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Human genome fully decoded

DNA encodes the human genome. © peterschreiber.media/ iStock 21 years ago, the Human Genome Project decoded the human genome for the first time -...

Origin shapes orientation skills

Whether people grew up in well-ordered settlement structures like in Chicago (left) or in more "organic" ones like in Prague (right) is reflected in...

Mammals invested in mass instead of brains

Virtual glimpses into the skulls of a mammal from the era just after the end of the Cretaceous (left) and a later representative with...

Do animals not only have emotions, but also feelings?

Many biologists and psychologists shy away from attributing feelings to animals. Wrongly, say three scientists in an opinion piece. In everyday speech we...

Artificial intelligence invents 40,000 possible bioweapons in 6 hours

A salient detail: the researchers used artificially intelligent software that was basically developed to promote the discovery of new medicines. In the search...

Hubble discovers the farthest star ever

The star, which has been given the name Earendel, was found at a distance of no less than 12.9 billion light-years. The record has...

A new eye for environmental research

The German environmental satellite EnMAP is soon to deliver data that can be used to investigate many questions relating to the environment and agriculture. Source:...

Alternative fuel from waste wood

When working in the forest, there is a lot of wood leftovers. © Nyo09/ iStock In order to save fossil fuels, fuels can also...

Up to 7 kilometers high ice volcanoes spotted on Pluto

And some of these must have erupted relatively recently. It's been about seven years since the New Horizons spacecraft skimmed past dwarf planet...

‘Some spiders use their webs as hearing aids’

It's the first evidence that some spiders outsource 'hearing' to their webs; a finding that could lead to the development of interesting...

Storm surges in Europe are increasing

Storm surge on the British coast. © Moorefam/ iStock Climate change is causing sea levels to rise and coastal regions around the world are...

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