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How red blood cells lower blood sugar levels

Red blood cells not only transport oxygen, they can also break down sugar. © Chiara Ricci-Tam The red blood cells supply our body with oxygen....
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Health & Medicine

Get fit by cycling: This is how many times you should cycle per week to get fit

Cycling is a great way to get or stay fit. But how often, how long and how intensively should you cycle to achieve this? What...
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Biology

Skulls from China are the oldest Homo erectus fossils in East Asia

Fossils and reconstruction of two of the three early human skulls from Yunxian, China. © Xiaobo Feng Homo erectus is considered to be the first...
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Earth & Climate

Deep sea fishing in the eye

These two deep-sea fish have an unusual hybrid of rods and cones in their retina. © Wen Sung Chung In our eyes and those of...
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History & Archaeology

A Bronze Age princely tomb in Normandy

These flint arrowheads are typical grave goods of the Armorican burial mound culture for high-ranking dead. © Emmanuelle Collado/ INRAP Archaeologists have discovered a Bronze...
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Earth & Climate

Oldest reptile skin prints

These 298 to 299 million year old prints show the skin structure of a prehistoric reptile. © Lorenzo Marchetti A typical feature of many reptiles...
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Psychology & Sociology

From cult object to material: How precious metals found their way into jewelry production

Photo: Peter Hermes Furian - stock.adobe.com Before gold became coins, silver became cutlery and platinum became jewelry, precious metals stood for something else: immortality, power,...
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Biology

Why the elephant trunk is so sensitive

In the sunlight, the many whiskers on the elephant's trunk can be clearly seen. © Heidelberg Zoo, Alejandro Posada/ Max Planck Institute for Intelligent...
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Earth & Climate

How trees survive in dry soils

Mixed forest with beeches and Douglas firs. © Klara Mrak Climate change is increasingly changing the living conditions of trees. Rising temperatures and longer dry...
Ashton Edwards -
History & Archaeology

A Viking-era mass grave with a “giant”

Archaeologists uncovering the mass grave from the Viking Age. © Cambridge Archaeological Unit/David Matzliach The English city of Cambridge lies in a border area that...
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Biology

Hidden insect diversity inside blades of grass

Two females of the parasitic wasp Torymus arundinis pierce rice grain galls of the gall midge Giraudiella inclusa in a reed stalk. © Tscharntke,...
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Health & Medicine

How chills occur

When we have a feverish cold, we often feel cold. © Nikola Paunov/ iStock When we have a cold and a fever, we often feel...
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Health & Medicine

Sensitive skin: tips and possible causes

Sensitive skin feels tight, itchy and simply uncomfortable. The problem can have many causes - but there are also a few things you can...
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Health & Medicine

Danger to drinking water? Unknown substances in Germany’s most important river

Tire chemicals, plasticizers and mysterious substances: There are numerous different micropollutants floating in the Rhine, some of which cannot even be identified. This is...
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Health & Medicine

Going for a walk: Why it can help you, especially in winter

Walking has many benefits for the body and mind. It lifts your mood, stimulates the cardiovascular system and also ensures that you get to...
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Astronomy

How giant galaxies formed in the early cosmos

This illustration of protocluster SPT2349-56 shows interacting galaxies and gas (orange) being torn apart and heated by tidal forces. © N. Sulzenauer/ MPI for...
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Earth & Climate

West Antarctica: Research team wins longest sediment core

The research camp of the SWAIC2C project on the Ross Ice Shelf, with the drilling tent in the middle. © Ana Tovey/ SWAIS2C How does...
Ashton Edwards -
Biology

Honey bees fly more precisely than expected

Honey bees fly to their food sources from the hive with surprising precision. © kojihirano/ iStock Honey bees pollinate a large proportion of our crops...
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History & Archaeology

A Roman Mithras sanctuary in Regensburg

Excavation area of ​​the Roman Mithras sanctuary in Regensburg. © ArchäoTeam Regensburg Extraordinary archeological find: Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a Roman Mithras temple...
Alan Cannon -
Health & Medicine

How close work could promote myopia

The number of people with myopia is increasing. What's behind it? © Liudmila Chernetska/ iStock More and more people worldwide are suffering from myopia. Screen...
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