Category Archives: General

3D MOVIES IMAGE EVERY NEURON IN BRAIN

Originally posted on Ingenuity Guru:
Well, MIT did it with mice. But I digress. Researchers at MIT and the University of Vienna have created an imaging system that can generate 3-D movies of entire brains at the millisecond timescale. It…

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Dodging Doggers at Chorlton Ees

Originally posted on The Adventure Within:
The sun is out, the sky is blue, just got to decide now, what to do. The idea was to visit Chorlton Ees, a nature reserve not far from where I live, just next…

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The Unexpected

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World Cup: Brazil fights sex tourism, child prostitution

Originally posted on CENI PLUG:
As night falls, Adriana de Morais patrols the clubs and bars of Natal, one of Brazil’s World Cup host cities, looking for underage prostitutes and trying to get them off the streets. As she and…

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The Danish Language

Originally posted on Amanda in Denmark:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCPFL8SdyW4 Hello peeps 🙂 So I made this new and awesome video about the danish language and my intake on it. I am not an expert in Danish of course but I just wanted…

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The sixties are coming to Brazil

Originally posted on RioReal:
This is off-topic, but readers may be curious to read a translation of today’s essay by your blogger in the online version of Época magazine, in Ruth de Aquino’s blog. The original is here, with a…

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Marcos Valle Podcast via Gilles Peterson

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Kobe Matsuri

Originally posted on Tommy In Japan:
Today was Kobe Matsuri!  If you know what a “matsuri” is (a traditional Japanese festival), then Kobe Matsuri is 100% not that.  What it is is a big ol’ party, a 4 hour parade,…

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Sun shines on May Fair celebrations by Lisa Reeves Saturday 17th May 2014

    The weather was absolutely spectacular today for the 2014 Alderley Edge May Fair which proved to be another hugely successful community event. The sun shone beautifully as hundreds gathered in the village to the enjoy the parade, featuring … Continue reading →

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Yerba mate (from Spanish [ˈʝeɾβa ˈmate]; Portuguese: erva-mate [ˈɛɾvɐ ˈmatʃe]) is a species of the holly (family Aquifoliaceae), with the binomial name of Ilex paraguariensis.

Originally posted on euzicasa:
Yerba_mate_young_plant (Ilex Paraguariensis) Yerba mate (from Spanish [ˈʝeɾβa ˈmate]; Portuguese: erva-mate [ˈɛɾvɐ ˈmatʃe]) is a species of the holly (family Aquifoliaceae), with the binomial name of Ilex paraguariensis. It is well known as the source of…

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