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Scenic fossil: mammal preys on dino

The mammalian dino double fossil with enlargements of the bite site and paw positions. © Gang Han. Top right: Artist's rendering of...

Benjamin Franklin and the art of banknote printing

American Colonial Banknotes from the early 18th century. © University of Notre Dame US founding father Benjamin Franklin is best known today as the inventor...

Causes of reed death in Berlin lakes clarified

Reeds have many important ecological functions for a lake. © Michael Feierabend In many lakes in Europe, the reeds have been declining for decades -...

Nightingale: Rivals with tuning fork effect

Researchers have listened analytically to the legendary virtuosos of the bird world. © Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence / Magdalena Warner ...

145 million year old pterosaur from Bavaria

145 million year old fossil of the new pterosaur species Petrodactyle wellnhoferi. © René Lauer Pterosaurs were the first vertebrates to conquer the airspace, at...

Faintest galaxy in the early cosmos

Galaxy JD1 (detail) and the galaxy cluster Abell 2744, which acts as a gravitational lens. © Guido Roberts-Borsani/UCLA); Original images: NASA, ESA, CSA,...

Photo worth seeing: alien rivers

On Earth, many rivers branch into multiple branches at their mouths, forming a fan-shaped river delta—quite unlike the rivers of Titan. Liquid methane flows...

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