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A large part of seriously ill corona patients still have complaints after 1 year

A large-scale study in China shows this. We know that if you've had COVID-19, it can take quite a while for you to fully recover....

Delta variant doubles the chance of hospitalization

It means that the delta variant is considerably more dangerous for unvaccinated people than the alpha (British) variant. Meanwhile, the original coronavirus has mutated several...

How often were there cousin-cousin parents?

The researchers looked for evidence of parental kinship in DNA obtained from human remains. (Image: MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology) Today it is considered the...

Bushfires as a sea fertilizer

Smoke from the Australian fires over the South Ocean. (Image: Japan's National Institute of Information and Communication Technology) The terrible bush fires in Australia...

With an “intelligent fence” against the wolf

Wolf in Germany (Image: AB Photography / iStock) So far, fences have hardly been of any help against attacks by wolves on grazing animals: electric...

Borisov was not an isolated incident

Comet 2l / Borisov was of interstellar origin. (Image: NASA / ESA and D. Jewitt (UCLA)) It was only a few years ago that...

“Exhaust gas” from galaxies analyzed

Side view of a galaxy (white) and the gas it emits (orange). (Image: James Josephides / Swinburne Astronomical Productions) Gas is the raw material...

Milky Way is less homogeneous than expected

Hydrogen gas (magenta) flows into the Milky Way. The section shows the solar neighborhood. (Image: Mark A. Garlick) Our home galaxy consists not...

News from the “dog bone asteroid”

Recordings from different angles enabled the development of a detailed 3D model of the bizarrely shaped asteroid. (Image: ESO / Vernazza, Marchis et...

Stories ensure a synchronized heartbeat

When listening to a story, the heartbeat of the listener synchronizes. (Image: comotion_design / iStock) When we listen to a story, our heart beats...

Photo worth seeing: Tracking down viral lung damage

The reddish coloration in these lung stem cells marks proteins that play an important role in late sequelae after infection with the coronavirus or...

Featured picture: The mystery of the sea dragons

This colorful animal bears the German name "Searache" because of its reptile-like shape and wing-like back appendages. In reality, it is a fish...

Featured picture: Bony beauty

This jewel-like work of art is a product of nature: it is the thin section of a bone thorn that adorned the shell of...

Snakes: Post-Disaster Careers

In contrast to the dinosaurs, the snakes were able to successfully wriggle out of the disaster. (Illustration: Joschua Knüppe) For the snakes, the asteroid...

The slave trade also brought epidemics

With the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards, the slave trade began. (Image: Grafissimo / iStock) When the Europeans conquered the New World, they...

Generates metallic water

On the left is a drop of a sodium-potassium alloy, on the right the drop with a layer of water in which electrons have...

How diet affects the climate

Groceries in the supermarket. (Image: Nodar Chernishev / iStock) Our diet is an important driver of climate change: 35 percent of all man-made greenhouse...

Web spider tactics against bacteria

A macrophage kills bacteria. (3D illustration: urfinguss / iStock) The victims are tied with sticky threads, then the fatal attack follows: In order to...

“Water dragons” are picky

A jagged "mane" is the trademark of the male of the northern crested newt. (Image: Burkhard Thiesmeier) Because of local crested newts: The celebrities...

Natural sleeping pills: these 4 will help you fall asleep

Do you have sleep disorders and are you looking for a natural sleep aid? We'll show you four of them and how you...

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