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Immunization effects are inheritable

The characteristics of a living being are also influenced by certain switch molecules on the DNA. (Image: kirtypargeter / iStock) Epigenetic inheritance also shapes...

Curious where we will be in 5 billion years? Astronomers think they know!

But the answer may not immediately appeal to you. Unfortunately, our sun does not have eternal life. Scientists suspect that our parent star will...

What can be heard on Mars? Much more than expected!

And that also tells us a lot more about the atmosphere of the red planet. Mars rover Perseverance has been researching our red, dusty neighboring...

Unlike living relatives, this bizarrely large extinct sloth was not a strict vegetarian

Surprisingly, he occasionally feasted on a piece of tender meat. The six present-day sloth species are all relatively small, vegetarian and especially very lazy arboreal...

How pterosaurs improved their flight performance

Muscle strands on the shoulder made pterosaurs more aerodynamic. (Image: Alex Boersma) When pterosaurs took to the skies, their physique apparently offered them an...

Birds capture the appearance of plants

Birds evidently avoid not only the conspicuous caterpillars on St.Jameswort (right), but also the yellow-flowered plants themselves (left). (Images: Callum McLellan) "You should avoid...

Scientists predict potentially dramatic population displacement due to climate change

Warmer oceans will cause many plankton species to seek refuge around the poles, displacing other species, researchers suspect. The ocean is teeming with microscopic plants...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Martian flash floods

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

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...

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...

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