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Astronomy

First pictures of James Webb are coming – and NASA is already setting high expectations

In the run-up to the long-awaited color images, the American agency is already making us happy with a very good test photo. We are...
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History & Archaeology

Discovered another dinosaur with those crazy short arms (and that suggests that they really had a function)

For years, researchers have puzzled over why the mighty and fearsome T.rex was equipped with those wimpy short arms. But...
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Earth & Climate

New ozone hole discovered that is no less than seven times larger than its well-known Antarctic brother

The newly discovered ozone hole is located over the tropics and has gone undetected for decades. Everyone has heard of 'the hole in the...
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History & Archaeology

Early seafarers reflected in genetics

Micronesia is a region in the South Pacific that is characterized by over 2000 tropical islands and atolls. © Norimoto ...
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Health & Medicine

Known ADHD drug probably also works against Alzheimer’s

One brain disorder is not like the other. Or is it? A drug for ADHD also seems to reduce the symptoms...
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Psychology & Sociology

Garden toys for children

© Robyn Roper, Getty Images As soon as the first warm days of...
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Biology

An “ancestor being” in sight

The Cambrian Yunnanozoans apparently shared a feature that links them to vertebrates: a pharyngeal skeleton made of cellular cartilage. Artist's rendering © Dinghua...
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Health & Medicine

Scientists think they finally know why a vaccine against staphylococci is failing

After several vaccines were proven to be effective in animals, they subsequently failed in human trials. But now this decades-long conundrum has...
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Earth & Climate

New algorithm predicts crime and measures the police

A new algorithm can tell quite nicely where and when a crime will take place, and can show how proportionally the police react...
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Earth & Climate

Finally some good news: everything indicates that the fin whale is getting back on track

For the first time since the whaling ban, large groups of fin whales have been spotted around Antarctica. “I had never seen so many...
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Earth & Climate

Biosynthesis of strychnine elucidated

Strychnine is produced by the emetic nut (Strychnos nux vomica). © channarongsds/ iStock ...
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Astronomy

Newly discovered, hefty space rock is coming closer than the moon today

The nearer will pass our planet at 'only' 89,000 kilometers. Only a few days ago, space rock 2022 NF came into the crosshairs of...
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History & Archaeology

THEN Podcast Episode 52 – The Biafra War

Tribal conflicts, massacres, military coups and the struggle for newly discovered oil...
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Health & Medicine

Should we store our poop in a ‘poo bank’ for later use?

Freezing your poop for later: at first it seems like a bizarre idea. But in the second instance it might sound like...
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Astronomy

In space, your bones can age ten years in six months (but you can do something about it)

A trip to space is no fun for your body. In fact, even extremely fit astronauts have weakened bones long after return....
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Earth & Climate

Arctic is warming four times faster than the rest of the world

In addition, the researchers discovered two huge peaks over a period of fifty years; something that has been overlooked by most climate...
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Biology

Whale songs overheard via fiber optic cable

Humpback whales in the ocean. © lindsay_imagery/ iStock Until now, if researchers...
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Health & Medicine

In the 1990s, the world narrowly escaped a pandemic and scientists now think they know why

A highly contagious strain of cholera mysteriously disappeared at the time. But now researchers believe they have unraveled the mystery. In the past...
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Earth & Climate

White sharks choose harepath after massacres by ‘horror killer whales’

Two orcas have been bloody wreaking havoc among white sharks on the South African coast. In response, Jaws' ilk seem to have...
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Earth & Climate

Printing in four dimensions: Dutch researchers are doing it (and that’s super useful)

3D printing is now child's play, but making an object in 4D is a lot less easy. Nevertheless, Eindhoven University of Technology...
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