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Russians blow up satellite, after which (their own) astronauts have to take cover

The action resulted in more than 1,500 relatively large debris, which shortly afterwards posed a real threat to the International Space Station, which is...

Covid-19: Risk gene variant increases risk of death

Coronavirus and human DNA. (Image: peterschreiber.media/ iStock) It has long been known that in addition to age, gender and previous illnesses, genes also have...

Air pollution killed more than 300,000 Europeans in 2019

And that while more than half of these deaths could have been prevented. Air pollution is a real silent killer. Hundreds of thousands of...

How shy are bats?

It is no longer just the moon and stars that illuminate the bats' habitat. (Image: slowmotiongli / iSock) Animals of the night in the...

Salt turns out to have a very surprising effect on our brains

Interestingly, it slows blood flow in the brain, which can lead to low oxygen levels and damage brain tissues. It is known that too much...

Movable molecules allow the spinal cord to heal

Spinal cord treated with the bioactive scaffold with regrowing axons (red). (Image: Samuel I. Stupp Laboratory / Northwestern University) For people who are paralyzed...

Near-Earth asteroid: fragment of the moon?

Artist's impression of the asteroid Kamo'oalewa as it passes through the Earth-Moon system. (Image: Addy Graham / University of Arizona) What about the mysterious...

Scientists come up with a synthetic cell that can divide

The cell – equipped with computer-designed DNA – should provide more insight into the basic processes that underlie life. Five years ago, scientists created a...

How Trans-Eurasian Languages ​​Spread

Trans-Eurasian languages ​​are spoken in parts of Asia, but also in Turkey (Image: janrysavy / iStock) Languages ​​such as Japanese, Turkish, Korean and Mongolian probably...

People are more likely to complete a task if there is no deadline

In order to get something done, we often set deadlines for ourselves or others. But strikingly enough, not setting a deadline appears to...

Birds in the pristine heart of the Amazon are shrinking due to climate change

Their wings, on the other hand, have lengthened over time. Even the most pristine parts of the vast Amazon rainforest cannot escape it: climate change....

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