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A 4000 year old handprint on a soul house

Handprint on the underside of a 4000 -year -old Egyptian soul house made of sound. © The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge Around 4000 years...

The disappeared empire

Charlemagne had brought half of Europe under his control. The next generations divided the legacy, the Lotharreich named after Emperor Lothar I was created....

How social resonance promotes conspiracy theories

How do you become the conspiracy believer? © Hamzaturkkol/ iStock Conspiracy theories not only offer their supporters simple answers to complex questions, but also strong...

Dwarf basil sells plant pests

Dwarf basil can combat pests and put on beneficials. © DJGunner/ iStock If plants are affected by pests, many people use pesticides to combat them....

Body defense against cancer

Immunotherapy is the new load -bearing pillar of cancer medicine. In some patients they do real miracles, with others they fail to have their...

Astronomers find biomolecule precursors in protoplanetar disc

In the planetary pane around the protoster V883 Orionis, astronomers have demonstrated complex organic molecules. © ESO/L. Calçada; T. Müller/ MPIA/ HDA The preliminary...

3000-year-old bronze time settlement in Saxony-Anhalt discovered

Irregular settlement burial in the newly discovered Bronze Age settlement of Wolmirstedt. © State Office for the Preservation of Monuments and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt/ Juliane...

The man who was Robinson Crusoes model

The Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk spent four years and four months on a lonely Pacific island at the beginning of the 18th century. The...

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