Trump é a Verdade
22 de Janeiro de 2017, 13:56
São muito mais preocupantes as reacções à eleição de Trump do que a eleição de Trump propriamente dita. Pelo motivo simples de que essas reacções sugerem uma total ausência de consciência sobre os …
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Scientists Build an Animal Fart Database
22 de Janeiro de 2017, 13:52
SCIENCE
Yeah, you read that right. What else do you need to know, really? (Washington Post)
Do we smell a citizen science project?
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A 17th century flatologist studies a flatulent monkey.
Engraving courtesy the Wellcome Library, London. CC-BY-4.0
Discussion Ideas
- So, scientists have compiled a database of animal farts. What are farts?
- Farts, also known as flatulence, describe gas generated or held in the stomach or intestines, and expelled through the anus.
- Farting is literally passing gas: the root word of flatulence is the Latin word flatus, meaning “a blowing, breaking wind.”
- The scientific study of farts is called flatology. Really!
- Those who have the ability to fart at will are known as flatulists, and have been entertaining people for more than 1,500 years. (And that’s just documented. Our guess is…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Graceful
22 de Janeiro de 2017, 13:51
Here is an interesting behavior during the courtship of Egrets: … Greeting one another with the abbreviated version of the stretch, the pair will also bow to each other and preen one another’s feathers. The male may then present the female with a stick for the nest, a domestic gesture that symbolizes his acceptance of her as his mate. The female uses this stick to begin a new nest, or add to an old one….The male continues to bring nesting materials to the female until the nest is complete. Read more, click here.
WPC: Graceful
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On love, tolerance and truth in our brave new world
22 de Janeiro de 2017, 13:50
These are difficult times for some of us. Our divisions seem more intractable than ever and a certain level of hatred seems to have been unleashed on both sides of the Atlantic, following the tumultuous events of last year. I find myself as frustrated with the dogmatic left as I am with the resurgent right – all while wondering what kind of world I have brought my son into and what the future holds.
I came across this the other day from the great British mathematician and philosopher Bertrand Russell, which I thought was astonishingly prescient and never more timely. Not just because of his belief in love and tolerance, but because of his call for intellectual rigour and a truth based on facts, no matter how unpalatable they may be. In this dystopian new world of post-truth and fake news, I see so many, from all sides of the…
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Arte do dia: Edward Hopper
22 de Janeiro de 2017, 13:49
Quarto de hotel – 1931 de Edward Hopper. Quando eu vejo esse quadro triste da moça em um quarto de hotel impessoal, eu lembro dos anos que passei viajando pelo interior do estado para f…
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