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Targeting invasive small predators

Anyone who sees a raccoon, raccoon dog or mink can report this via an app to help research the problematic aliens. © Dorian...

Very young crown jewels in the Coronet Cluster

The Southern Crown constellation is home to one of the most special star-forming regions, the Coronet Cluster. This beautiful photo is the...

THEN Podcast, Episode 46: Praetorians – Rome’s Elite Soldiers

As early as the Roman Republic, military leaders began to surround themselves with a troop of particularly experienced soldiers. The "Praetorian Cohorts" become...

On the trail of motivation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHtCpdhDy1E What motivates us? What strengthens the driving force and what weakens it? At the University of Tübingen, Humboldt Professor Kou Murayama is...

Gamma light from a nova

Artist's rendering of a nova and the shock waves it creates. © DESY / HESS, Science Communication Lab When a white dwarf sucks too...

505 days of corona: British scientists present the longest corona infection ever

A study of nine corona patients with a weakened immune system yields striking results; for example, researchers not only established the longest-lasting...

A global map of tree heights

forest from above. © ViktorCap/ iStock The height of trees provides a lot of information about the structure and condition of deciduous and tropical...

World’s first fossil cartilage from squid

Micro-CT of fossil squid head cartilage. © NHM Vienna, Alexander Lukeneder In 2021, mysterious black structures appeared during excavations at the Polzberg fossil deposit...

Cell division clears the way for immune cells

Drosophila larvae with macrophages migrating through the tissue (purple) © Maria Akhmanova A study shows that when a cell divides, its connections to neighboring cells...

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