Jane Goodall and baby chimpanzee Flint in Gombe, Tanzania. Flint, the first baby chimpanzee born after Jane's arrival, provided her with a rare opportunity to study animal development, although physical contact with wild chimpanzees is currently considered unethical. (Image: National…
I believe there's no need to go into detail about the backless piece of furniture called a stool. In common parlance, this item is called a “taburetka.” We remember it from the film “Chapayev,” when Vasily Ivanovich, in the heat…
Scientists from Aarhus University in Denmark have shown that following the new Scandinavian dietary guidelines is associated with increased life expectancy. The study, published in The Journal of Nutrition (JN), found that middle-aged and older men and women (aged 45…
Very soon, residents of Belarus will have the chance to witness an amazing astronomical phenomenon. We are talking about a supermoon, as a correspondent for the online publication Belnovosti reports, the largest and brightest this year. According to Gismeteo.by, the…
The Cassini spacecraft captured this image while observing the south pole of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus on November 30, 2010. Jets of water from the moon's subsurface ocean are visible escaping through cracks in the ice. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science…
A leading group of obstetricians and gynecologists has strengthened its guidelines on cannabis use immediately before and during pregnancy, as well as while breastfeeding. (Photo: Jamie Grill via Getty Images)