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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...

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....

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ©...

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....

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...

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 ...

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