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Pallas’s cat: One of the world’s oldest felines that stands on its bushy tail to keep its paws warm

Pallas’s cat: One of the world’s oldest felines that stands on its bushy tail to keep its paws warm

QUICK FACTS Name: Pallas’s cat (Otocolobus manul) Where it lives: Steppes and high-elevation grasslands in Central Asia, particularly Mongolia and China What it eats: Small rodents, including gerbils, hamsters and pikas, small lizards and birds Pallas’s cat, also known as a manul, is a feline from Central Asia that yelps like a small dog and has such short legs that …

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Grins and banter: Trump gives warm welcome to Putin before Ukraine summit in Alaska | Donald Trump

Grins and banter: Trump gives warm welcome to Putin before Ukraine summit in Alaska | Donald Trump

Donald Trump has given the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, a warm welcome to US soil as they begin a critical summit on the war in Ukraine. Both leaders disembarked their planes at 11.08am local time at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, a cold war-era air force base on the outskirts of Anchorage, Alaska. The friendly, tactile body language that followed offered a …

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Warm and cool temperatures travel on completely different paths to the brain

Warm and cool temperatures travel on completely different paths to the brain

In a first, researchers have revealed the complete sensory pathway that enables the skin to communicate temperatures to the brain. It turns out that cool temperatures have an individual, dedicated pathway — suggesting the body has different circuits for deciphering warmth and coolness. This study, published July 28 in the journal Nature Communications, is the first to map out the …

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‘Terrible fuel efficiency, no right-hand drive’: why trade deal won’t warm up Japan to American cars | Japan

‘Terrible fuel efficiency, no right-hand drive’: why trade deal won’t warm up Japan to American cars | Japan

Donald Trump has declared that Japan is opening up its domestic market to US cars as part of the bilateral trade deal announced this week. But American manufacturers will find it no easy task convincing Japanese drivers to choose what they see as oversized, unreliable gas-guzzlers. Announcing the agreement – which includes 15% tariffs on imports from Japan, including cars …

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