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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...

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...

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