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Cloud Seeding: How Silver Iodide Creates Rain

By spreading silver iodide, clouds can be made to rain. But how does that work? © Bernhard Jaeck/ iStock During “cloud seeding” small particles are...

Detector finds Saxony’s oldest coin

This Celtic gold coin discovered near Leipzig from around 2,200 years ago is the oldest coin discovery in Saxony. © State Office for Archeology...

This is how to properly store the autumn harvest

Homegrown fruit and vegetables are sustainable. © Tatiana Krakowiak/iStock In autumn, many hobby gardeners harvest fruit and vegetables from their garden. But not everything has...

Rapid retreat of an Antarctic glacier

Mouth of the Antarctic Hektoria Glacier in Larsen B Bay, taken in February 2024. © Naomi Ochwat The melting of glaciers has a serious impact...

Wastewater treatment plants emit more greenhouse gases than expected

Specially developed drone to record greenhouse gas emissions. © Magnus Gålfalk Using sensors mounted on drones, climate researchers have determined how much greenhouse gases...

Photo worth seeing: Logic of ideology

What connects the dualism of body and mind, Charles Darwin, institutionalized religion, biology and neuroscience, the psychologist Else Frenkel-Brunswik, propaganda, extremism and Brexit? At...

Comet 3I/ATLAS: Unexpected encounter in space

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has just passed its closest point to the sun. Now the JUICE space probe is taking a closer look at...

Visiting the true creatures of the night

Owls are perfectly adapted to a life in darkness. © BrilliantEye/ iStock Darkness, fog and mysterious noises: While many of us celebrate Halloween this Friday,...

Bowhead whales: Long-lived thanks to DNA repair?

Bowhead whales are particularly long-lived, but rarely develop cancer. © Vladimir Chebanov/ iStock Bowhead whales can live over 200 years, making them the longest-lived mammals...

Mushrooms for health – what can “vital mushrooms” do?

The Reishi mushroom is considered the most popular “vital mushroom”. © sasirin pamai/iStock When mushrooms sprout from the ground in autumn, many people head to...

The museum with properties

The border region in the south of Austria with Italy and Slovenia is a European literary stronghold, and its center is the Musil Museum...

From monastery to orphanage

The use and conversion of the “Monastery of Adelheid” in the Freiburg suburb of Günterstal shows what different purposes a huge building complex built...

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