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How microbes protect plants from diseases

Pseudomonas bacteria at the stomata of a plant leaf. © Sonja Kersten/ Max Planck Institute for Biology The smallest creatures colonize not only us...

Mini bugs with amazing flying technique

Model of the wing movements of a feather-winged beetle and visualization of the air currents (below). (Image: Adapted from Farisenkov et al. Nature,...

Consequences of the war in Ukraine reach as far as Mars

Partly due to the sanctions imposed on Russia, it is very unlikely that the European Mars rover Rosalind Franklin will be launched in...

Two new relatives for T. rex?

Tyrannosaurus rex (left) attacking a triceratops. © Gregory S Paul, 2022 The Tyrannosaurus rex may not have been the only representative of its genus....

When you look at pictures from your childhood, pain hits less hard

Nostalgic feelings can have a pain-relieving effect, Chinese researchers have found. When dealing with pain, you probably first think of the well-known paracetamol....

Inhabitants of the lungs with far-reaching importance

Bacterial lodgers also live in our respiratory system. © Mohammed Haneefa Nizamudeen/iStock Similar to the intestines, peaceful bacteria also live in the lungs, which...

IPCC report: ‘Climate change threatens people and planet’

A new report from the IPCC, the UN's climate panel, urges humanity to act. This autumn, the sixth climate report of the Intergovernmental Panel...

IPCC: Climate impacts affect billions of people

Climate impacts affect people and nature equally. © leolintang/iStock The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published the second part of its current status...

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