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Enzyme discovered in cemetery can break down plastic packaging in 24 hours

The enzyme works record-breakingly fast and proves that biological recycling of PET can go much faster than was thought possible until recently. In the...

Ancient settlement sites discovered in Amazonia

Buildings of the Casarabe culture in Cotoca. © Prümers et al./ Nature, CC by 4.0 Archaeologists have found eleven previously unknown settlements of the...

Breathing reveals that the Tyrannosaurus rex was warm-blooded

One of the oldest questions in paleontology has finally been answered. For decades scientists debated a pressing question: were dinosaurs warm-blooded, like birds, or...

“Late” water on Mars

Panorama of the landing site of the Zhurong rover. © China National Space Administration (CNSA) So far it is unclear how long the habitable...

Photo worth seeing: Hologram reacts to its surroundings

butterfly or caterpillar? The holography system shown here can project both or only one of these animals - the hologram changes depending on...

Democratic decision to mass start

In winter, hundreds of jackdaws often congregate in roosting trees, from which they set out together in the morning. © Jolle Jolles "I vote...

Space probe captures our moon’s great disappearing act

From a distance of no less than 100 million kilometers, spacecraft Lucy witnessed a lunar eclipse. And that produces very special images. A...

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