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US study: Children benefit from Montessori preschools

Children in a Montessori preschool. © monkeybusinessimages/ iStock Playful, self-determined learning is a core element of Montessori education. A US study now shows that preschool...

Proper handling of leaves in the garden

Garden owners don't have to use a rake at every point in the garden. © Maksym Belchenko/iStock In autumn, the leaves of trees and...

Roman burial mound uncovered in Bavaria

This stone circle discovered in Wolkertshofen, Upper Bavaria, was once the foundation of a Roman burial mound. © Archeology office Dr. Woidich GmbH. In the...

Progress in HIV research

New possibilities for therapies are emerging: Researchers have discovered an antibody that can block almost all known HIV variants. Source: University of Cologne

Photo worth seeing: Research for bee welfare

Improved indoor climate in the hive: An innovative bee house is intended to improve the bees' chances of survival in the cold season. Source: University...

How the brain focuses on listening

The auditory cortex of the brain has neurons that can modulate incoming sound signals depending on the situation. © BrianAJackson/iStock Neuroscientists have discovered how...

Nanoplastics also in farm animal cells

Cells from the bovine ovary with ingested nanoplastics (green). © Micro- and nanoplastics have long been present everywhere in our environment. Now a new...

Mysterious Triassic world

The fearsome dinosaur Batrachotomus kupferzellensis roamed what is now southern Germany during the Triassic period. © SMNS, M. Rech Bizarre creatures in sight: In the...

Photo worth seeing: A microscopic La Ola wave

What looks like bright orange modern art is actually spherical larvae of the marine annelid Platynereis under the microscope. The hair-like projections on the...

Stone Age hunting traps discovered on the Adriatic

In Europe too, Stone Age hunters apparently built stone walls to drive game into a trap. © Gennaro Leonardi/iStock On a karst plateau on the...

The world of dinosaurs

© SMNS, Isabell Rosin/Milan Pallmann In the new special exhibition at the Natural History Museum in Stuttgart, visitors will now encounter wondrous animals from the...

X-ray laser reveals new shape of water ice

At room temperature and normal pressure, water molecules are only loosely bound - water is liquid, as seen here. But under high pressure, exotic...

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