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How precise is radiocarbon dating?

There may be discrepancies in radiocarbon dating of Egyptian mummies. (Image: webking / iStock) The age determination of archaeological finds using radiocarbon dating could be...

Climate change: saving epigenetics?

Three-spined sticklebacks must be able to adjust to different salt levels in the Baltic Sea. (Image: Melanie Heckwolf / GEOMAR) Climate change is rapidly changing ecosystems...

How plants shape mountain formation

In this Mediterranean climate zone in the mountains of central Chile, vegetation and precipitation lead to comparatively heavily weathered soil profiles. (Image: Todd Ehlers) They...

Are viruses alive?

Like bizarre spaceships, virus particles are on their way to new victims. (Image: wildpixel / iStock) Coronavirus, flu and so on are living beings, many...

Hidden influx of nutrients in the Arctic

Tundra in Alaska. (Photo: Dieter Meyerl / iSTock) The frozen soil of the arctic permafrost areas is surprisingly permeable. Because groundwater also collects under these...

Coronavirus: what could a vaccine look like?

A vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 is searched worldwide (Image: chval / iStock) While countries around the world are fighting Covid-19 and the further spread of the...

Water in times of climate change

Water: a vital resource for people, animals and plants (Image: Yevgeniy Sambulov / istock) For this year's World Water Day on March 22nd, the United...

Hand evolution: fossil “fish fingers” discovered

Artist's impression of Elpistostege. (Image: Katrina Kenny) A creature from the era of land conquest: paleontologists present a "missing link" in the evolution of prehistoric...

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