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「NATURE自然」

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Video: “Amazon Stonehenge: Brazil’s 1,000-year-old calendar”

Originally posted on Elitehusky's: Planet in Motion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfln733Dctk From the BBC News YouTube Channel: “A pre-colonial astrological observatory in the Brazilian rainforest was built to be aligned to the sunrise on the December solstice – which fell on 22…

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Schwarzwald.

Originally posted on this northern boy:
I’ve just come back from a few days in The Black Forest in southwest Germany. It was my fourth trip, always around New Year, as my wife’s mum is German and the family still…

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Tea speaks of hospitality

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Microcephaly and Zika virus

Recently Brazil has declared state of emergency due to an epidemic of newborn microcephaly. Children with microcephaly have significantly smaller head circumference than the mean for their age and body size. It results from abnormal brain development before birth or during infancy … Continue reading

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brazil black beauty

When you say “Brazilian girl”, any gringo like me will instantly imagine a beautiful dark-skinned girl with curly hair. However living here it’s not difficult to notice that most of the tv or other media propaganda has mainly white blond … Continue reading

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I’m a bit cynical about astrology. No really.

Originally posted on Matthew Wright:
I once knew someone who had to prepare the ‘Your Stars’ column for the local newspaper. Conceptual picture I made of a red dwarf with large companion using my trusty Celestia installation. It was a…

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Latin America Has to Fight and Win!

Originally posted on OffGuardian:
? by Andre Vltchek, republished from Counterpunch For now, Argentina is lost and Venezuela is deeply wounded, divided and frustrated. Virtually everywhere in socialist Latin America, well-orchestrated and angry protests are taking place, accusing our left-wing…

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2015 Brazil’s energy security and Climate Change commitment scenario.

Originally posted on energyhold:
Water scarcity due to climate change has been affecting Brazil’s energy security and CO2 emissions in 2014-2015. The Latin country that used to rely more than 90% on hydropower, currently only acquires approximately 60% of its…

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Police use tear gas, pepper spray on violent protesters in Brazil after transit fare hike

Police used tear gas, stun grenades and pepper spray Friday to disperse sometimes violent demonstrations against bus fare increases in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, the two biggest Brazilian cities. Source: Police use tear gas, pepper spray on violent … Continue reading

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