Science

Brave monkeys learn faster

A male marmoset exploring a branch. © Vedrana Šlipogor Like humans, monkeys have the ability to use tools, display complex social behavior, and learn...

Seasonal H1N1 influenza could be due to Spanish flu

Historical samples in the Museum of Medical History at the Charité. © Navena Widulin, Berlin What genomic peculiarities characterized the Spanish flu, which killed...

Heaviest alien quake ever detected

The quake hit Mars and measured five on the Richter scale. Marslander InSight has measured a very strong earthquake on Mars. The...

Largest cave paintings discovered in North America

Anthropomorphic figure from the Alabama cave. © S. Alvarez/ J. Simek, Antiquity In a cave in Alabama, researchers have uncovered hundreds of pre-Columbian rock art,...

These are the most extreme heat waves of the past sixty years

Peru and Alaska, among others, have experienced periods in which it was much warmer than average in recent decades, a new study shows. Where...

Bats scare owls with hornet sounds

The greater mouse-eared bat can apparently imitate the sounds of stinging insects. © Marco Scalisi When they feel threatened, they buzz like angry stinging...

Flood protection with a multi-benefit effect

The success of dyke removal and renaturation measures can also be seen on the Elbe. Geogif/iStock Buffer areas are created for water...

Surprising cooling of Neptune

Infrared images of Neptune and temperature development. © Michael Roman/NASA/JPL/Voyager ISS/Justin Cowart The ice giant Neptune is the most distant and least explored planet...

Are these really trees on Mars?

In 2010, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured an unusual optical illusion on the red planet. This fascinating shot is the space photo...

Medieval hand grenades?

A fragment of the jar from Jerusalem that may have contained explosive material. © 2022 Matheson et al., Creative Commons Attribution License, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Already...

Special telescope that can take clear pictures of exoplanets should greatly facilitate search for aliens

One day, the futuristic telescope could provide detailed images of planets hundreds of light-years away. Astronomers have already discovered more than 5,000 planets orbiting...

Will microbial meat alternatives save our forests?

Beef like in this burger promotes deforestation and harms the climate. © dulezidar/ iStock In order to meet the high meat consumption of the...

Recent Articles