Ecology

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Why do Portuguese speak in Brazil while in the rest of South America there are Spanish?

The official language of the Brazil is the Portuguese while almost all the rest of theLatin America speaks Spanishthe reason must be sought in complex historical dynamics, international agreements and colonialisms that date back to the very first times of European explorations: the Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494 assigned the territories to the east to Portugal. After the discovery of ...

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Hyper Transfer is the first magnetic levitation train in Italy, a Milan-Venice goal in 15 minutes

Render design. Credit: Veneto Region The president of Veneto, Luca Zaia, presented on the occasion of the salon Transport Logistic 2025 of Munich, one of the most ambitious projects at European level: theHyper Transfer, a sustainable and ultra -very transport system a magnetic levitation Which, if concluded, will connect Venice to Padua in a few minutes thanks to an all ...

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The Irish famine of 1845-1852: the potato crisis that caused a million victims

There Irish famineknown in the Gaelic language as An gorta mór and in English as Great Irish Faminehit Ireland between the 1845 and the 1852with the most serious moment Between 1846 and 1848. The main cause was the onset of one potato diseasewhich were the basic food of the Irish population. The measures of the British government to limit the ...

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The song of the sand dunes: what it is and why some deserts emit sounds

Usually, when we think about desertwe think of a silence that deceives you, broken at most by the wind or sand that rustles. But no! In some super rare places in the world, the sand dunes they come to life and start pulling out deep sounds and resonant who can last for whole minutes. This phenomenon, which we call “Canto ...

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The afternoon napnate science: when 20 minutes of rest the day can change you

On the web there are many famous afternoon naps: Tolkienafter lunch, returned home for his “Lunch and Nap“, The” short sonnellini “of Leonardo da Vinci Oi “cat-nap” Of Albert Einstein. Whether they are true stories or not, the importance of a short nap (about 10-20 minutes) has not gone unnoticed even before science validated the benefits. Rest without falling into ...