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Not only humans and animals can get sick. Plants also become infected with fungi, bacteria or viruses, which can make them...
This illustration shows the occultation of the star VVV-WIT-08 (Image: Amanda Smith / University of Cambridge)
Stars that change their brightness cyclically are not unusual...
Copper particles in the amyloid deposit of an Alzheimer's brain. (Image: Neil Telling and James Everett)
Researchers have discovered tiny deposits of elemental copper...
Rhythmic movements with sound effects: Stone Age hunters and gatherers in today's northwestern Russia once danced to the rattling sound of elk-tooth followers. ...
Depression can become life-threatening. New treatment options are in demand. (Image: cindygoff / iStock)
Hope for previously hopeless cases: a one-hour treatment with...
Chimpanzees like this one could lose large parts of their habitats. (Image: Pascal Gagneux / GMERC)
Whether chimpanzees, bonobos or gorillas: the African great...
Rotifers are tiny multicellular organisms that can also live in soil. (Image: Michael Plewka)
They survived the freezing and then about 24,000 years in...