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Surprise find with green patina

The three copper ingots that were discovered have fused into one lump due to corrosion. © Conrad Schmidt ...
Alan Cannon -
Health & Medicine

Local medicinal plants: the strongest plants and their effects

Local medicinal plants are still used today as an alternative to conventional medicines. Here you can find out how the ten strongest plants...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Health & Medicine

Aging nerve insulation promotes Alzheimer’s

Immune cells (yellow) clear amyloid plaques (magenta) in the brain of an Alzheimer's mouse (left). Degenerating myelin distracts them from it (right). ...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Health & Medicine

Mattress test: Winner at Stiftung Warentest and Öko-Test 2023

Buying a new mattress is a science in itself. Stiftung Warentest and Öko-Test bring light into the darkness - and regularly test foam,...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Earth & Climate

Palm oil production combined with species protection

Experimental tree planting using native species and understory and an adjacent conventional oil palm plantation (right). © Gustavo Paterno ...
Ashton Edwards -
Health & Medicine

Sunbathing: 5 Mistakes Too Many Make Every Summer

For many, sunbathing is simply part of summer. Which five points you should consider to protect your skin from excessive UV radiation. Do you...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Health & Medicine

Sometimes deadly for dogs: animal rights activists warn against romping in the grain field

Dogs love to romp through meadows and fields. But a great danger lurks there: awns, as the Four Paws organization warns. In...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Earth & Climate

Frog with Cargo: Invasive species don’t come alone

Johnstone's Whistlefrog (Eleutherodactylus johnstonei) juvenile. © Franziska Leonhardt When alien species invade new regions, they also bring their microbes with them, most notably bacteria found...
Ashton Edwards -
Health & Medicine

Parkinson’s drug for ALS?

In amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), motor neurons, the nerve cells that control muscle movement, are destroyed. © Dr_Microbe/ iStock ...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Astronomy

Stellar giants in sight

In the universe far larger stars shine than our sun. © Nazarii Neshcherenskyi/iStock They have enormous proportions – and their importance is also huge: In...
Ashton Edwards -
Earth & Climate

Photo worth seeing: Hawaiian Birds in Danger

This Amakihi's world is upside down. The Hawaiian forest bird and its relatives are currently fearing deadly avian malaria, which is carried by invasive...
Elijah Burt -
Health & Medicine

Whether you should brush your teeth before or after breakfast

Brushing your teeth - better before or after eating? Brushing is essential to effective oral hygiene. Is it also relevant whether we...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Earth & Climate

Mysterious insect calculation

A desert ant on its nest mound. © Markus Knaden, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology ...
Ashton Edwards -
History & Archaeology

China: Oldest horse saddle discovered

Subeixi culture female tomb with horse saddle (circle). © Turfan Administration of Cultural Relics (2019) / Archaeological Research in Asia, CC by 4.0 ...
Alan Cannon -
Health & Medicine

»The decisive factor is the ability to feel«

An embryoid on day 8. ©M. Zernicka-Goetz What protection should embryoids – stem cell-based embryos – have? The bioethicist Hannah Schickl on positions in research. RAINER KURLEMANN...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Earth & Climate

Load limits for a safe and just world

The eight earth system realms and their safe (red) and just (blue) boundaries. Marked in green are areas where both match. The...
Ashton Edwards -
Earth & Climate

Ancient rock as a source of food

Meltwater streams from the retreating glaciers could make more fossil organic material available for mining. © Torben Stichel ...
Ashton Edwards -
Health & Medicine

High sensitivity: why we live in different worlds

Highly sensitive people, it is said, experience the world differently than the rest. So is being highly sensitive more than a trend? Our...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Psychology & Sociology

Humans or Monkeys: Who is More Curious?

This great ape can either choose the cup with visible contents or a covered one whose contents it does not know. © Sánchez-Amaro,...
Emmaline Middleton -
History & Archaeology

Roman watchtower discovered in northern Switzerland

Artistic representation of a Roman tower on the Rhine border. © Office of Archeology Thurgau Evidence of late antique defense against the Germans: archaeologists have...
Alan Cannon -
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