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Jewish pendants discovered near Sobibor . gas chambers

Jewish victims were forced to leave the pendants, along with their remaining jewelry and clothing, shortly before entering the gas chambers. During excavations in...

Mysterious monumental complexes in sight

Aerial view of the "crowned" Ngerbuns el Bad earthworks on the Palau island of Babeldaob. © C. Hartl-Reiter Huge terraces, crowned by "Green Pyramids":...

Asteroid turns out to have no less than three(!) moons

It makes Elektra the first quadruple asteroid system discovered to date. Exactly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, we find the so-called asteroid...

Climate change is disrupting bird diets

The American Bluebird (Sialia sialis) benefits from earlier fledging of aquatic insects. © Steve Byland, istock In order to raise their chicks, birds depend...

Plague was not that bad in some parts of Europe

The Black Death did not cause huge numbers of deaths everywhere, a pollen study shows. The current pandemic is certainly no fun, but...

On the trail of stellar leftovers

Artist's rendering of white dwarf G29-38 collecting material from its circumstellar debris disk. When it hits the surface, a plasma forms, which emits...

Photo worth seeing: Tinkering with the proton beam

Here, two scientists are preparing an experiment using the POLARIS laser at the University of Jena. This should help to make it easier...

Giant radio galaxy discovered that is at least as large as 100 galaxies in a row

Not only is this the largest radio galaxy found to date, it also challenges common ideas about the growth of radio systems. Leiden astronomers...

Mosquitoes learn from damage

Apparently, mosquitoes can develop a "nose" for insecticides. © Mailson Pignata/iStock One might think that they are only driven by simple bloodlust – but...

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