If you need to put your cat down on the floor, you should definitely put it on its paws. Until the cat's paws have touched a stable surface, you should not remove your hands from its body. This applies to…
The suspected rear-end-dragging impression from a hyrax; the object just right of the centre is believed to be a probable fossilized excrement.(Image credit: Charles Helm) Rock hyraxes, regularly known as “dassies” in southern Africa, are stout, stocky animals with brief…
Patients, especially those with serious illnesses who sometimes undergo unsuccessful treatment for years, often feel as if no one else in the world can help them. This isn't true. Treatment simply needs to be comprehensive: not only the body needs…
Despite being of smaller stature than the Milky Way, the Cigar Galaxy radiates with more power.(Image credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Bolatto via Getty Images)Quick facts What it is: M82, a side-viewed spiral starburst galaxy Where it is: Situated…
A ‘selfie’ acquired during Webb’s assessment on Earth(Image credit: Ball Aerospace) Following the 2021 Christmas feast, our household was spellbound by the live broadcast, observing the heart-stopping liftoff of NASA’s $10 billion James Webb Space Observatory. Not since the 1990
After a two-week lull, the Sun is once again showing increased activity. This was reported by specialists from the solar astronomy laboratory of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, as reported by a correspondent for the…