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Invasive wild boars pollute the climate

Wild boars are digging up the soil in Australia and other new habitats, causing significant CO2 emissions. (Image: The University of Queensland) Lumpy strangers:...

Children develop long-term immunity to Covid-19

Immune protection against the coronavirus. (Image: loops7 / iStock) How does the child's immune system react to Covid-19? Apparently, compared to adults, children...

Why do we see faces everywhere?

A soup chicken on the sideboard and a piece of technical equipment: there are faces! (Image: University of Sydney) From everyday objects to cloud...

Cockatoos look away from each other

Yellow-crested cockatoos opening a garbage can. (Image: MPI for Animal Behavior / B. Klump) Cockatoos have often attracted attention due to their cleverness and...

Even babies pterosaur could fly

Pterosaurs of the species Pterodaustro guinazui. (Image: Mark Witton) At what age could pterosaurs fly? Up to now, this question has been a...

Amazing threesome relationship

Researchers report a symbiosis that is formed by three partners: an eyelash animal, a green alga and a purple bacterium. Source: University of Cologne

Sick fungi on microplastics in the soil

Fungal spores on a crack in a microplastic particle. (Bar = 30 microns). (Image: University of Bayreuth / Mycology Department) Microplastic particles in...

Tomatoes sound the alarm

Tomato fruits inform their mother plant of a pest infestation. (Image: Denisfilm / iStock; detail: Owl butterfly caterpillar, image: Hhelene / iStock) Fruits are...

New finds in the sunken city of Thonis-Herakleion

Grave goods from the 5th - 4th centuries BC were discovered in Thonis-Herakleion. Chr. (Image: Christoph Gerigk, Franck Goddio / Hilti Foundation) In the...

Telemedicine: Distance in Healthcare

Information and communication technologies are increasingly finding their way into medical practice. (Image: adventtr / iStock) Remote diagnoses, digital health monitoring and networked experts:...

First observation of an electron capture supernova

The 2018zd supernova (white spot right) (Image: NASA / STSCI / J. Depasquale; Las Cumbres Observatory) Two types of star explosions have been known for...

Warning “butterfly thermometer”

The red apollo is one of the mountain butterfly species that have moved significantly upwards since 1960. (Image: Thomas Schmitt, Senckenberg; graphic: Jan...

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