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Primeval robbers: So much for “crunchy” prey

More than 500 million years ago, shrimp-like predators were roaming the seas with bizarre gripping tools. Artist rendering © Katrina Kenny ...
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Record share of renewable energies in the German electricity mix

Renewable energies from wind, sun and co achieved a record share of net electricity generation in the first half of 2023. © GetYourPic/...
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Orangutans can “beatbox”

Video: Examples of how orangutans produce mouth-made sounds simultaneously with voiced components. © Adriano R. Lameira and Madeleine Hardus Two researchers have discovered that our...
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Tracking down historical supervolcano behavior

The crater of Monte Nuovo is the result of the 1538 eruption. © National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology ...
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Fish deaths in the Oder: will the catastrophe be repeated?

The golden alga Prymnesium parvum under the microscope. © Katrin Preuss/IGB In the summer of 2022, the Oder became a mass grave for fish and...
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Photo worth seeing: Plankton blooms in the North Sea

What shimmers so turquoise and bluish in the water of the North Sea are billions and billions of microscopic algae - from the perspective...
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Danger from more rain instead of snow

Mountainous regions of the northern hemisphere are becoming increasingly vulnerable to extreme rainfall and its attendant hazards. © Jenny Nuss/Berkeley Lab ...
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Are biofuels more harmful to the climate than diesel?

For biofuels, energy-rich plants such as rapeseed, maize or sugar beets are usually cultivated and used. © Andrew Johnson/ iStock ...
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Climate balance of electricity or natural gas as a heat supplier

In terms of emissions, gas heating in Germany is slightly more climate-friendly than heating with electricity. © Axel Bueckert/ iStock ...
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Soils exhale more and more CO2

Microbes in the soil process carbon from organic matter with oxygen into carbon dioxide. Nissan A. et al., © Nature Communications, 2023 ...
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Megalodon was not a literal cold-blooded killer

Artist's rendering of the monstrous shark that hunted the seas until about 3.6 million years ago. © Alex Boersma/PNAS ...
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Sexual evolution 240 million years ago

Artist's rendering of a pair of marine reptile Keichousaurus. © @Takumi Perhaps "strong arms" made people sexy even in ancient times: paleontologists report on the...
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Some animals benefited from us as early as the Palaeolithic Age

Common ravens have been looking for human proximity since the Palaeolithic Age. © Milan Krasula/ iStock ...
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Discover Tanzania: Interesting facts about the fascinating region in East Africa

There are beautiful sunsets in Tanzania. © Suntichai, stock.adobe.com The East African country of Tanzania is known for its breathtaking nature, fascinating wilderness and unforgettable...
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Photo worth seeing: Lightning over the Alps

There's a lot of noise over these peaks of the Zillertal Alps. But not only they, but the entire eastern Alpine region is hit...
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Mystery of Viennese “fool’s gold” fossils solved

What's with those little tubes of pyrite? © NHM Vienna, Mathias Harzhauser Millimetre-sized tubes made of the golden shimmering material pyrite: Researchers have now uncovered...
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Climate change: Many birds cannot escape

Birds in the mountains in particular have their limits when fleeing global warming. © Aleksi Lehikoinen ...
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“Boarding” by electric jump

Video: A nematode jumps onto the hairy body of an electrostatically charged bumblebee. © Current Biology/Chiba et al. Worms can only crawl, you might think....
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Cleverly regulated ant nursing

Ants follow simple rules that result in efficient colony-level disease control. © Sina Metzler & Roland Ferrigato/ISTA ...
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How octopuses adapt their brains to heat and cold

This California two-spotted octopus (Octopus bimaculoides) uses RNA editing to adapt to water temperature. © Tom Kleindinst ...
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