Why are four-leaf clovers rare?

QUESTION Humberto Carlos Andrade, Sao Paulo, SP ILLUSTRATES Juliana Caro Because they are mutants. In fact, the clover, which is common in Europe, North Africa and North and West Asia and the United States, has only one leaf, subdivided into…

How was the automobile invented?

– (Disclosure/Reproduction/Wikimedia Commons) Like so many other complex machines, it was the result of a long, slow evolution. Still during the Renaissance, in the 15th century, the Italian painter and inventor Leonardo da Vinci designed a rope-powered tricycle, like a…

Who drew the first world map?

(/) Reader Question – Gabriel Gustavo Sanches Martins, Sao Paulo-SP The first image that portrays the world as we know it today is by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller (1475-1522). Dividing the Earth between East and West, it was created…