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ORDEM E PROGRESSO
Proclamada a República, uma das primeiras providências do novo regime foi redesenhar parte da geografia brasileira. Estradas, ruas, praças, escolas, repartições públicas e até cidades inteiras tiveram...
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WHEN MOJAVES MOURNED, SOULS SOARED AS BODIES BURNED
CREMATION DIDN’T CATCH ON AMONG WHITE AMERICANS UNTIL THE LATE 19TH CENTURY.Mention the word “Mojave,” and most people think desert. But Arizona is also home to Mojave (or Mohave) Indians who have...
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WHY FULL-FAT MILK IS BOOMING
Milk is far from trendy. With a crowd of breakfast-beverage options and milk alternatives, Americans have been drinking less dairy for decades.But while sales of skim have plummeted, whole milk is...
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CULTURAL CHANGE IN THE ARCHAIC GREEK AGE
When specialists began classifying the pottery of Greece, they labelled the material produced between 620 and 480 BC, the period between the Orientalizing and the Classical period, as Archaic (from the...
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THE HISTORY OF LONELINESS
The idea of solitude has long been with us, yet the notion of being unhappily on your own, lonely, only dates from the 19th century. In 1759, the Sussex shopkeeper Thomas Turner wrote in his diary of...
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GENGHIS KHAN
From being rejected by his clan as a boy and having to claw his way to power, the Mongol leader came to believe he was destined to conquer the world. In the early 13th century, Wanyan Yongji, mighty...
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WHEN THE FIRST FARMERS CHANGED HISTORY
The Farmer and the ForagerEight thousand years ago, early agriculturalists moved into the lands of hunter-gatherers in Europe. What happened next changed history.The barrel-chested man is known to us...
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TOMATOES TAMED AGAIN WITH CRISPR
Gene editing opens the way to healthier crops.It took at least 3000 years to domesticate the tomato. Now two teams, one in China, the other in Brazil, Germany and the US, have done it all over again in...
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FAT SHAMING
Is obesity really that bad for you?Big, bold and body-positive. Growing calls for “fat acceptance” fly in the face of medical advice, but is being overweight actually that bad for your health.Women's...
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THE INCA CODE - HOW TO READ INCA
We thought they left no written records. Now we’re untangling the truth.The Incas left no doubt that theirs was a sophisticated, technologically savvy civilisation. At its height in the 15th century,...
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FAT PEOPLE TO BE CURED WITH THEIR OWN FAT
Scientists have found out how to convert white fat into brown – and so how to make your fat consume itself.An efficient diet that does not involve neither eating less nor any training – that could be...
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A MYSTERIOUS CHANGE OF MIND - WHY DO PEOPLE DIE BY SUICIDE?
Anthony Bourdain (age 61). Kate Spade (55). Robin Williams (63). Aaron Swartz (26). Junior Seau (43). Alexander McQueen (40). Hunter S. Thompson (67). Kurt Cobain (27). Sylvia Plath (30). Ernest...
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QUADRO GERAL DA REGIÃO MONTANHOSA E DESERTA SITUADA ENTRE S. JOÃO DEL REI E A...
Topografia da região. Sua vegetação. Em que se ocupam seus habitantes. Como se criam porcos; o comércio desses animais. As habitações dos agricultores; seus costumes, menos hospitaleiros do que os de...
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THE PORNOCRACY - PAPAL STATES 890-950
Although the lewd in mind may think they have landed on their feet, you would be wise to stay on your toes instead. During the Pornocracy – or the Age of Harlots, as it is also known – you are just as...
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DEZ MULHERES ESQUECIDAS QUE SECRETAMENTE GOVERNARAM O MUNDO
ZoeAo longo da história, algumas mulheres notáveis conseguiram chegar ao topo das sociedades dominadas pelos homens e assumir o poder por direito próprio. Os seus nomes ecoam através da história:...
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VIKINGS IN AMERICA
L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, is the location of the first Viking settlement.Hundreds of years before Columbus, the Norse were the first Europeans in the New World.The famed longships of the...
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OS TEMPLÁRIOS - A SOCIEDADE SECRETA
Já suspeitávamos da existência de um grupo de pessoas, ou até mesmo de uma ordem coerente, por trás dos templários. Logo, a hipótese de que o Templo fora criado pelo Monastério do Sinai parecia mais...
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AS MULHERES E OS LIVROS: VIDAS QUE SE CONTAM...
Mary Del PrioreDa cultura do impresso, um conhecido historiador deu duas definições. A primeira, clássica, apoia-se nas transformações profundas provocadas em todos os domínios da vida pública ou...
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THE MICROBES THAT CONTROL YOUR HEALTH
SCIENTISTS ARE SEARCHING FOR THE BACTERIAL PROFILE OF BRITISH PEOPLE’S GUTS, AS THE SUBTLE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE CONTENTS OF OURS AND THOSE OF PEOPLE ON OTHER CONTINENTS COULD TELL US MORE ABOUT OUR...
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THE POWER OF LAZINESS
DON’T WORRY, BE LAZYIt’s tempting to kick back and relax over the warm summer days. Happily, there’s scientific proof that this is exactly the right thing to do. SLOW DOWN AND IMPROVE YOUR HEALTHTaking...
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