Category: Ecology
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Tornado Hits Southern Brazil, Killing Six People
The tornado that struck the interior of Paraná on Friday (8) was classified as EF3, with winds up to 250 km/h, according to the Paraná System of Technology and Environmental Monitoring (Simepar). The extreme phenomenon left six dead, more than 750 injured, and destroyed 90% of the city of Rio Bonito do Iguaçu, in the…
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Elon Musk Launches Digital Encyclopedia to Rival Wikipedia
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in Arts & Culture, Business, children, Curiosities, Ecology, Ecology and Sustainability, Education, Family, Geral, Health, History, International, Internet, Literature, Medicine, Men, Politics, Religion, Science and Technology, Sports, Sustainability, Technology, Teenager, Theather, Tourism, United States, War, Weather, Women, WorldElon Musk announced on Monday (27) the launch of Grokipedia, a new online encyclopedia written by artificial intelligence, which he presents as a “less biased” alternative to the traditional Wikipedia. The information was published by the Washington Post, which highlighted that the project is still in its initial phase. De acordo with the American newspaper,…
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Elon Musk launches digital encyclopedia to rival Wikipedia
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in Business, children, Ecology, Ecology and Sustainability, Economy, Education, Elderly, Family, Geral, Health, History, International, Internet, Literature, Medicine, Men, Politics, Religion, Science, Science and Technology, Sports, Sustainability, Technology, Teenager, Theather, Tourism, United States, War, Weather, Women, WorldElon Musk announced on Monday (27) the launch of Grokipedia, a new online encyclopedia written by artificial intelligence, which he presents as a “less biased” alternative to the traditional Wikipedia. The information was published by the Washington Post, which highlighted that the project is still in its initial phase. According to the American newspaper, the…
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Peak Season with Rômulo Engelhard: Beyond the Marajoara Rivers
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My guest today is businessman Rômulo Engelhard, originally from Soure in the interior of Pará on Ilha do Marajó, born in 1979. That year, Rômulo was the newest member of the 14,000 inhabitants. Son of Reginaldo and Vilma Engelhard, his childhood was very strict, grounded in strong values and principles, far from the modernity and…
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Iceland Records Presence of Mosquitoes for the First Time Due to Global Warming
Icelanders may be the last group of people on Earth to experience the annoying bite of a mosquito. This week, Iceland registered the presence of these insects within its borders for the first time in the history of the Nordic country. The discovery of three Culiseta annulata mosquitoes was confirmed on Monday by the Icelandic…
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Iceland Records Mosquito Presence for the First Time as Climate Warms
Icelanders may be the last group of people on Earth to experience the annoying bite of a mosquito, as the Nordic nation records mosquitoes within its borders for the first time amid warming climate.
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Heat-related deaths could double and mainly affect the elderly
Heat is currently responsible for about 1 in every 100 deaths in Latin America, and this number could more than double in 20 years, considering the normal pace of population aging and moderate global warming scenarios, between 1°C and 3°C increase for the period 2045-2054. The conclusion comes from a scenario analysis conducted in 326…
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These Fish Can Feel Pleasure When Stroked by Other Fish
We tend to attribute a certain degree of mental complexity to animals like dogs and cats. But fish generally don’t get that kind of praise. “They don’t speak, they don’t bark,” says Caio Maximino, neuroscientist at the Universidade Federal do Sul e Sudeste do Pará, in Brazil. “We usually think: ‘Well, these are very simple…
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These Fish Can Feel Pleasure While Being Cleaned by Other Fish
We tend to attribute a certain degree of mental complexity to animals like cats and dogs. But fish generally don’t get that kind of praise. “They don’t speak, they don’t bark,” says Caio Maximino, neuroscientist at the Federal University of South and Southeast Pará, in Brazil. “We usually think: ‘Well, these are animals with very…
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Itaipu Power Plant Completes Assembly of “Solar Island” That Will Generate Energy
The Itaipu hydroelectric plant, on the border between Brazil and Paraguay, has completed the first phase of assembling the pilot project for a floating solar island, which will generate clean energy for internal use at the facility. The project consists of assembling and anchoring 1,568 photovoltaic panels on the bed of the Paraná River reservoir,…