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Sandstorms are becoming more and more frequent

A haboob (desert dust storm) approaching the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan. © JordiStock / iStock Sand and dust storms are a natural phenomenon in many...
Ashton Edwards -
Earth & Climate

Manual gold mining is also harmful to the environment

Even without excavators and other large machines, gold mining harms the environment. © Mario Schmidt/Pforzheim University ...
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Astronomy

Lucy space probe discovers double asteroid moon

When the Lucy space probe flew past the asteroid Dinkinesh, its satellite appeared as a compact, rounded moon in the first image (A). ...
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Earth & Climate

Photo worth seeing: Nanoparticle production the simpler way

In medicine, developing a technology to treat tumors, viruses or toxins often requires a long and complex process. One building block is the production...
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History & Archaeology

Jackpot Journeys: Inside the Thrilling World of Casinos

The world of casinos is a thrilling journey, filled with high stakes, heart-pounding excitement, and the tantalizing possibility of hitting the jackpot. From their...
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Health & Medicine

Wearable sensor developed for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s

The biosensor and the reader are designed for use at home, in clinics or nursing homes. The system can transmit results wirelessly to...
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Earth & Climate

Bizarre prehistoric mammal rediscovered

Video: It has spines like a hedgehog, a snout like an anteater and shovels like a mole: A camera trap has provided the first...
Ashton Edwards -
Earth & Climate

Rotifers “chew” microplastics into nanoplastics

Representation of a rotifer whose chewing apparatus can scrape off large amounts of nanoparticles from ingested pieces of plastic. © UMass Amherst ...
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History & Archaeology

Diaries of an architect’s wife

What this double portrait (around 1875) does not show: Clara Licht was not always happy in her marriage. Lehmstedt Verlag, Leipzig 2023 ...
Alan Cannon -
Health & Medicine

Osteopathy and the autoregulation of the body

Osteopathy is widely recognized as a supplement to conventional medicine, but there are still many fields of research. © Zorica Nastasic, GettyImages ...
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Earth & Climate

Bacteria could make lunar soil fertile

Seedlings grow in simulated lunar regolith with the support of soil microbes. © Yitong Xia So far it has proven to be less growth-friendly. But...
Ashton Edwards -
History & Archaeology

Mysterious lion cave painting in Puerto Rico

This drawing could have come from someone who knew lions from their homeland. © A. Acosta-Colon ...
Alan Cannon -
Health & Medicine

First semi-synthetic yeast created

This yeast cell divides normally. But their genome contains synthetically created and genetically modified chromosomes. © Cell/Zhao et al. ...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Psychology & Sociology

Nationalist rhetoric promotes right-wing parties

Exclusionary and nationalist rhetoric brings new votes, especially to right-wing parties. © Andrii Yalanskyi/ iStock In order to win back votes from right-wing parties, some...
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Earth & Climate

Photo worth seeing: Adélie penguins on the move

The penguins that frolic here on the Antarctic sea ice are Adélie penguins. Apart from the emperor penguin, they are the only penguin species...
Elijah Burt -
Earth & Climate

More species threatened with extinction than previously thought

The Crau plains grasshopper (Prionotropis rhodanica) from the Crau steppe in southern France is threatened with extinction due to changes in the pasture use...
Ashton Edwards -
Health & Medicine

First chimeric monkey born

This monkey is a chimera: stem cells from another monkey were added to its embryo. Greenish fluorescence indicates where these cells are located....
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Earth & Climate

How hummingbirds fly through small gaps

Video: This is how a hummingbird flies through a narrow opening using a sideways flight maneuver. © Marc Badger On the trail of the secrets...
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History & Archaeology

Clever election campaign in Renaissance Venice

Ludovico Foscarini corresponded, among others, with the humanist Isotta Nogarola, who can be seen here in a wood engraving from 1497. Mauritius Images / Lake-view...
Alan Cannon -
Earth & Climate

Domestic and wild cats avoided each other for a long time

The European wildcat apparently only gets involved with its human-influenced relatives in an emergency. © Saving Wildcats ...
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