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The Montreal Protocol doesn’t just protect the ozone layer

The ozone layer protects us and all of nature from excessive UV radiation. (Image: Stiggdriver / iStck) In 1987, the Montreal Protocol banned the...

Pine needles: how to collect and use them

Pine needles are said to have a healing effect. In this article you will find out how you can determine the jaws and...

Growing old in Georgian England

The apothecary and death, 1816. (Image: Wellcome Collection / historical) In Georgian-era England, getting old was a source of deep fear for many. Because...

New colorectal cancer risk test procedure

A preventive colonoscopy can reveal the development of cancer in good time. (Image: peterschreiber.media/iStock) Early detection is crucial in colorectal cancer - for whom...

Cosmic tear before the supernova

Artist's impression of the HD265435 system: The smaller white dwarf distorts the hot lower dwarf into a teardrop shape. (Image: University of Warwick...

Why do sunflowers face east?

Sunflowers benefit from being fixated on the morning light. (Image: SafakOguz / iStock) “Good morning sunshine!” Sunflowers in full bloom seem to greet the...

More and more interrupted river systems

The free flow of water is also to be restricted in the Amazon region. (Image: mantaphoto / iStock) Hydropower at a high price: the...

Marine potential in its sights

The bdw title topic is about “The Power of Waves”, “Ore Rush on the Seabed” and “Help for the Plastic Sea”. (Image: FlashMovie...

Relaxing head massage: simple tips to take at home

A head massage will help you relax your whole body. This is beneficial and has a positive effect on your health. We'll...

Can the Ruhr area become a green pioneer?

Ruhr area: from a dirty industrial area to a green pioneer? (Image: mushmedia / iStock) When it comes to more sustainable and climate-friendly development,...

Dog fur colors on the trail

Collies have one of the fur patterns, the genetic basis of which researchers have now been able to shed light on. (delectus /...

DAMALS podcast, episode 26 (bonus): A coup in the early Middle Ages

In the year 751, the Franconian caretaker Pippin the Younger completed his family's long journey to power: He had the last Merovingian king in...

Cooldown: This is how you warm up properly

A cool down after exercise relaxes your body. This is very important for your muscles and your cardiovascular system. This is how...

Featured picture: Fast and economical: the HoreKa supercomputer

These cool blue shining computer towers belong to the HoreKa supercomputer, the new high-performance computer of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). It...

Magnificent insights into galactic cradles

Examples of five galaxies recorded as part of the PHANGS project. (Image: ESO / PHANGS) Wonderful - and informative: Astronomers present new images of...

Self-compassion: that’s why it’s important

Self-compassion is especially important in difficult times like Corona. Often we are forgiving of the mistakes of others, but don't care enough about...

Out and about with a mammoth

Male woolly mammoth in Alaska. (Image: James Havens / University of Alaska Museum of the North) Mammoths are icons of Ice Age fauna, but...

Genetic evidence of Holocaust victims

Skeletons discovered on the site of the Sobibór extermination camp. (Photo: Karolina Ratajczak) Until now, they were thought to be Polish victims of the...

Sugar coating as an Achilles heel

Spike protein (green) with sugar coating (yellow) and docked lectins (red). Below the ACE2 receptor on a cell (Image: IMP / IMBA Graphics...

Microplastic: Trojan horse for metals

Microplastic particles can bind other pollutants. (Image: pcess609 / iStock) Microplastics are not only everywhere in the environment and even in us - they...

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