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Corn plants warn their neighbors of predators

Corn plants have a sophisticated strategy to protect themselves from enemies. © FEELLIFE/ISTOCK When corn plants grow close side by side, they are actually more...

Why HIV medication does not always work completely

Antiviral HIV medication does not work as well in some infected people as with others. Researchers have now identified a reason for this. ©...

Coexisted as ahead and early man

These 13 fossil teeth from Ledi-Geraru are between 2.6 and 2.8 million years old and come from two different hominine species. © Brian Villmoare/...

Heat waves particularly add to tropical birds

Tukane live in the tropical and subtropical forests of Central and South America. © Agustavop/iStock Due to climate change, extreme weather events such as heat...

Bacteria in cancer therapy

Researchers examine how the intestinal microbioma influences the development of cancer and can support cancer treatment. By Cindy Hempp The human organism consists...

Napoleon’s legal legacy

In addition to war and violence, which he brought all over Europe, Napoleon's ambiguous rule also includes the fact that his legal reforms meant...

Biochar from a human feces as a fertilizer?

The plants can better use the nutrients from the biochar. © Zerophantoms/iStock Farmers need fertilizers to supply their fields and the growing plants with sufficient...

Nazi era: heroes, victims-but hardly any collaborators?

During the Nazi era there were not only perpetrators, victims or heroic resistance-many people were collaborators. But how do people in Europe remember this...

Hurricans appear more and more in groups in the North Atlantic

Tropical vertebral cluster events above the North Atlantic. This picture of the NOAA satellite Goes-16 of September 14, 2020 shows five tropical systems that...

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