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Insects are not only very healthy for humans, but also for plants

Insect leftovers after we have feasted on them can serve very well as a nutrient source and soil improver for plants. So...
Charlie Elliott -
History & Archaeology

THEN Podcast Episode 42 – Of Trappers, Tourists, and Railroad Lobbyists: The Establishment of Yellowstone National Park

150 years ago US President Ulysses S. Grant signed the act establishing Yellowstone National Park. Rumors had long circulated in the Wyoming Territory...
Alan Cannon -
Earth & Climate

Bacterial genes drove evolution of land plants

The green alga Micrasterias is closely related to land plants. © tonaquatic/ iStock Hundreds of genes in today's plants originally come from bacteria, fungi...
Ashton Edwards -
History & Archaeology

‘Stonehenge was a solar calendar with autocorrect’

If an error crept in while reading the calendar, it was automatically corrected on the shortest and longest day. When you think of megalithic...
Charlie Elliott -
Health & Medicine

Ear candles: You should definitely keep this in mind when cleaning your ears

You want to use ear candles to clean your ears? Good idea, but please use with caution and never alone! Find out...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Astronomy

Nearest black hole turns out to be a mirage

The existence of a black hole just a thousand light-years away has been disputed, but has now been debunked. In 2020, astronomers came up...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

The recent eruption of the Tonga volcano is also not going to save our climate

The cooling effect of the concentration of sulfur dioxide pumped into the air by the volcano is 'disappointing'. In early January, a submarine volcano...
Charlie Elliott -
Health & Medicine

Pets and Corona: What you need to know about infection and quarantine

According to initial observations, pets can also become infected with the novel corona virus. However, experts see no reason for concern. You...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Biology

How microbes protect plants from diseases

Pseudomonas bacteria at the stomata of a plant leaf. © Sonja Kersten/ Max Planck Institute for Biology The smallest creatures colonize not only us...
Elijah Burt -
Health & Medicine

Did this Spanish from 5300 years ago have the first ever ear surgery?

A skull from a millennia-old burial mound has two holes on the left and right that, according to Spanish archaeologists, indicate an ear...
Dr. Hayden Miller -
Health & Medicine

Gaslighting: You should take a closer look at these 8 signs

Gaslighting can destroy a person's self-confidence and distort their perception of reality. Our article explains what gaslighting is, how to recognize it and...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Astronomy

Mini bugs with amazing flying technique

Model of the wing movements of a feather-winged beetle and visualization of the air currents (below). (Image: Adapted from Farisenkov et al. Nature,...
Ashton Edwards -
Earth & Climate

Photo worth seeing: Metamaterial MRI Cap

This construction may look like a child's toy or a new type of bicycle helmet. In fact, however, it helps to make MRI...
Elijah Burt -
Astronomy

Consequences of the war in Ukraine reach as far as Mars

Partly due to the sanctions imposed on Russia, it is very unlikely that the European Mars rover Rosalind Franklin will be launched in...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Australian bushfires may also have depleted the ozone layer

It is bad news, because it is expected that such large wildfires - due to climate change - will occur much more often...
Charlie Elliott -
History & Archaeology

Mysterious Venus statue reveals some secrets (e.g. reveals that her belly button was an accident)

But above all, researchers think they finally know where the 30,000-year-old piece of art comes from. It is less than 11 centimeters high,...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Two new relatives for T. rex?

Tyrannosaurus rex (left) attacking a triceratops. © Gregory S Paul, 2022 The Tyrannosaurus rex may not have been the only representative of its genus....
Ashton Edwards -
Health & Medicine

Juice fasting: You should pay attention to this

Juice fasting is a lighter form of therapeutic fasting. Fruit and vegetable juices are drunk instead of tea and water. We'll show...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Astronomy

In the wake of a collision between two neutron stars, scientists have now spotted something very new

But what that exactly is remains shrouded in mystery. In 2017, GW170817 was world news for a while. For the first time, researchers...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

It’s not up to you: killing a mosquito is just really damn difficult

Just over 10,000 times, scientists armed with a mechanical swatter and high-speed cameras tried to swat mosquitoes out of the air. And...
Charlie Elliott -
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