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How long do discarded straws last?

Plastic straws are a major problem for the world's oceans. © Bryan James/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ...
Ashton Edwards -
Earth & Climate

3D fossils of bizarre ancient trees discovered

Artist's impression of the approximately 350 million year old Sanfordia tree with human silhouettes as a scale. © Tim Stonesifer ...
Ashton Edwards -
Psychology & Sociology

The wedding ring on the ring finger: That’s what’s behind it

Rings are among the most popular pieces of jewelry. Rings always look good on other fingers too. © Git Stephen Gitau, pexels.com...
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Astronomy

Astronomers find oldest black hole

Galaxy with an active black hole at the center (illustration). © Pitris/ iStock Since the James Webb Space Telescope became operational, astronomers have been able...
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History & Archaeology

Slavery in picture books

Slave train on the coast of Guinea, frontispiece from Joachim Heinrich Campe's “Little Children's Library” series. Digital copy of the Berlin State Library – PK ...
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Health & Medicine

How fasting can reduce inflammation in our body

Even short-term fasting can relieve inflammation in the body - but why? © erdikocak/ iStock Fasting is considered healing and anti-inflammatory. Researchers have now found...
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Earth & Climate

Natron lakes as a cradle of life?

In late summer, the mineral-rich soda lake "Last Chance Lake" in Canada is usually dried out to the point where people can walk on...
Ashton Edwards -
History & Archaeology

Historians find previously unknown Nazi deportation photos

Two of the photos discovered in the Dresden archive of Jewish people waiting in Breslau to be deported by the National Socialists. ©...
Alan Cannon -
Earth & Climate

This butterfly has sensitivity

A pigeon tail drinking nectar © Anna Stöckl Highly developed eyes and a complex brain enable our human hands to perform even difficult tasks, such...
Ashton Edwards -
History & Archaeology

Oldest human fossils north of the Alps

The Ilsenhöhle is located under Ranis Castle in Thuringia; Right: Two stone blades found in the cave. © Tim Student, TLDA /...
Alan Cannon -
Earth & Climate

German parks are suffering from climate stress

Shortened treetops in Berlin's Schönhausen Palace Park. © TU Berlin Heat, storms and drought - the increasingly frequent extreme weather events caused by climate change...
Ashton Edwards -
Psychology & Sociology

Stressor building a house: Why it has such an impact on the psyche and relationships

© Adobe Stock / WavebreakMediaMicro / 128475063 Stress at work and in everyday life is stressful for your own psyche and also for your relationship....
Emmaline Middleton -
Earth & Climate

Volcanism: Warning rumblings cleverly captured

View of the so-called Geldingadalir eruption of the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland. © Eva Eibl, University of Potsdam ...
Ashton Edwards -
Astronomy

Water in the gas shell of a nearby planet

This is what the exoplanet GJ 9827d could look like, the smallest exoplanet to date where water vapor has been detected in the atmosphere....
Ashton Edwards -
Earth & Climate

Photo worth seeing: Stone witnesses to early life

Paleontologists assume that microbial life forms already existed around 3.5 billion years ago. However, insights into the diversity of the ecosystems of the time...
Elijah Burt -
Health & Medicine

Contaminated growth hormones transmitted Alzheimer’s disease

The misfolded amyloid beta proteins (orange) typical of Alzheimer's form destructive plaques in the brain - and they are transferable. © Dr_Microbe/ iStock ...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Earth & Climate

Groundwater levels are falling worldwide

This irrigation well in Bangladesh extracts groundwater. © Ahmed Ziaur Rahman Groundwater reserves are declining at an ever-increasing rate around the world. This is confirmed...
Ashton Edwards -
History & Archaeology

Parts of Hadrian’s Aqueduct discovered

Newly uncovered section of Hadrian's Aqueduct, which supplied drinking water to the ancient city of Corinth. © Greek Ministry of Culture ...
Alan Cannon -
Earth & Climate

Invasive ants influence the hunting success of lions

Acacias previously provided lions with privacy when hunting - but due to the spread of an invasive species of ants, the small trees are...
Ashton Edwards -
Earth & Climate

First rhino embryo transferred to surrogate mother

Southern white rhinoceros © H. Zell / CC BY-SA 3.0 Deed A species conservation consortium has successfully implanted an artificially fertilized southern white rhinoceros embryo...
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