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Regenerated lost frog legs

The researchers used the African clawed frog as a model. (Image: kazakovmaksim/iStock) Frogs are usually like us: lost limbs don't grow back. But...

Many adults misjudge their body shape

The subjective body image does not always correspond to reality. (Image: Prostock Studio/ iStock) Too fat, too thin or in the normal range? ...

Released lynx have low genetic diversity

A lynx in the Alps. (Image: Christine Breitenmoser/ KORA) Because they were hunted excessively, lynx were now extinct in Central Europe. Although there...

The Earth turns out to be home to more ice than thought

Glaciers turn out to be quite 'spongy'. And that means that the famous Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets have higher densities. Glacier ice...

Migratory birds use geomagnetic stop signs

The earth's magnetic field apparently forms a coordinate system for the stopping points of the migration of the European reed warbler. (Image: Thomas...

How antibodies work against the virus variants

Antibodies attack a coronavirus. (Image: wildpixel/ iStock) Anyone who has recovered from an infection with the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus has protective antibodies against the virus...

Two words: nothing more is needed to ruin the taste of a cookie

A chocolate cookie labeled as 'complaint' or 'factory typical' is less tasty than the same cookie described as 'new and improved'. When you walk...

Fish turn out to be huge ‘talkers’

You thought some people were talking to you? Fish can enjoy it too. There is quite a bit of chatter under the waves....

Muscular through hibernation thanks to the intestinal flora

A thirteen-striped squirrel hibernating. (Image: Photo courtesy Rob Streiffer) How do some animals get through hibernation without losing a lot of muscle mass? ...

We all have a mini-RIVM in our brains

Without you even noticing it, your brain – just like the RIVM – is busy all day calculating scenarios. Throughout the day, people...

Lost Schwanenburg located

Left: An archaeologist explores the underground with a magnetometer. Right: Geophysical prospecting reveals traces of the former Schwanenburg. (Images: LWL Archaeology/J. Coolen) After...

Frog regenerates completely new leg thanks to promising cocktail of medicines

Frogs – unlike for example salamanders – are normally incapable of regenerating limbs. And that makes this a cautious breakthrough. Some animals possess...

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