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A “hairy problem” in sight

Green and slimy: Carpets made of thread algae are increasingly conquering clear and clean waters. (Image: Sabine Hilt / IGB) Researchers draw attention to...

It depends on the type of disgust

Researchers are focusing on the feeling of disgust and its consequences. (Image: drbimages / iStock) “Yuck!” Infection risks and parasites are known to cause...

Featured picture: Excavation with a difference

These scientists are not just looking for bones and other tangible evidence of the past. In the Satsurblia Cave in the Caucasus, they...

Where moons are born

Close-up of the moon-forming disk around a young gas giant almost 400 light-years away from us. The image shows the planet and its...

How likely are escape mutations?

Symbolic representation of a mutation of the coronavirus. (Image: peterschreiber.media/ iStock) As vaccination rates rise, more and more governments are loosening the measures they...

High costs due to invasive species

The brown rat is one of the most invasive species in Europe. (Image: Senckenberg / G. Daley Brown rat, ragweed and the Asian ash...

Why learning breaks promote memory

Longer intervals between learning events evidently lead to more permanent memories through better “rooting”. (Illustration: MPI for Neurobiology / Kuhl) The motto is often...

“Humanitarian Intervention” 400 years ago

The prominent opponents in the Anglo-Spanish war were King Philip II (Image: wynnter / iStock) and Queen Elizabeth I (Image: duncan1890 / iStock) It is...

Earliest animal life 890 million years ago

Location of the fossils. (Image: Elizabeth Turner / Laurentian University) The first animals could possibly have lived 890 million years ago: On reefs in...

Five principles for climate-safe municipalities

(Ruhr flood near Schwerte in July 2021. Image: PS-DES! GN-AdobeStock) The heavy rain catastrophe in the west and south of Germany demonstrates it in a...

View inside Mars

The interior of Mars (Image: Chris Bickel / Science) Mars has been explored by space probes for years and many details of its surface and...

Altering RNA makes plants more productive

Rice plants just before harvest. (Image: caoyu36 / iStock) With a new approach to green genetic engineering, researchers have succeeded in making rice and...

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