Science

Condensed knowledge about the “deep south”

The living environment on and around the Antarctic continent is changing. (Image: FrankRamspott / iStock) Icy landscapes, surrounded by a cold sea: What...

Tracking down historical fake news

Vinícius Freitas searches libraries and archives for images that show alleged Jewish host sacrifices and ritual murders. (Image: University of Würzburg) A research project...

Not all prediabetes is created equal

There are six clearly delineated subtypes in people with prediabetes. (Image: Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases) Even before the onset of type...

Biodiversity collapse in the eastern Mediterranean

Only a few mollusks still belong to the species originally native to the Mediterranean (blue), most of them immigrated from the Red Sea (red)....

New weapons against parasitic diseases

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyMDj6AE6WY Sleeping sickness, chagas and leishmaniasis make life difficult for millions of people every year. Researchers are now working on a weak point in...

On the trail of the secret of mother-of-pearl

Microscopic image of the periodically layered structures of mother-of-pearl. (Image: Igor Zlotnikov) Strength and shimmering beauty: Mother-of-pearl owes its fascinating properties to an astonishingly...

Intergalactic web discovered

This illustration shows the gigantic gas web (left) of the Abell 3391/95 system (right). (Image: Reiprich et al., Astronomy & Astrophysics, doi: 10.1051...

Zoonoses: Danger from wildlife trade

In some Asian markets, wildlife is traded for consumption or for use in traditional medicine. (Image: Nikada / iStock) Wild animals as sources of...

Featured picture: “Smellicopter” – a smelling drone

At first glance, the flying robot looks like an ordinary drone in this shot. But the curved, copper-colored antenna on the missile's platform...

Baboons indicate the legendary land of Punt

Apparently baboons were introduced into Egypt from a region northwest of the Horn of Africa during the New Kingdom period - presumably this was...

DAMALS podcast, episode ten: the almost never-ending story of the Eurotunnel

On January 20, 1986, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and French President François Mitterand announced the construction of a tunnel under the English Channel....

Machine brain maps lunar craters

The craters of the moon are by no means all mapped. (Image: NASA) The Earth's satellite is littered with craters of various sizes and...

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