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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...

Certain habitats underrepresented in protected areas

Deosai National Park in Pakistan. (Image: Ch. Hof / TU Munich) Protected areas are among the most effective means of conserving biological diversity. ...

How advanced laser therapy helps with pigment spots

Since the responsible melanocytes are permanently destroyed by the laser therapy, the pigment spots disappear permanently in most cases. (Image: GettyImages, CoffeeAndMilk) No one...

Astronomers spot very mysterious, previously unseen object in our galactic backyard

The enigmatic object, which releases a gigantic burst of energy three times an hour, is unlike anything astronomers have ever seen before. Australian scientists...

First European lockdown surprisingly saved 800 extra lives

The lockdown prevented corona infections and saved an estimated millions of lives. But scientists now reveal that the lockdown prevented 800 more...

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A staggering 18 percent of this observatory’s photos are photobombed by satellites — and astronomers can’t help but laugh

A staggering 18 percent of this observatory's photos are photobombed by satellites — and astronomers can't help but laugh

Paradox of the Neolithic settlement Pestenacker clarified

Replica of a Neolithic house from the Pestenacker wetland settlement. (Image: Christoph Zielhofer) Around 5,500 years ago, people in the Bavarian foothills of the...

Drugs also work against omicron

The Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus. (Image: nopparit/ iStock) In addition to vaccines, antiviral drugs should also help prevent severe courses of Covid-19. A research team...

How microbes survive extreme heat

The Japanese drill ship Chikyu provided the samples from the deep seabed. (Image: JAMSTEC) Where are the limits of life? Up to what...

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