In an open letter, dozens of scientists speak out against a regularly suggested solution to our climate problem: solar climate engineering.
The earth...
Salmon and many other animals can use the earth's magnetic field to orient themselves during their migrations. (Image: DaveAlan/iStock)
What is it about the...
Brushing your teeth is part of the daily routine. Electric toothbrushes are said to contribute particularly well to dental hygiene. But are they also...
Researchers arrive at surprising new insights about an armored Ankylosaurus: it was slow and deaf.
Millions of years ago, several special dinosaurs lived on...
The strips of bushes and trees between fields are important refuges for European biodiversity. (Photo: Kathrin Litza / University of Bremen)
Like elongated oases,...
The body only needs iron in small amounts, but the essential trace element influences many functions, so that an iron deficiency becomes noticeable relatively...
Hunting wild donkeys in Nineveh, Mesopotamia. (Images: Eva-Maria Geigl / IJM / CNRS-Université de Paris
Even before domesticated horses were introduced to Mesopotamia around...
What other intelligent beings could there be in the universe? (Image: bjdlzx/iStock)
Are we alone in space? The search for signals from extraterrestrial...
This long tail probably formed after a collision with another galaxy.
The Tadpole System is located 420 million light-years from Earth. That's about...