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Thousands of still unknown insects in Germany

gall midge and humpback fly. (Image: C. Chimeno, SNSB-ZSM) Even the supposedly well-researched world of insects in Germany still has a lot of new...

UV iridescence on and off

Orange Sulfur moth with UV photograph overlays showing iridescence in ultraviolet light. (Image: Vincent Ficarrotta / The George Washington University) How do related species...

Once again, astronomers believe they have spotted an exomoon – but confirmation could be years away

An exoplanet Kepler 1708b may be circling 5,500 light-years from Earth. In recent years, astronomers have discovered thousands of candidate exoplanets. And from...

Star skims past another star system and in the process turns the protoplanetary disk upside down

Using ALMA, researchers caught the "invader" red-handed, creating chaotic, sprawling streams of gas and dust in the flattened disk surrounding the young protostar. Scientists...

World’s largest fish hatchery discovered

Nests of Antarctic icefish. (AWI OFOBS Team) Near the Filchner Ice Shelf in the south of the Antarctic Weddell Sea, researchers have discovered the...

Scientists encounter 60 million(!) ice fish nests near Antarctica

With the find, researchers have proven that extensive breeding icefish colonies actually exist. You may think that birds in particular are often busy building...

Nanoscaffold regrows cartilage

This rabbit has a piezoelectric implant in its knee that is designed to help build cartilage. (Image: Y. Liu, et al., Science Translational...

What does the One Health approach mean?

A scientist explains how health aspects of humans, animals and the environment are considered together in a current concept. This is important in...

Oldest Homo sapiens of East Africa re-dated

View of the Omo Kibish Formation in Ethiopia. (Image: Celine Vidal) The cradle of our species was in Africa, but when the first representative...

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