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Long-necked Dinosaurs: Careers in the Heat

Artist's impression of the early sauropod Bagualia alba. (Image: Jorge Gonzales) Brachiosaurus, Argentinosaurus and Co: The success story of the family of the largest...

To what extent does natural UV light sterilize?

In winter, natural UV radiation cannot sufficiently inactivate SARS-CoV-2b on outdoor surfaces. (Image: 100 / iStock) UV radiation can effectively kill viruses - in...

Why do parent birds throw their young out of the nest?

Young bird of the willow yellow throat marked with a sensor. (Image: Todd Jones / University of Illinois) Many songbird parents throw their not...

Which fine dust is particularly harmful

The fine dust produced in metropolitan areas causes more oxidative stress in our cells. (Image: ArminStautBerlin / iStock) Certain types of particulate matter can...

Comet Chury has an aurora

Comet 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko (Image: ESA / Rosetta / NAVCAM) On earth, the northern lights provide spectacular sky spectacles - colored luminous phenomena in the...

Migratory animals live faster

Migrating geese. (Image: phalder / iStock) Many animal species migrate long distances year after year between the areas where they raise their offspring and...

Hundreds of first editions of Newton’s Principia tracked

First edition of Isaac Newton's Principia. (Image: Caltech Archives) Isaac Newton founded classical physics in 1687 with his main work "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica"....

How safe is gene therapy?

Thirty years ago, medical professionals ventured the first gene therapy on a human. (Image: YinYang / iStock) Gene therapies promise hope for patients with...

Mercury: dead fish pollute the depths

The researchers have detected the anthropogenic mercury in representatives of the bizarre disk-bellied fish (Liparidae) from the Mariana Trench. (Image: Jeff Reid) Even the...

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