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Ice shelves in Antarctica are melting

Mass balance of the Antarctic ice shelves from 1997 to 2021. © ESA Antarctica's ice shelves support the glaciers and slow the flow of ice...

Cave lion: prey and fur supplier to the Neanderthals

Artist's impression of Neanderthals dismantling a captured cave lion. © Graphics by Julio Lacerda, NLD What role did the mighty cave lion of the Ice...

Germans get into debt while vacationing

© kwanchaichaiudom, GettyImages Many people want to escape the stress of everyday life by traveling or going on a weekend trip. Some people are even...

Plants produce active ingredients in different ways

The zebra plant (Aphelandra squarrosa) and the common golden nettle (Lamium galebodolon) use different enzymes to produce defense substances. © Karin Groten/ Max...

Who was hit hardest by the Spanish flu?

An emergency hospital at Camp Funston, Kansas, during the 1918 flu pandemic. New research contradicts the popular belief that the flu disproportionately affected healthy...

Turbulent space weather disrupts migratory birds

The sun's activity can change terrestrial magnetic field patterns that migratory birds use to orient themselves. © Artwork by John Megahan, University of...

Was Meret-Neith the first female pharaoh?

The tomb complex of Queen Meret-Neith in the ancient Egyptian necropolis of Abydos © EC Köhler Around 4,900 years ago there lived a queen on...

Photo worth seeing: Colorful fingers as AI helpers

What shines here in fluorescent pink, yellow, green and blue could be the future of behavioral observation. The precise observation of animal and human behavior...

Man scarier than lion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84Mv0GUuNrI Video: Flight reactions of various African animals when listening to human speech. © Current Biology, Zanette et al. The real “king” of the predators is...

Land under for coral reefs

This coral reef in Belize with branching Acropora and plate-shaped Millepora corals is still intact and growing. © Eberhard Gischler ...

Does each parrot have an individual voice?

Monk parakeets. © henk bogaard / Adobe Stock Parrots are exceptionally communicative birds. They constantly learn new sounds and build up an immense vocal repertoire...

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