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How many birds are there in the world?

Australian pigeons. (Image: Corey T. Callaghan) Birds are omnipresent and their twittering accompanies us even in the big city. But how many of...

Land use changes greater than expected

HILDA + land use map for 2019 (Image: Karina Winkler / KIT People leave their “footprint” on the earth's land through agriculture, clearing forests or...

When medicine goes to genes

A questioning look at medical genetic engineering. (Image: Natali_Mis / iStock) Healing with “genetic scissors”, therapies with “tailor-made” cells and babies with “optimized” genes:...

Radiation eruption on Proxima Centauri

Radiation outbreak near Proxima Centauri (illustration) (Image: NRAO / S. Dagnello) The red dwarf star Proxima Centauri is our closest neighbor in space, so its...

Honey bees prefer rapeseed to apple blossoms

Honey bee on a rape blossom. (Image: Albin Andersson) Oilseed rape blooms at the same time as apple trees and, like them, is mainly...

Lizards with diving equipment

A blister on their nose allows them to breathe underwater: some American anole lizards use an amazing concept for diving, report biologists. A...

“Scrap” with purchasing power

Metal fragments like these finds from the Tollensetal in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania could have served as money in the late Bronze Age. (Photo: Volker...

Optimized vaccine production

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gly9AaytKXU A new process for inactivating “dead vaccines” enables vaccines to be produced faster, more environmentally friendly and more efficiently than before. Source: Fraunhofer

Glyphosate harms insects indirectly

Researchers have shown possible damage to symbiosis systems in insects through studies on flat grain beetles. (Photo: Backiris / iStock) The focus is mostly...

Oral flora gives insights into evolution

Tiny particles on fossil teeth can reveal insights into the history of human-microbial interactions. (Image: Werner Siemens Foundation, Felix Wey) The bacteria in our...

Model of stuttering finches

Researchers have experimentally made zebra finches stutter. (Image: thawats / iStock) Millions of people suffer from stuttering, but little is known about the causes...

Magnetic sense in the bat’s eye

Rough-skin bats probably orient themselves on their long-distance journeys using a magnetic sense located in the corneas of their eyes. (Image: Oliver Lindecke...

How Angkor has developed

Angkor Wat temple. (Image: RM Nunes / iStock) Using archaeological excavation data, historical reports and maps, and modern laser scanning results, researchers have modeled...

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