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Tropical forests recover quickly

Cleared forest. (Image: University of Innsbruck) Positive surprise: if the trees grow back after the rainforest has been deforested or slashed by fire, this...

The black hole at the heart of our galaxy is ‘leaking’

Astronomers have found indirect clues to a 'mini-jet' emerging from the black hole. And with that, the evidence that the black hole is...

On the trail of the Cretaceous speedsters

Artist's impression of a theropod dinosaur moving quickly on soft ground. (Image: Pablo Navarro-Lorbés) In today's Spain, over 100 million years ago, dinosaurs were...

Comet Leonard may soon be visible to the naked eye!

Astronomers are – fortunately – not so impressed by the comet passing by. But amateur astronomers have a wonderful week ahead of them! Soon...

Why is it so hard to leave a Coke?

Despite urgent advice to minimize soft drinks, global consumption has been rising for more than 50 years. Scientists figured out why. On a...

British archaeologists unearth crucified man

It is a unique find, because although the Romans condemned many to death on the cross, very few crucified people have been found to...

Pfizer could have omikron vaccine ready by March

And until then, boosting is the magic word. Everyone held their breath for a moment when it turned out that a new, rather worrisome corona...

How plants buy us time in the face of climate change

Photosynthesis in plants is an important CO2 sink. (Image: Jeja / iStock) How does the photosynthesis rate of plants change when more CO2 is...

Why the dormant brain also eats energy

Nerves are connected to one another via synapses in which neurotransmitters are stored in vesicles. (Image: alex-mit / iStock) In contrast to muscles and...

One of the most massive planets ever discovered in a system that many believed planets had no future in

The universe continues to amaze astronomers. About 325 light-years away from Earth, in the constellation Centaurus, we find the binary star b Centauri – which...

Plants now remove much more CO2 from the air

But not enough to stop climate change. Wooded areas and similar ecosystems are considered to be one of the planet's most important carbon sinks. ...

Species identification: DNA barcoding for everyone

https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-021-01141-x The biodiversity on our planet is huge, but how many and which species there are is only known to a fraction. One of...

Two more space tourists will fly to the International Space Station tomorrow

The countdown has begun for Yusaku Maezawa: Tomorrow morning, the Japanese billionaire – along with his assistant – will board the Russian Soyuz and...

Stonehenge: fruit bread as a winter power food?

This is what the Neolithic fruit loaves might have looked like. (Image: English Heritage) The Stone Age visitors to the stone circles of Stonehenge...

Extra solar lightweight with a large core

This is what the exoplanet GJ 367b could look like. (Image: SPP 1992 / Patricia Klein) The smaller and lighter an exoplanet, the more...

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