Óbito – Morreu o físico Stephen Hawking

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Cientista, que surpreendeu os médicos ao viver mais de 50 anos com esclerose lateral amiotrófica, tinha 76 anos.

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Indigenous Australians the most ancient civilisation on Earth, DNA testing confirms | The Independent

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Indigenous Australian claims to be the most ancient continuous civilisation on Earth have been backed up by the first extensive testing of their DNA. Their origins date back more than 50,000 years to the Old Stone Age, according to the research. Scientists took DNA samples of modern populations in Australia to find the genetic traces of the ancient civilisation and reconstruct their journey out of Africa 72,000 years ago.

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A história de vida de Justina Silva, “D. Djuta”, contada pela própria.

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June 15, 2015 ·
A história de vida de Justina Silva, “D. Djuta”, contada pela própria. Um testemunho realizado, em 2008, pelo Alto Comissariado para as Migrações e Diálogo Intercultural – ACIDI.

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Solos contaminados e risco de cancro na Base das Lajes

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A ilha Terceira, nos Açores, está a ser contaminada há 75 anos, desde que acolhe a Base das Lajes e as forças militares norte-americanas.

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Why Greenland’s name says “green,” and Iceland “ice,” when it’s the opposite

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Ever wondered why Greenland, three-quarters of which are covered by the only permanent ice sheet outside Antarctica, has in its name the adjective “green”? On the other hand, Iceland, consisting of the words “ice” and “land,” seems a bit too green to live up to that name. Well, one internet theory claims that this

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