Textos de Setembro · September texts

Mais ótimos textos para ler este mês.
More great texts to read this month.

Nanomáquinas – Ciência Hoje
Vitamin A pills ‘could save thousands of children’ – BBC News
The DSK case and women’s access to justice: the fallacy of the “perfect victim” – Open Democracy
“Tatuagem eletrônica” monitora sinais vitais de pacientes – BBC Brasil
Renaissance exhibition in Berlin explores nuance of human expression – Deutsche Welle
A fascinante evolução do olho – Scientific American Brasil
Social media: don’t shoot the messaging service – SciDev.Net
Redes sociales: no disparen al mensajero – SciDev.Net
Why the Arabic world turned away from Science – The New Atlantis
World’s oldest fossils found in ancient Australian beach – Science
Pesquisa mundial indica que após Fukushima cresceu oposição à energia nuclear – Deutsche Welle
Growing heart cells just for you – Technology Review
Brain cells protect themselves against stroke – New Scientist
É urgente mudar os padrões de consumo – Planeta Sustentável
Can China house its booming urban class in an environmentally responsible way? – Scientific American
Reino Unido libera 9.000 páginas de investigações sobre óvnis – Folha SP
Climate cycles drive civil war – Nature

Múmia descoberta na China · Mummy discovered in China

China water mummy - Feature China / Barcroft Media

foto/photo: Feature China / Barcroft Media


Impressionante esta múmia descoberta por trabalhadores em uma obra na cidade de Taizhou, na China! Suas roupas indicam que ela viveu durante a dinastia Ming, há cerca de 700 anos atrás. Sua pele e suas roupas estão incrivelmente conservadas, como vocês podem ver nas fotos aqui e nas outras no artigo Face of incredibly preserved 700-year-old mummy found by chance by Chinese road workers, do Daily Mail.

 

It is amazing to see this mummy discovered by workers in construction site in the city of Taizhou, in China! Her clothes indicate she lived during the Ming dinasty, around 700 years ago. Her skin and clothes are remarkably preserved, as you can see here in these photos and in the others on the article Face of incredibly preserved 700-year-old mummy found by chance by Chinese road workers, by Daily Mail.

China mummy - KeystoneUSA-Zuma / Rex Features

foto/photo: KeystoneUSA-Zuma / Rex Features