The Daily Populous

The move came a day after Bolsonaro signed a provisional measure dismantling FUNAI, Brazil’s bureau of indigenous affairs.

Under the 1988 constitution, indigenous territories grant exclusive use of land to indigenous peoples, explained Shenker.

Without official territorial boundaries to protect the land of they live on, some indigenous people are at risk of extinction, Shenker said. »

Researchers who asked people in the US their views on politicians who frequently bend the truth found that fact-checking had little impact, whereas for Australians it did change their political opinions.

The findings in Australia are positive and encouraging, says team member Stephan Lewandowsky of the University of Bristol in the UK.

They suggest fact-checking is a genuine counter to politicians who regularly make false statements. »

Working with commercial partners and the space agencies of other nations, NASA is planning on building a moon-orbiting space station as well as a permanent lunar base.

On Thursday, China successfully placed a lander and rover on the far side of the moon — a first for any nation.

"Maybe when a Chinese astronaut is standing on the moon and sending back a video image then our Congress will ask 'who lost space?'". »

Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds said Thursday she will try to enact a law that would allow Iowans to get birth control pills directly from a pharmacist without seeing a doctor first.

Reynolds first mentioned the policy at a debate late in her campaign against Democrat Fred Hubbell.

It came as a surprise to some, because she signed one of the country’s strictest abortion measures into law in May. »