Earth & Climate

Photo worth seeing: Worms as drug factories

Researchers have been able to genetically modify hookworms like this one so that they can produce drugs and spread them throughout the...

How environmentally friendly are insect farms really?

Mealworms and other insects are considered a more environmentally friendly alternative to meat from mammals or poultry. © ollo/ iStock Insects are...

Photo worth seeing: New telescope on 5,600 meter high Chilean mountain opens window on the universe

This arises a good three decades after the original idea by researchers at the University of Cologne and Cornell University Fred Young...

Whale watching provides whale DNA

Two humpback whales appear during a whale watching tour in Iceland. © North Sailing The tragic end of the humpback whale “Timmy”...

Photo worth seeing: Rethink metabolism

Many packaging, plastics, fibers, medicines, dietary supplements, building materials and everyday objects are based on petroleum. Derivatives of fossil fuels are even...

14 out of 15 turtles in Germany are introduced

The North American letter-eared turtle (Trachemys scripta) is by far the most common non-native water turtle species in German waters. © Johannes Penner...

Photo worth seeing: From worker to queen

A wasp of the species Polistes canadensis. In this species, workers can also become queens. © UCLDid this wasp win the power...

Photo worth seeing: From the perspective of “prisoners”: How incarceration influences political preferences

How does it feel to be incarcerated? Most people's ideas and opinions about prisons and imprisonment are based on films. But wHow...

Why Tyrannosaurus had such short arms

Tyrannosaurus rex and other large predatory dinosaurs had surprisingly short arms - but why? © Racksuz/ iStock Giants with stubby arms: Many...

Photo worth seeing: Preserved in ice

Ice cores from the Greenland Ice Sheet are helping researchers better understand past volcanic eruptions. © Michael SiglNew studies of ice cores...

Photo worth seeing: Genius, idol, star

Times of crisis, social change and dissatisfaction fostered longings for strong leaders, saviors and role models. Doubts about religion and church lead...

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