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Engineers Find Inspiration for New Materials in Piranha-Proof Armor
8 hours ago
by innovation
Piranha Vs. Arapaima It’s a matchup worthy of a late-night cable movie: put a school of starving piranha and a 300-pound fish together, and who comes out the winner? The surprising answer — given the notorious guillotine-like bite of the piranha — is Brazil’s massive Arapaima fish. The secret to Ara ...
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SALGADO’S ETHIOPIA
10 hours ago
by atakelt
Between Abune Yosef and Yemrehanna Kristos “People in this part of Ethiopia often live with their cattle in their houses. It can get very cold—one day during our walk it was -7°C. The heat from the cattle makes the houses quite comfortable” Go to Salgado’s photo essay here Tagged: Brazil, Ethiopia, ...
Atakelt's Blog - atakelt.wordpress.com · 1 reference
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How needed is South Africa’s increased spending on social grants?
10 hours ago
by charlotte.lazarus
10 February 2012-According to the IPC-IG Country Study on the “ Impact of growth and redistribution on poverty and inequality in South Africa ”, social grants have helped tackle the worst effects of poverty in the country, but much more needs to be done in other priority areas, the report notes, if ...
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