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More alcohol, less brains

Alcohol consumption is reflected in the brain. © Ekaterina Chizhevskaya A glass of wine in the evening, maybe a beer with friends: According to...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Health & Medicine

Caution: This can aggravate allergies

Many people struggle with allergies. There are a few factors that can cause allergies to get even worse. You can find out...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Health & Medicine

These pollutants are found in food – and what you can do about them

Some pollutants enter food through humans, some are of natural origin. We explain which ones exist and how you can prevent their inclusion....
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Health & Medicine

Vital substances are important: how to get enough of them

Vital substances are very important for your health. Here you can find out what vital substances are and with which foods you eat...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
History & Archaeology

The origin of Tutankhamun’s mysterious dagger further unraveled

The iron weapon forged from meteorite appears not to have been made in Egypt at all, but in modern-day Syria. At the beginning of...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Scientists hunt for the oldest ice on Earth

The ice – hidden some 2,700 meters deep in the Antarctic ice sheet – could be up to 1.2 million years old and...
Charlie Elliott -
History & Archaeology

Ancient Stegosaurus Gives Us a Unique Look into the Still-Shrouded Evolution of Stegosaurus

The fossil remains excavated in China may be the oldest in the world. Researchers have unearthed the remains of an ancient and relatively small...
Charlie Elliott -
Biology

Anti-icing protection with potential

Ice only adheres very weakly to the specially structured shell of an Antarctic mussel species and can therefore be washed away by even slight...
Elijah Burt -
Earth & Climate

Scientists can now predict when Dutch beaches will be flooded with waste

And that makes cleaning it up a lot easier. It is a somewhat sad sight: beautiful sandy beaches that are full of dumped, mostly...
Charlie Elliott -
Astronomy

Mysterious rocket booster hits the moon today

The object — a rocket booster whose origins are hotly disputed — will create a new crater on the moon this afternoon. In late...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Ocean: “Eco-friendly” sunscreen damages protozoa

Foraminifera of the species Heterostegina depressa contain diatoms as symbionts. © Rosa Grafl Foraminifera - single-celled organisms that live predominantly in the sea -...
Ashton Edwards -
History & Archaeology

On the trail of Venus von Willendorf

Researchers have gained insight into the material of the famous Paleolithic statuette through micro-CT scans. Left image © NHM Vienna, Alice Schumacher, right...
Alan Cannon -
Health & Medicine

How Milk Can Aggravate Multiple Sclerosis

Normally, the insulating myelin (black) nestles tightly around nerve fibers as a compact layer. In MS, this layer is attacked by the immune...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Psychology & Sociology

Why we are carried away by samba music

Researchers have devoted a study to the effects of samba rhythms and their neural echo. © Joa_Souza/iStock At the famous carnival parades in Rio...
Emmaline Middleton -
Earth & Climate

Female chimpanzees don’t like humans so much

While males are not afraid of anything, female chimpanzees prefer to stay far away from humans. People are basically everywhere these days. Also...
Charlie Elliott -
History & Archaeology

Europeans mummified their dead much earlier than thought

'mummies' have been found in a Portuguese cemetery, dating from about 8,000 years ago. We knew that the Egyptians mummified their dead. But...
Charlie Elliott -
Health & Medicine

Corona restrictions were not only in the way of COVID-19, but also dengue fever

In 2020, almost three quarters of a million fewer dengue virus infections occurred, which is probably (in part) due to the restrictive corona...
Dr. Hayden Miller -
Earth & Climate

Insects are not only very healthy for humans, but also for plants

Insect leftovers after we have feasted on them can serve very well as a nutrient source and soil improver for plants. So...
Charlie Elliott -
History & Archaeology

THEN Podcast Episode 42 – Of Trappers, Tourists, and Railroad Lobbyists: The Establishment of Yellowstone National Park

150 years ago US President Ulysses S. Grant signed the act establishing Yellowstone National Park. Rumors had long circulated in the Wyoming Territory...
Alan Cannon -
Earth & Climate

Bacterial genes drove evolution of land plants

The green alga Micrasterias is closely related to land plants. © tonaquatic/ iStock Hundreds of genes in today's plants originally come from bacteria, fungi...
Ashton Edwards -
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