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The First Space Cat

In a few weeks, space scientists will celebrate a remarkable event — the 60th anniversary of the launch of the first cat into space, an astronautical success that has never been repeated.

In the early 60s, dogs and monkeys were the animals usually used by scientists to find out exactly 【小题1】dangerous the conditions were in outer space. And they were also used to assess if humans 【小题2】 survive trips beyond the edge of Earth’s atmosphere.

A total of 14 street cats 【小题3】 (gather) at France’s space agency for selection as cat astronauts, but the cats were not given names on purpose in order to prevent scientists from becoming too fond of them. The cat selected to travel to space was simply known 【小题4】C341. C341 flew on a French rocket in October 1963, taking it to a place 【小题5】no cat had gone before.

Then, 【小题6】the news of its flight was announced on 18 October 1963, the French press decided this cat had to have its name. They picked “Felix” after a cartoon cat character, only 【小题7】 (discover) that C341 was female, so her name was then adjusted to “Felicette” as a result. In putting Felicette in one of its rockets, France added a new species to the list of animals that scientists 【小题8】 (send) into space before. Previously, two garden spiders, Anita and Arebella, had been taken to the Skylab 【小题9】(orbit) around the moon.

“In the 60s, 【小题10】(concern) about the possible danger for a human to be in outer space, scientists and engineers primarily undertook animal space flights to see if they suffered or their lives were threatened by the weightlessness or increased radiation or other effects they might experience up there,” said astronomer Jake Foster at the Royal Observatory Greenwich. “The fact that they did not fail paved the way for humans to begin journeys into space.”

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Eating jellyfish could save endangered fish

According to the IUCN Red List 32,000 species are threatened with extinction — everything from birds and mammals. Despite national and international efforts being gathered to protect threatened species, we actively fish for many of them. For those of us who enjoy the odd fish and chips, this isn't great news, 【小题1】 the researchers have come up with an unusual way we can help while still enjoying seafood — and it involves eating jellyfish.

Between 2006 and 2014, 92 vulnerable or endangered species of seafood were being caught, recorded, and sold. When they are sold, it is rare that fish and invertebrate (无脊椎的) species 【小题2】 (require) to be labelled according to species, so consumers have no way of knowing 【小题3】 they're eating.

The research team stresses the fact 【小题4】 this is only a brief view of the real problem. "A lot of the seafood catch and import records are listed in groups like ‘marine fish'. Here we didn't look at those vague records, we only looked at records 【小题5】 the actual species was listed — so we've made a huge underestimate of the actual catch of endangered species."

There are some ways to untie the mess we're creating in the world's oceans, including 【小题6】 (expand) our idea of seafood to include jellyfish. That might sound a little off the theme, but it's not the first time scientists have suggested 【小题7】 as a food source. It makes a lot of sense because Jellyfish is considered a minor species of wild animals and scientists might think its number is increasing worldwide.

Of course, there are other ways to help keep endangered species 【小题8】 the menu. "We need to improve the labelling of seafood 【小题9】 the consumers can have all of the information to make an informed choice," UQ conservation scientist Carissa Klein told ScienceAlert.

And the informed choice, at least in some places, is 【小题10】 (easy) than you might imagine. In Australia, where the researchers are based, there's the Sustainable Seafood Guide to provide the best choices for seafood. There's also Seafood Watch in the US, which is run by the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

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