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Dental problems reflected in “Stone Age chewing gum”

A piece of chewed birch pitch (middle) from the Swedish site of Huseby Klev with casts depicting the upper and lower tooth profile. ...
Alan Cannon -
Earth & Climate

Were early feathers used to scare off prey?

A: Artist's impression of the dinosaur Caudipteryx. © Christophe Hendrickx, Creative Commons license (CC BY-SA 3.0). B: Robot replica of Caudipteryx ©...
Ashton Edwards -
Earth & Climate

Arabica coffee genome decoded in detail

Arabica coffee is particularly popular because of its aroma. © NTCo/ iStock Aromatic Arabica coffee accounts for around 60 percent of the coffee consumed worldwide....
Ashton Edwards -
Health & Medicine

Gene identified for heart defects in Down syndrome

Healthy mouse heart (WT, above) and heart malformed by the gene Dyrk1a, which is present three times in trisomy 21, in different stainings. ...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Earth & Climate

Global responsibility for the tipping elements of the climate?

Earth systems such as the Amazon rainforest have a high impact on the climate. They should therefore be protected as public property, researchers...
Ashton Edwards -
History & Archaeology

Archaeologists uncover sex chromosome abnormalities

A look at an excavation in England where a medieval person with an XXY chromosome anomaly was found. © Oxford Archaeology ...
Alan Cannon -
Earth & Climate

Plant evolution: multicellular already a billion years ago?

Microscopic image of a multicellular, filamentous Klebsormidiophyceae algae, which is adapted to life on land due to thick cell walls. © Tatyana Darienko ...
Ashton Edwards -
Earth & Climate

Former “infidelities” among lynxes revealed

The Iberian lynx is considered one of the rarest cat species in the world. © Goyo Mora/iStock ...
Ashton Edwards -
Earth & Climate

How water striders protect themselves from drowning

Water strider hitting a raindrop. © Daren Watson and Andrew Dickerson Water striders are known for their ability to walk on water. But when raindrops...
Ashton Edwards -
Health & Medicine

“Bacteria eater” with potential discovered

Certain viruses attack bacteria and could therefore be used to fight stubborn pathogens. The picture shows the promising Paride phages. © Enea...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Astronomy

Cosmic particle puzzle

There are some extremely energetic phenomena in the cosmos. But where the most energetic portion of cosmic rays comes from is still unknown....
Ashton Edwards -
Earth & Climate

Fluffy butterflies with a brilliant sense of smell

Silk moths don't have a nose, they smell with their antennae. But while the sense of smell of human men and women is developed...
Elijah Burt -
Earth & Climate

How the earthquakes happened in Turkey in 2023

This drone image shows the ground displacement caused by the Turkey earthquake near the town of Çiğli. © Jiannan Meng ...
Ashton Edwards -
Earth & Climate

What can CO₂ capture strategies achieve?

Part of the greenhouse gas could be removed from exhaust gases or specifically extracted from the air. © NicoElNino/iStock ...
Ashton Edwards -
Earth & Climate

Trawls fuel climate change

Fishing with bottom trawling releases large amounts of CO2. © piola666/ iStock It is well known that fishing with huge bottom trawling nets harms the...
Ashton Edwards -
History & Archaeology

A Bronze Age desert fortress

This is what the fortified oasis of Khaybar might have looked like in the Bronze Age. © Khaybar Longue Durée Archaeological Project, M....
Alan Cannon -
Earth & Climate

What affects the amount of waste in cities

Waste, wastewater and greenhouse gases do not increase at the same rate as a city grows. © Elisa Heinrich Mora ...
Ashton Edwards -
Health & Medicine

New cause of Alzheimer’s discovered

Neuron death in Alzheimer's disease is linked to various sRNA molecules. © koto_feja / iStock Large numbers of nerve cells die in the brains of...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Earth & Climate

Why the Mediterranean region is particularly vulnerable

Some invasive plants such as cacti from the genus Opuntia are difficult to eradicate in the Mediterranean, a biologist warns. © University of...
Ashton Edwards -
History & Archaeology

On trail of mammoth using isotope patterns in a tusk

Artist's impression of mammoths observed by early inhabitants of Alaska. © Julius Csostonyi The relationship between humans and mammoths in sight: Using isotope patterns in...
Alan Cannon -
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