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Dino era tick ambers

This fossil tick appears to represent a missing link between leather ticks and shield ticks. Right: A Cretaceous tick preserved together with a...

Climate change could trigger mass extinctions in oceans

Many marine animals could become extinct if climate change continues. © Evan Davis The climate and oceans are warming due to man-made greenhouse gas...

Mars helicopter takes really fantastic photos of a gang we caused on Mars

Mars helicopter Ingenuity flew over the area where some critical components for the landing of Mars rover Perseverance crashed. Where Mars helicopter Ingenuity...

Richard Strauss in the focus of music research

Unknown versions of pieces and musical developments: researchers have gained new insights into the works and working methods of the composer Richard Strauss. Source: Ludwig-Maximilians-University...

Pesticides make male bees less attractive

Male mason bee (Osmia cornuta). © hsvrs/ iStock Bee populations have been declining for some time, often attributed to the use of pesticides. ...

Photo worth seeing: A millipede honoring Taylor Swift

Here Nannaria swiftae crawls across the forest floor of the Appalachian Mountains: Scientists named this species of millipede, newly discovered in the USA, after...

Modern slavery is a lot easier to fight with a little help from space

From space – with a little help from artificial intelligence – what often remains hidden from the Earth's surface becomes painfully visible. Modern...

Earliest evidence of plate tectonics

Landscape in the Barberton Greenstone Belt in South Africa. © Nadja Drabon Plate tectonics is responsible for the current shape of our earth. ...

DNA analyzes provide insight into megalithic culture

Drawing of the burial mounds of Fleury-sur-Orne. © Laurent Juhel Around 6,500 years ago, the gigantic burial mounds of the Cerny culture, one of...

Gene tool for mitochondria

Mitochondria are the "power plants" of the cell and have their own DNA. © Christoph Burgstedt/ iStock Editing the human genome could one day...

Flash escape from sexual cannibalism

Spider ladies love their lovers to eat! In order not to end up as a meal after sex, the males of an Asian...

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