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On the trail of elephant rises and falls

The trunk animals once had an enormous biodiversity. (Illustration: Oscar Sanisidro) Today only three species are left - but once there was an enormous...

Plastic waste: the consequences could be irreversible

Plastic waste is a global problem. (Image: Caroline Hansen, Heidi Knutsen / NGI) Plastic waste drifts in huge carpets on the oceans, accumulates as...

Astronauts cut with gene scissors

NASA astronaut Christina Kock performing the experimental procedure on board the International Space Station. (Image: Sebastian Kraves) The famous CRISPR / Cas9 technology has...

A beetle from the dinosaur droppings

The fossil beetle and the originator of the feces in which it was preserved. (Image: Qvarnström et al./ Malgorzata Czaja) Researchers have discovered a...

A look inside the earthworm

Cross-section and molecular distribution of an earthworm using the combined method, mass spectrometry on the left and fluorescence microscopy on the right. (Image:...

“Ice floes” tectonics on Venus

Crustal blocks in the Venusian Plain Lavinia Planitia. (Image: NC State University, NASA / JPL) So far, the earth is the only known planet...

Anglo-Saxons: Not a question of genetics, but of culture

Sutton Ho's Anglo-Saxon helmet from around 625. (Image: Elissa Blake / University of Sydney The Anglo-Saxons shaped the culture of the British Isles from the...

Self-dissolving pacemaker

Illustration of the transient pacemaker on the heart. (Image: Northwestern University / George Washington University) No further intervention necessary: ​​If the heart only needs...

Fossils of an unknown hominid

Skull fragment and jaw of Nesher Ramla Homo. (Image: Tel Aviv University) The early history of our species is complicated: crossbreeds with the Neanderthals...

Free view of the earth

Earth, sun and stars with a clear view of the earth's transit. (bright points). (Image: OpenSpace / American Museum of Natural History) Many...

Storks have a fine nose

Storks on a freshly mown meadow. (Image: rotofrank / iStock) The keen eyes of an eagle, the extraordinary hearing of an owl - the...

New genes at risk for breast cancer identified

Breast cancer (Image: Lars Neumann / iStock) If many women in a family develop breast or ovarian cancer, genetic tests can clarify whether the risk...

Dino nursery discovered in the cold north

Among the dinosaur species that apparently lived and nested year-round in what is now Alaska was a relative of Tyrannosaurus rex: Nanuqsaurus hoglundi. ...

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