Category: Science for Lay People

07/06/2012 maria bethânia | Maria Bethânia Curitiba | teatro guaira | Ultimatum Feitosa-Santana

Ultimatum (1917) by Álvaro de Campos and Maria Bethânia

Maria Bethânia performing her Ultimatum selection at Teatro Guaira, Curitiba, on March 17, 2007: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja9Vercrab0] ” Mandato de despejo aos mandarins do mundo Fora tu, reles esnobe plebeu E fora tu, imperialista das sucatas Charlatão da sinceridade e tu, da juba socialista, e tu, qualquer outro Ultimatum a todos eles E a todos que sejam […]

30/04/2012 Geoffrey Pullum | Laura Martin Feitosa-Santana

The Eskimo Snow Vocabulary Hoax

It is well known that humans have an eagerness to embrace exotic facts, and here we have an old hoax that is still believed to be true by many of us: the Eskimos and their dozens or even hundreds of different grades of snow. Some people still believe that Eskimos are able to perceive more […]

24/04/2012 research | science | technology | Transplant | Transplante | Visão Feitosa-Santana

Vision with Cell Transplant in the Retina [Visão com Transplante de Célula na Retina]

It was published in Nature April 18 2012, a study that suggests that transplanting photoreceptors – nerve cells that line the back of the eye sensitive to light – could form the basis of a new treatment to restore sight in people with retinal degenerative diseases. Loss of photoreceptors is the cause of blindness in many human […]

24/04/2012 Feitosa-Santana

The Anatomy Years of Leonardo da Vinci [Os anos de anatomia de Leonardo da Vinci]

Leonardo da Vinci has been primarily seen as a painter since the Renaissance but he would not recognize himself in such an image since his scientific studies were as important as his art. The amount of scientific observations made by Leonardo is still impressive but his difficulties reconciling his observations with the stablished beliefs prevented […]