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Earth & Climate

Photo worth seeing: Viral attack on human cells

The corona pandemic is still causing countless illnesses and deaths worldwide. It is all the more important to fully elucidate the molecular mechanisms...
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Earth & Climate

Division of labor in ants more than 100 million years ago

Ant fossils embedded in amber from the Cretaceous. © Shuhei Yamamoto More than 100 million years ago, ants shared labor. This suggests a...
Ashton Edwards -
Earth & Climate

Vitamin B deficiency is a serious problem, but these 1044 undervalued plant species can solve it

The best-known sources of vitamin B include meat, fish and dairy products. But apparently it is also found in countless edible plants. Getting...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Scientists warn: replacing farmers on a large scale with algorithms is not without risk

Plans to deploy artificial intelligence in the agricultural sector are becoming increasingly concrete. But is that wise? Imagine a wheat field stretching to...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Dutch researchers reveal that the first country on Earth arose much earlier than thought

Only 800 million years after the formation of the earth, the first land masses already loomed. We know that the Earth was formed about...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Noisy melting factor revealed

Meltwater flows into an opening on the surface of Greenland's Store Glacier and then rushes kilometers down to its bottom. © Poul Christoffersen Researchers...
Ashton Edwards -
Earth & Climate

Scientists predict sharp increase in the number of wildfires (also in areas where these are now scarce)

And governments are not yet well prepared for that, experts warn. Spurred on by climate change and land use, researchers expect wildfires to become...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

The last carefree day of the dinosaurs fell in spring

This is apparent from an analysis of the remains of fish that died within an hour of the impact. About 66 million years ago,...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Societal extinction – when species are forgotten

Bees are well known and have a lobby. However, this is different for many other endangered or already extinct species.© Photografiero/ iStock Out of...
Ashton Edwards -
Earth & Climate

African ticks reach record-breaking age despite famine

The ticks can go without food for at least eight years. And 27 years later, the descendants of the original group are...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Creeping salination of lakes

The idyll is deceptive: many lakes in Europe are threatened by salinity. © wmaster890/ iStock Salt from road salt, fertilizer and mine waste water...
Ashton Edwards -
Earth & Climate

Einstein’s predicted delay of time measured on a millimeter scale

A clock close to the ground ticks slower than a clock higher. That effect has now been demonstrated for 'clocks' with less...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Scientists on frozen icebreaker make surprising discovery in the heart of the Arctic Ocean

In the cold waters, researchers found cod and squid, which apparently can thrive much further north than previously thought. The Polarstern is a German...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Climate change is disrupting bird diets

The American Bluebird (Sialia sialis) benefits from earlier fledging of aquatic insects. © Steve Byland, istock In order to raise their chicks, birds depend...
Ashton Edwards -
Earth & Climate

After fiery scientific debate, it has now been proven: small tropical fish has self-awareness

The common cleaner wrasse recognized itself as the first fish in the world in the mirror. And now he passes the formidable...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Photo worth seeing: Tinkering with the proton beam

Here, two scientists are preparing an experiment using the POLARIS laser at the University of Jena. This should help to make it easier...
Elijah Burt -
Earth & Climate

Orangutan discovers on his own what it can do with a hammer and sharp stones

He instinctively uses the hammer to strike and the sharp stones to cut. And that also tells us more about the skills...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Climate change could shake millions of years of collaboration that may also be happening in your backyard

At least one of the two cooperation partners in question may not be able to adapt quickly enough. You have undoubtedly come across them,...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

More than seventeen meters high monster wave detected off the coast of Canada

For a long time, monster waves were dismissed as sailor's fairy tales. But they really exist. And scientists are now revealing...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Nocturnal braking effect on fires is disappearing

More and more frequently, forest and bush fires also offer favorable development conditions at night. © Xp33gt/iStock More and more often, it burns longer...
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