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Researchers just found termite mounds the size of the UK in Brazil — Quartz
Researchers have recently uncovered evidence of a 4,000-year-old construction site in northeastern Brazil. Stretching over an area the size of Britain is a cluster of 200 million mounds, some as high as 10 feet tall, that were painstakingly raised over … Continue reading
Sirius, Brazil’s largest scientific infrastructure, is inaugurated — Toucan News
The first stage of Sirius, the new Brazilian Synchrotron* Light Source, was inaugurated this week. Occupying an area of 68 thousand meters it will be the largest and most complex scientific infrastructure ever built in Brazil and one of the … Continue reading
An Amazonian Experience — Travel impressions life expressions
A jungle challenge! What indigenous South Americans used as mosquito repellent. Alta Floresta, Amazon, Brazil, December 2017 via An Amazonian Experience — Travel impressions life expressions
Animated Brazilian political allegory of ‘Tito and the Birds’ — Dark Matters
Directed by Gabriel Bitar, André Catoto and Gustavo Steinberg via Animated Brazilian political allegory of ‘Tito and the Birds’ — Dark Matters
Brazil 101: The Wright Brothers vs. Santos Dumont – The Great “Who Invented the Airplane” Controversy — Best of Brazil Blog
If you are an American reading this, it is a matter of settled truth that the airplane was invented by the brothers William and Orville Wright. If, however, you are a Brazilian, the chances are that you have never heard … Continue reading
Brazil museum fire: Prized ‘Luzia’ fossil skull recovered (BBC) — ResearchBuzz: Firehose
BBC: Brazil museum fire: Prized ‘Luzia’ fossil skull recovered. “Most of the skull from a prized 12,000-year-old fossil nicknamed Luzia has been recovered from the wreckage of a fire in Brazil’s National Museum. The 200-year-old building in Rio de Janeiro … Continue reading
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‘Mass dispersal’ of messages against the PT is illegal and may disqualify Bolsonaro — The Net Projection
Photo: Poenaroda Report in the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo affirms that four agencies were contracted by companies to carry out the service Lu Sudré Brasil de Fato | São Paulo (SP) 18 October 2018 at 13:04 If the link … Continue reading
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An Enthralling Show of Afro-Atlantic History Illuminates Brazil — Repeating Islands
“Afro-Atlantic Histories (Histórias Afro-Atlânticas)” is on view at the São Paulo Museum of Art and the Tomie Ohtake Institute through October 21. Writes, “Afro-Brazilian material dominates [. . .]. And it’s generously interspersed with work, old and new, from other … Continue reading
Tribes on the Edge — Suzanne’s Mom’s Blog
Photo: The Explorers Club You remember the great marine explorer Jacques Cousteau? Well, his granddaughter has grown up to be an explorer of vanishing cultures, and recently she made a movie about endangered tribes in the Amazon. The film by … Continue reading
Education or ‘traditional values’?: Brazil faces stark choice in presidential election — Global News
Brazil will choose between a far-right, anti-corruption crusader and a left-leaning education advocate when they vote in the second round of their presidential election. Continue reading → via Education or ‘traditional values’?: Brazil faces stark choice in presidential election — Global … Continue reading
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