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Geomagnetic storm kicks up to 40 brand new satellites out of space

The newly launched Starlink satellites can almost certainly be considered lost. SpaceX is now experiencing the fact that our sun can be quite turbulent...

Record-breaking bubble lasts no less than 465(!) days

Anyone who has ever blown bubbles knows that those bubbles are usually short-lived. The situation is very different for a very special...

Historical map reveals land grab

William Clark's rediscovered map, the arrow marks the "boundary" he marked. (Image: National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC) A researcher has discovered a...

How crabs deceive with big guns

This male crab tries to impress his rivals and partners with his extremely enlarged claws. © craykeeper/ iStock Big scissors, nothing behind? Sexual...

New evidence found that flying reptiles also produced pellets

Difficult to digest food was possibly thrown out again by the pterosaurs. Researchers write that in the magazine Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society...

Chimpanzees treat their wounds by rubbing insects in them

In a nature reserve in Gabon, Africa, German scientists have seen chimpanzees rubbing insects in open wounds on themselves and others of their...

‘Dog droppings in nature reserves bad for biodiversity’

According to Belgian researchers, dogs provide considerable amounts of extra nitrogen and phosphorus in nature reserves through their faeces. Poo on the sidewalk...

Electrode implant allows paralyzed people to walk

Patients after five months of training with the implant.© NeuroRestore/ Jimmy Ravier So far, there has been little hope for paraplegics of being able to...

Youngest pair of asteroids observed to date – but how did it form?

Astronomers have observed two asteroids separated from each other only about three centuries ago. The blink of an eye, by astronomical standards. Our...

Wound treatment with “insect ointment”

This video shows Suzee, a chimpanzee, inspecting a wound on the foot of her teenage son Sia. Then she catches an insect out...

Ocean floors appear to harbor countless hard-to-place life forms

About two-thirds of the organisms on the ocean floor don't really fit taxonomically, according to new research. It is no secret that many life...

A realm of unknown creatures in sight

View of the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean at a depth of 1960 meters. © MEDWAVES/IEO/ATLAS project From mollusks and worms to microscopic creatures:...

What astronauts can learn from the squirrel’s winter nap

The unique way in which some squirrels burn almost no energy during hibernation without losing muscle mass, could have major consequences for space...

Citizen Science Project: Counting Marine Iguanas in Galapagos

Drone image of marine iguanas on Fernandina Island. © Iguanas from Above Marine iguanas are only found on the Galapagos Islands, but how many...

Natural chemical against plant pests

Cicada of the genus Empoasca on a tobacco leaf. © Danny Kessler/ Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology Researchers have unveiled a mechanism by...

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