Summer looks at a scientific study that explains why cat owners should never force affection on their feline companions.

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Videos of cats and dogs transfixed by Netflix kids’ show Sealook – or pawing at its characters – are everywhere. We tried to find out why … and asked a goldendoodle for its verdict

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Bonhams is auctioning Sand Lerner's extensive collection of cat-related art and design this fall.

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The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services said it will continue to follow recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics and other medical organizations for routine vaccine scheduling. The recommendations are unchanged from last year, and include a combination measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. This comes as President Trump recently signed an executive order calling for the MMR vaccine to be broken into three shots. The order comes despite Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance stating, “no published scientific evidence shows any benefit in separating the combination MMR vaccine into three individual shots. Thomas Brown, a spokesperson for the state health department, said in a statement: “The Department continues to monitor data on the safety and efficacy of routine vaccines to inform public health recommendations that best serve New Hampshire. DHHS encourages anyone with questions about vaccines to speak to a trusted healthcare provider.” Dr. Patrick Passarelli, a pediatric infectious disease physician at Dartmouth Health, said the executive order is not legally binding and that people deserve vaccine recommendations based on scientific evidence. He also said the existing childhood vaccine schedule, which includes the combination MMR vaccine, has been repeatedly found to be safe and effective. Separate...

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Peter Herbstreit, the 2-year-old golden retriever owned by the ESPN "College GameDay" analyst, landed an endorsement deal with Hertz.

The Astra is one of Britain’s most familiar car models and now Vauxhall’s oldest nameplate in its current range. The first Astra appeared in 1980 and has now passed 45 years, eight generations and more than three million sales. The eighth-generation car arrived in 2022 and brought the first fully electric Astra, while the Sports Tourer Electric became one of the tiny number of all-electric estate cars on sale. This revision keeps the same basic Astra bits, but changes the parts buyers see, use and pay for. There are hatchback and Sports Tourer bodies, Griffin, GS and Ultimate trims and a choice of fully electric, plug-in hybrid, 48-volt hybrid and pure petrol power. So there’s plenty of choice, but I chose the Ultimate-trim Sports Tourer – estate in any other language – which now costs the same as the hatch version. You’d just buy the better looking, more practical Sports Tourer then, wouldn’t you? The most obvious new work has been done at the front. Vauxhall’s Vizor front look is narrower and more precisely drawn, with a permanently illuminated Griffin badge at its centre. From there, the illuminated Vauxhall Compass runs horizontally into the slim LED headlights and vertically along...

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The sun had yet to appear on the horizon and I was already settled in position, concealed behind a boulder, my gaze fixed on a small stone house with an open window. I rarely head into urban environments to photograph wildlife, but this was a special occasion. I had travelled to the village of Hanle, in Ladakh, northern India, which sits at an altitude of 4,500m in the Himalayan mountains. Life in this remote village, home to about 1,000 people, is not easy. From December to March, the landscape is locked in ice and snow, with temperatures dropping to -20˚C and lower. The treeless plateau and surrounding peaks appear hostile, yet nurture surprising levels of biodiversity. Sporadic areas of marshland and gurgling mountain streams, fed by snowmelt, support a variety of species adapted to cope with the challenging conditions. There are wolves, foxes, marmots, pikas and raptors. There is also an elusive feline that claims the dubious honour of being the world’s grumpiest cat. The Pallas’s cat, known locally as Ribilik, is one of the most secretive small cats in India. Named after Peter Simon Pallas, the Prussian naturalist who described the species in 1776, it is exceptionally shy and...