Red peppers are high in beta-carotene and vitamin C, with minimal fat and sodium. As the precursor of vitamin A, beta-carotene is essential for healthy vision and also plays a role in the body’s immune function.

As a painter, Kayiga immerses himself in his work, working frequently on several ideas simultaneously. He brings to his work an awareness developed through serious scholarship. Having studied traditional African religions at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda while teaching there for two years, Kayiga absorbed much of the history of this region of Africa.

Luke’s account states that Mary “gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger” (Luke 2:7).

Philip II ordered the building of El Escorial, near Madrid, as a monastery and burial place for Spain’s kings. It was begun in 1563 by Juan Bautista de Toledo, a Renaissance Spanish architect who had worked in Italy, and completed in 1584.

Some scientists have speculated that floating life might exist in the windy bands and belts of Jupiter’s atmosphere. The narrow-angle camera aboard NASA’s Cassini spacecraft pulled in this close-up view of one cloudy strip, including the Great Red Spot and stormy ovals and vortices.

The renal corpuscle is the specialized part of the nephron that filters the blood. It has two parts: a tight ball of capillaries called the glomerulus, and a cup-shaped Bowman’s capsule, which surrounds the glomerulus.

Manet loved painting beautiful young women and he found pastel the perfect medium to capture the softness of their skin. Here Manet’s touch is so delicate that the colour seems almost to have been breathed on to the paper.

Inhabiting tropical forests, the Tapiridae are found in Southeast Asia, and South and Central America. These large herbivores have a flexible proboscis, a long nose that can grasp foliage overhead. Other distinctive features include oval, white-tipped ears and a protruding rump with a short tail.