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Earth & Climate

Plant research: Better adaptation to fluctuating light conditions

Changing light conditions pose challenges for plants. © David Bartus/pixnio For efficient photosynthesis, plants need lighting conditions that are as uniform as...
Ashton Edwards -
Biology

Younger Dryas: Volcanic cold snap instead of impact?

There is new evidence that volcanic eruptions were the trigger for a cold snap 12,900 years ago. © emrahuygun/ iStock Impact or...
Elijah Burt -
Health & Medicine

Confirmed again: aluminum in vaccines is not a problem

Aluminum-containing additives in vaccines are intended to increase their effectiveness, but are suspected, especially by opponents of vaccination, of causing damage to health....
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Health & Medicine

Cyclic Sighing: How cyclic sighing helps against stress

Cyclic Sighing is a breathing technique that is intended to relax and reduce stress. Here you can find out how it works and what...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Earth & Climate

Photo worth seeing: Force to adapt

Whether wild animals or domestic animals: in the Anthropocene, the age of humans, they all face a number of challenges. In “Animal...
Elijah Burt -
Health & Medicine

Social burnout: When private contacts become overwhelming

When you think of burnout, you often think of too much overtime, enormous pressure and exhaustion at work. But people can also be burned...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Biology

Deforestation is pushing the Amazon closer to its tipping point

View of cleared areas in the Amazon rainforest. © Uwe Bergbwitz/ iStock The Amazon rainforest is more vulnerable than expected: if deforestation...
Elijah Burt -
Astronomy

How the Moon’s Largest Crater Was Formed

The South Pole-Aitken Basin (recognizable here by its blue hues) is one of the largest and oldest impact sinks in the solar system....
Ashton Edwards -
Earth & Climate

Germany has used up its resources for this year

Germany's ecological footprint is so large that we have already used up a year's worth of resources. © ArtRachen01/ iStock On May...
Ashton Edwards -
Psychology & Sociology

Oxytocin: Cuddling hormone also strengthens rivalries

Oxytocin is considered a cuddle hormone, but is also released increasingly during competitions and conflicts between groups. © solar22/ iStock Double effect:...
Emmaline Middleton -
Health & Medicine

Get fit by cycling: This is how often you should cycle per week to get fit

Cycling is a great way to get or stay fit. But how often, how long and how intensively should you cycle to achieve this? What...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Psychology & Sociology

Research: Younger people bring more breakthroughs

Young researchers make a crucial contribution to achieving scientific breakthroughs. © eakgrunge/ iStock In science, older researchers typically have the greatest influence...
Emmaline Middleton -
Health & Medicine

Human DNA produces more than 1,700 unknown molecules

Sections of our DNA that have so far received little attention produce a completely new class of biomolecules: peptides. © koto_feja/ iStock ...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
History & Archaeology

Four more dead from the Franklin expedition identified

Historical depiction of the HMS Erebus, which froze in the Arctic ice during the Franklin Expedition. © François Musin, Royal Museums Greenwich ...
Alan Cannon -
Earth & Climate

Photo worth seeing: From the mouse to AI

The mouse navigates through a corridor in a natural experimental environment using its whiskers. Their brain activity is measured. © The Grainger...
Elijah Burt -
Health & Medicine

Secondary plant substances: bitter substances as a bridge between ecology and human biology

Photo: Vecteezy / Vasil Docinets Plants produce a huge variety of chemical compounds that go far beyond their primary metabolites. In addition...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Astronomy

27 “Tatooine” planets in one go

When a planet orbits two central stars, there are two suns in its sky - like the fictional Star Wars planet Tatooine. But...
Ashton Edwards -
Biology

More and more marine mammals outside their habitats

This walrus has repeatedly appeared on the coast of Scotland, here on the Scottish Isles of Scilly. © Dan Jarvis, BDMLR/Diversity, CC by...
Elijah Burt -
Health & Medicine

Our brain understands language even under anesthesia

Our brain is capable of higher levels of language processing even under anesthesia. © Dragon Claws/ iStock Anesthetized but active: Our brain...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Astronomy

Magnons could shrink quantum computers

Magnetic spin waves on the surface of crystal materials, so-called magnons, could be suitable as qubits for future solid-state quantum computers. © Serha...
Ashton Edwards -
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