Earth & Climate

Some coastal animals can now suddenly also thrive in the open sea

It's thanks to… plastic! Coastal animals have found a remarkable way to survive in the open ocean, colonizing floating plastic debris and then bobbing along...

Towards eco-friendly gasoline: sugar-eating microbes lend us a hand

A genetically engineered E. coli bacterium efficiently converts glucose into hydrocarbons, which in turn can be used to produce sustainable biofuels. We are currently looking...

Photo worth seeing: Helpful healing miracle

This axolotl, which looks almost mischievously, is an important aid to medicine. Because its cells and tissues provided crucial clues as to why...

Elusive and mysterious particles leave their mark for the first time in Swiss particle accelerator

Researchers have detected possible neutrinos using a particle accelerator; a milestone. Neutrinos are actually everywhere: they are one of the most abundant subatomic particles...

On the way to the age of electrification

Electricity will play a bigger role in the future. (Image: arthon meekodong / iStock) So far, electricity has been a rather expensive energy source....

How smart is an octopus?

Octopuses are often praised for their intelligence. And now researchers have also revealed the unique brainpower of different species, teaching us more about...

Photo worth seeing: Well-traveled rock

The photo shows cooled lava that was found in Costa Rica. It is astonishing that it bears the geochemical fingerprint of the earth's...

Extinction with a dizzying effect

Before the extinction events, a comparatively large number of grass-eaters took food from the fire, especially in South America, according to a study. ...

How does a spider build a web? The complex ‘spider dance’ unraveled

For the first time, researchers have captured literally every step of all eight legs using artificial intelligence. Spider webs are beautiful and fascinating works of...

Arctic Ocean warmed up earlier than expected

Off the coast of Svalbard. (Image: Sara Giansiracusa) Man-made climate change ensures that the world's oceans are getting warmer and the poles are melting....

Imperial dynasties under the spell of volcanoes

Researchers have been able to link traces of volcanic eruptions in ice cores from the last 2,000 years to developments in the history of...

Antarctic ice sheet is reacting rapidly

Iceberg in the Antarctic (Image: University of Bonn / Michael Weber) When the earth warmed up after the last ice age, the ice of the...

Europe has 600 million fewer birds

The once ubiquitous house sparrow appears to be the hardest hit. If you look outside now, you see a lot fewer birds than a few...

“Urschlangen” fossil is a marine lizard

Reconstruction of Tetrapodophis amplectus, the alleged primordial snake, in its aquatic habitat. (Image: Julius Csotonyi) Scientists believe that the ancestors of today's snakes still...

Photo worth seeing: The perfect wave

This visualization shows the interaction of infrared light with double-layer graph. The interaction is created by special electron flows. Graphene is one of the...

Scientists make razor-sharp knives from… wood

The wooden blade is almost three times sharper than a stainless steel table knife, allowing it to cut through, for example, a steak with...

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