Category: Dawkins

13/07/2013 chicago museum of science | Color is in the Brain | education | entertainment | Isaac Newton Light and Color | john werner | physical stimulus | science | science for lay people | visual stimulus | wavelengths of light Feitosa-Santana

Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago: Review

According to the Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago, IL) “the color of an object is determined by the specific wavelengths of lights that it absorbs and reflects” but THIS IS NOT TRUE. This wrong definition is presented in the Color Booth and situated in the Science Storm Exhibition. Here are some explanations about why color […]

11/07/2013 graph variables | How to Read a Science Paper | Paper Reading Groups | Paper Reading Guidelines | research | science | science for lay people | science paper Feitosa-Santana

How to Read a Scientific Paper

When reading a Science Paper, we have to focus on identifying some basic informations. Therefore, we have to first understand how to identify each of them: Background: Every paper presents the scenario in the previous literature that left a door open, leading to the present study. Usually, the authors start talking about it in order […]

04/07/2013 climate | health | mental-health | World War Z Brad Pitt | World War Z Israel | World War Z Machado de Assis | World War Z Moral Lesson | World War Z The Alienist Feitosa-Santana

World War Z: Nice Surprise

World War Z is a junky movie but not so junky. Few things are really interesting: 0. It is not about zombies but about a lethal epidemic threat. 1. Israel is the only nation to protect themselves from the epidemic threat exactly like Jewish people were way more prepared than any other people to not […]

26/06/2013 current-events | Dilma e Democracia | Dilma e Plebiscito | leia | quorum | reforma política | Reforma Política e Constitucionalidade | riscos | sarmento Feitosa-Santana

Reforma Política e Neoconstitucionalismo

De acordo com o pós-doutor  em direito constitucional, Daniel Sarmento, “o Direito brasileiro vem sofrendo mudanças profundas nos últimos tempos, relacionadas à emergência de um novo paradigma tanto na teoria jurídica quanto na prática dos tribunais, que tem sido designado como “neoconstitucionalismo”. Estas mudanças, que se desenvolvem sob a égide da Constituição de 88, envolvem vários […]