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Robben as a research assistant

Weddell seal with sensor. (Image: Nobuo Kokubun / NIPR) Research vessels cannot penetrate many marine areas on the Antarctic continental shelf due to the...

James Webb telescope does ‘long neck’ in space

The telescope has stretched out the 'neck', on which the mirrors rest, among other things, paving the way for the next crucial step:...

The Psychology Behind Age Gap Relationships

Should the gap in ages between the consenting adults in a relationship matter? The short answer to that is, of course, not. Although singles...

The unknown songs of Byzantium

Notation for the beginning of Psalm 103: 28 from around 1400. (Image: Austrian National Library) In the Byzantine Empire, religious rituals and the associated psalm...

How the fetus communicates with the placenta

Fetus and placenta on day 12 after fertilization. (Image: Ionel Sandovici) To ensure that the fetus is supplied with nutrients in the womb, the...

Wild animals conquer the big city

Fox in a Berlin garden. (Image: Leibniz-IZW) How do foxes, martens and raccoons get along in the big city? How do they adapt...

James Webb telescope performs second course correction

And that puts the space telescope better on course towards its final destination: a place near the so-called second Lagrange point. The mighty...

1500 languages ​​are about to disappear for good

According to researchers, there is a real 'language diversity crisis'. “We must act now.” At present, about 7,000 languages ​​are spoken worldwide. ...

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