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If you’re lucky, you can just have a better memory from this pandemic

Epidemics can have a devastating effect on people's well-being and our prosperity. But something good can also come from it, scientists show. It will...

Volcanic eruptions rocked Chinese dynasties

Major eruptions brought about abrupt climate changes. And that may have contributed to the downfall of powerful empires. In the pre-industrial period, volcanic eruptions...

Stop catching to help European eel

Acutely threatened: the European eel. (Image: Reinhold Hanel / Thünen Institute) The European eel has long been a popular food fish, but is now...

Slave room discovered

View into the former bedroom of three slaves in a villa near Pompeii. (Image: Parco Archeologico di Pompei) Insight into the world of life...

The elephant in the universe keeps scientists busy

It gives astronomers and physicists a headache. But one of the most glaring problems in astronomy now also results in a beautiful book...

Sweat and heartbeat reveal whether you have a romantic click with someone

Love is still something 'magical'. But researchers have now succeeded in scientifically substantiating mutual attraction. Choosing the person you want to spend the rest...

Recently discovered quasi-moon appears to be a fragment of our own moon

The spectrum of the quasi-moon Kamo`oalewa shows striking similarities to that of moon rocks taken during the Apollo missions. And that can only...

Our brain may not be that special, but our neurons are!

Researchers have discovered a surprising difference between the neurons of humans and other mammals, which may make our brains work more efficiently than theirs. The...

Can this hydrogen jet make aviation really go green?

The Delft students who built the plane themselves and who will send it into the air this year, fervently hope so. In 2018, the Dutch...

Looking for a place for the rarest sea lions

New Zealand sea lions cubs sleeping in the forest. (Image: Amélie Augé) For a long time New Zealand sea lions were only found on...

Tetanus toxin works against muscle wasting

The neurotoxin tetanus toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium tetani could help against muscle wasting. (Image: Dr_Microbe / iStock) Tetanus toxin is a highly...

Pandemic generates some 8 million tons of plastic waste

And more than 25,000 tons of that ends up in the already polluted ocean, where it is a major contributor to an already unmanageable...

“Siren alarm” warns bees of hornets

It sounds shrill through the hive: Researchers have identified a special alarm signal that Asian honeybees generate when threatened by giant hornets. ...

Fleming often adjusts his Dutch when he talks to a Dutchman

But the Dutch hardly adjust their Dutch when they converse with the Flemish. This is according to new research. Professor Marc Swerts – who...

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