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A NEW ANIMAL FARM
Billions of people eat bugs. Entrepreneurs hope you will, too.In a dimly lit warehouse in Austin, Texas, a team of robots and scientists is raising millions of six-legged livestock every month. Once...
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SEX CHANGES IN TURKEY
A cross-dressing male dancer, or köçek, in the Ottoman Empire, nineteenth centuryOn the night of September 27, 2017, Derin Oylum, a twenty-year-old Turkish graphic design student who is in the early...
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FAST TIMES
Is fasting a long-ignored health savior for diabetics or a possible cause?Weight gain may be driven by not only what we eat but also our tendency to eat all day long. That’s the thinking behind the...
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PHEASANT - THE GAME THAT FED THE THRONES IN EUROPE (11th CENTURY.)
Many people living in Medieval Europe would not have been able to enjoy the mouth-watering taste of a roast pheasant.Introduced in England around the time of the Norman conquest in the 11th century, it...
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A SOBERBA
O pior dos pecados ou a maior das virtudes? A soberba virou o jogo e hoje é tão bem vista que é considerada uma característica dos vencedores.A soberba é o pior dos pecados. Pelo menos para a igreja....
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IS THE AGE OF SUPERMARKET SUPREMACY COMING TO AN END?
As a proposed merger of Sainsbury’s and Asda is announced, and with the retail landscape being reshaped by no-frills retailers and online shopping, two historians consider threats to the dominance of...
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RETHINKING FAT
We love it and fear it, crave and resist it. Much of the food industry has been reengineered to save us from it. But the latest science behind the F-word—how much to eat, what types to avoid—suggests...
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REPENSANDO A GORDURA
Nós gostamos e tememos, desejamos e resistimos. Grande parte da indústria de alimentos foi reestruturada para nos salvar dela. Mas a ciência mais recente por trás da palavra F - quanto comer, que tipos...
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THE SHOWER: A BLAST FROM THE PAST
A 19th-century shower, based on Feetham’s original design from the 1700s. The hand pump can be seen to the right. (Erddig Hall, Wales, UK)In the 1700s the invention of a mechanical shower started...
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THE SEVEN VOYAGES OF ZHENG HE (1405-1453)
Even before Zheng He embarked on his seven voyages, China already possessed a wealth of information about the world beyond the Indian Ocean. The first Ming emperor, Hongwu, commissioned a world map...
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O GOSTO AMARGO DOS QUEIJOS
A formação do gosto amargo é um dos problemas mais complexos que podem surgir durante a maturação ou estocagem de queijos. Tal complexidade se deve à variedade de fatores que podem causar ou...
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FOOD POLITICS - HOW THE FOOD INDUSTRY INFLUENCES NUTRITION AND HEALTH
PART III - EXPLOITING KIDS, CORRUPTING SCHOOLSDuring the twentieth century, the nutritional health of American children improved dramatically in some ways—but not in others. Early in the century, many...
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ASPECTOS ECONÔMICOS, SOCIAIS E CULTURAIS DA ALIMENTAÇÃO
A Economia e a Agronomia estudaram a alimentação a partir da história da agricultura e do comércio, enfocando, juntamente com a Geografia, o relacionamento da humanidade com o seu meio físico e social...
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HUNGER AND APPETITE
Hunger is vital to our survival, and it ensures we eat enough for our bodies to function. But a lot of the time we eat not because we are hungry but because we enjoy food—this is down to our...
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RAÍZES DO BRASIL - HERANÇA RURAL
• A Abolição: marco divisório entre duas épocas• Incompatibilidade do trabalho escravo com a civilização burguesa e o capitalismo moderno• Da Lei Eusébio à crise de 64. O caso de Mauá• Patriarcalismo e...
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THE CHARACTER OF JESUS
What evidence is there that Jesus existed?Outside of the bible? None.Or at least there are no contemporary extrabiblical accounts of Jesus. If you are debating a theist, and they tell you that they...
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ECONOMICS AND HISTORY
History, according to Karl Marx, is economics in action—the contest, among individuals, groups, classes, and states, for food, fuel, materials, and economic power. Political forms, religious...
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INDIAN PHILOSOPHY - REASON AND BELIEF
Richness and diversity in Indian thoughtIndia has a long, rich, and diverse tradition of philosophical thought, spanning some two and a half millennia and encompassing several major religious...
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PROSTITUTION IN AMSTERDAM
Red Light DistrictAmsterdam has a worldwide reputation as a city for prostitution. This is based on the fame of its red light district, called Wallen, Walletjes, or rosse buurt in Dutch. The red light...
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EL SURGIMIENTO DE UN MERCADO DE LA CARNE GLOBAL
El mundo desarrollado tiene cada vez menos granjeros, pero al mismo tiempo tiene más animales. Este mismo modelo está transformando la producción ganadera en los países en vías de desarrollo.En...
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