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Astronomy

Astronomers discover relic of ancient fusion in the Large Magellanic Cloud

The find confirms the suspicion that small galaxies in turn consist of even smaller galaxies. We've known for some time that our own Milky Way...
Charlie Elliott -
Health & Medicine

Eckart von Hirschhausen: “The climate crisis is also a health crisis”

Hot summer, melting glaciers, floods or extinction of species - by now it seems clear to everyone that climate change is not happening anywhere,...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Earth & Climate

Jet fuel made from this mustard plant can cut emissions by 68 percent

The aviation industry is still far too polluting. But scientists are proposing a – literally – 'green' alternative. Most planes are still powered by...
Charlie Elliott -
Health & Medicine

Stutterers don’t stutter if they think they are alone

And that provides new insight into why stuttering happens: the idea that someone is listening may play a key role. Worldwide there are about...
Dr. Hayden Miller -
Biology

Evolution in evolutionary research

Charles Darwin is and will remain the symbol for the exploration of the development of life. (Image: dan_wrench / iStock) The venerable Charles Darwin...
Elijah Burt -
Health & Medicine

Brain immune cells with sugar starvation

New look at the brain. (Image: Henrik5000 / iStock) At the onset of a neurodegenerative disease, the brain's immune cells called microglia take up...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Health & Medicine

The climate crisis is invading the doctor’s office, but are doctors ready for it?

Not really, say Dutch medical students. They therefore argue in favor of including climate science in their curriculum. Gone are the days when only...
Dr. Hayden Miller -
History & Archaeology

DAMALS podcast, episode 31 (bonus): Friedrich II. – The wonder of the world

As Emperor of the Roman-German Empire, Frederick II was a highly controversial figure. For some he was a personified imperial virtue, for others...
Alan Cannon -
Astronomy

Martian flash floods

A river bed formed by a lake on Mars. (Image: THEMIS (NASA / JPL-Caltech / Arizona State University) and MOLA (NASA / GSFC...
Ashton Edwards -
Health & Medicine

Passive-aggressive behavior: recognize and deal with it

Passive-aggressive behavior is defiance in which anger is not openly expressed. This behavior can lead to problems in everyday life. We explain...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Astronomy

Clues found for mysterious ‘hole’ in the very young solar system

This hole may have served as a cosmic boundary, allowing Earth-like planets to emerge on one side, while gas giants loomed in the outer...
Charlie Elliott -
History & Archaeology

Interesting mining food 2700 years ago

An archaeologist looks at a layer of accumulated mine debris in the Hallstatt salt mine. (Image: D. Brander / H.Reschreiter / NHMW) Food produced...
Alan Cannon -
Health & Medicine

Distorted perception in the brain scanner

Illustration of the effect of an MRI scan on spatial attention: the red dots represent visual stimuli that a person increasingly perceives on the...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Astronomy

Europe’s atmosphere has been harboring water vapor for years, but strangely enough only in one hemisphere

It is an important insight for planned missions to the icy moon, which will investigate whether a world hundreds of millions of kilometers away...
Charlie Elliott -
Earth & Climate

Nuclear war also appears to have a devastating effect on our ozone layer

Another good reason not to start. It may not be such a pleasant announcement, but the possibility of a real nuclear war breaking out is...
Charlie Elliott -
Biology

Rainforest heals more slowly than expected

Tree litter frog Phrynobatrachus guineensis (Image: Mark-Oliver Rödel / Museum für Naturkunde Berlin) How long does it take for a forest to recover from deforestation...
Elijah Burt -
Health & Medicine

Fear, anger, worry: what the climate crisis means for our psyche

The climate crisis affects us all - so it is understandable that we are concerned about the future. In this episode, Utopia editors...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Health & Medicine

Pandemic is associated with an increase in mental health problems among Dutch children

It is a worrying development. Not least because mental health care for children and young people is already under great pressure. The pandemic and...
Dr. Hayden Miller -
Health & Medicine

New approach to the side effects of antibiotics

How do antibiotics affect our intestinal flora? (Image: Isabel Romero Calvo / EMBL) Antibiotics not only fight pathogens, they also damage the beneficial bacteria...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Astronomy

Prolonged stay in space may lead to brain damage

This is evident from blood tests of five Russian cosmonauts who stayed in the International Space Station for almost six months. We know that space...
Charlie Elliott -
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