Apothecary : Pharmacist is a more common synonym for apothecary

03/11/2025

02/11/2025

The Table Mountain Aerial Cableway is a cable car transportation system offering visitors a five-minute ride to the top of Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa.

30/10/2025

Uveitis

Uveitis is a condition involving inflammation in the uvea (the middle portion of the eye). Uveitis is associated with up to 10% of visual impairment in the US and Europe.

📝 This JAMA Patient Page describes types of uveitis, ages and conditions associated with uveitis, and diagnosis and treatment.

https://ja.ma/48VaQla

28/10/2025

Pretoria is well-known for its jacaranda trees, which has earned the city the nickname “Jacaranda City”.

27/10/2025

The Spectroscope

On this day in 1859, German scientists Gustav Kirchhoff and Robert Bunsen perfected their incredible new device: the spectroscope.

This instrument could split light into its fundamental spectrum of colors, like an ultra-precise prism. Their groundbreaking discovery was that every chemical element, when heated, emits its own unique "fingerprint" of light—a specific and unvarying pattern of colored lines.

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25/10/2025

24/10/2025

Kruger National Park is home to a large population of lions, estimated to be between 1,600 and 1,800 individuals,

24/10/2025

Zebras form family groups called harems, led by a dominant male.

24/10/2025