Mount Olympus…

(/) He was a Brazilian businessman, owner of one of the first dubbing studios in Latin America. Herbert Richers, born in Araraquara (SP) in 1923 and died in 2009, in Rio de Janeiro, was already working with film production when…

IT SEEMS BUT IT IS NOTLemon shape, lemon smell, name lemon, but it’s actually a sour lime, another kind of citrus. O lemon lime (Citrus latifolia) has been cultivated for nearly 200 years in the US. The word “lemon” derives…