After more than a month of hiatus, thousands of people took to the streets in Colombia on Tuesday 20, the country’s independence day, to protest…
Covid drops life expectancy in the United States by 1.5 years in 2020 and to 2003 level – 07/21/2021 – World
Life expectancy in the United States fell a year and a half in 2020, to 77.3 years, the lowest average since 2003, according to the…
Answer: A Controlled Hit: Erdogan’s Contribution to the Autocrats Handbook – 07/21/2021 – World
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan joins the leaders of countries like Hungary, Belarus, Russia and the Philippines as an emerging autocrat who gains more and…
The carbon tariff and the Latin American agenda – 07/21/2021 – Latinoamérica21
According to the latest Global Risk Report (WEF, 2020), climate aspects are among the top five risks that the global economy will face in the…
Worst rains in 60 years in China kill at least 25, leave thousands homeless – 07/21/2021 – world
At least 25 people have died in China in what meteorologists have called the worst rains for 60 years in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan…
Fish become addicted to methamphetamine reaching rivers, study shows 07/21/2021 – Science
Traces of medicines and illegal drugs, used by people and then excreted by the body in the bathroom, overcome sewage purification processes and appear in…
What our speech and the song of the thrush have in common – basic science
from Tarciso Velho Songbirds help us understand stuttering and other language disorders * In general, we start speaking naturally. We imitate what we hear from…
What Lincoln learned from Euclides – 07/20/2021 – Marcelo Viana
(1809–1865) was one of the greatest, if not the greatest, presidents of the United States. A charismatic leader who led the country through the worst…
Who went the furthest? Who is richer? Comparisons Between Billionaires In Space Race – 07/20/2021 – Science
Two of the richest men in the world are among the first tourists to go into space. Billionaires have been charging their own space companies…
Errors by regulatory agencies lead to train crash in Taiwan that killed 49 people – 07/20/2021 – world
At first it looked like a crazy accident. A contractor was making a sharp turn with his truck on a sandy road. He had been…