BBC Knowledge AUGUST 2017
WE HAVE LIFT-OFF This Lego model of the Saturn V rocket used for NASA’s Apollo missions comprises nearly 2,000 pieces, stands a ...
From now to September is the best time to see the migration of the wildebeest at the Mara River crossing. The Periyar Tiger Rese ...
5 GREAT-TO-KNOW FACTS ABOUT GRAND CANAL VENICE POUTINE, Canada French fries, cheese curds and gravy – this is comfort in a dish, ...
46 OUR EXPLORATION OF THE COSMOS IS HAMPERED BY OUR BODIES AND MINDS, WHICH STRUGGLE IN SPACE. SO COULD WE EVER OVERCOME OUR BIO ...
47 ILLUSTRATION: MAGIC TORCH ...
48 PHOTOS: GETTY X4, GETTY/DK IMAGES, ZHAO CHUANG, JUNCHANG LU [ GRAVITY ] Freefalling around the Earth in orbit, or coasting th ...
49 but they would fit within the existing structure with just enough space for a single astronaut at a time. Spinning relatively ...
Gravity isn’t the only thing that the Earth provides for our bodies. The thick atmosphere and global magnetic field that cocoons ...
Redistribution of body fluids in zero-g makes your face puffy. Your eyeballs distort, blurring vision. As your heart no longer n ...
52 “AT L E AST F RO M THE ISS, YOU CAN STILL ENJOY the VIEW OF THE EARTH BELOW” Space Science ...
Privacy tends to be in short supply aboard the ISS PHOTO: NASA ...
PHOTOS: ESA/IPEV/PNRA/B HEALEY, NASA space mission? The report recommended more research into how diet and nutrition can affect ...
“MARS COLONISTS WOULD NEED TO LEARN TO BE SPACE FARMERS!” [ FOOD AND NUTRITION ] Weightlessness presents several problems for ea ...
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TEXT BY JANAKI LENIN Desert fox cubs stand outside their underground den in Little Rann of Kutch. Smallest of three subspecies o ...
TOP: A striped hyena lopes across the dry plains of the Rann. Despite being nocturnal, the species is also known to venture out ...
ABOVE: Short-eared owls have tufts of feathers resembling ears. When they are defensive, these ‘ears’ stick up perceptibly. The ...
ABOVE: A collared hedgehog rolls up into a ball, the typical defensive posture. The spines protect it from predators such as fox ...
PHOTOGRAPH: JYOTHY KARAT ABOVE: Bar-headed geese winter here. They hold the record for flying at the highest elevation. In autum ...
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