May 9, 2025

A cat walks around the Jerusalem market of Beit Rishon. Image prepared by DALEE

The Cat Chapter 2 Early Appearances: The Missing Cat in Pre-Sage Jewish Sources

We will search in vain for the word "cat" in the Bible. Not so in the Tanakh and Talmudic literature, and certainly in the Midrashic literature.
Cranes stop at Agmon Hula before continuing their migration north. Illustration: depositphotos.com

How does the bird never lose its way?

Technological adaptation of brain activity recording for birds allows us, for the first time, to answer the eternal question: How do they know where to fly?
The model of Venera-4 at the Cosmonautics Memorial Museum resembles a landing capsule re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. Photo: ESA

On Saturday (10/5/25), a 53-year-old Soviet spacecraft is expected to crash into Earth.

Entry is expected on May 10, 2025 at 08:16 UTC with an uncertainty of about 8.6 hours.