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Danger of climatic risk of heated limestone?

Left: Satellite image of Northern Siberia. The two trains of limestone formations in Northern Siberia are marked with broken yellow lines. Top...

Roman traffic routes in the border region

The two parallel dark tracks mark the trenches along the Roman road (Image: RAAP) Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a Roman road and a...

How insulin affects the internal clock

Human fat cells with lipid droplets (white). (Image: DIfE) Our internal clock determines when we get tired, when we get hungry and when which...

How are pensions, life expectancy and mortality tables related?

(Image: pixabay.com, wir_sind_klein (CC0)) Life insurers always run a risk when entering into contracts with guaranteed lifelong pension benefits. Because they do not know...

A “hairy problem” in sight

Green and slimy: Carpets made of thread algae are increasingly conquering clear and clean waters. (Image: Sabine Hilt / IGB) Researchers draw attention to...

It depends on the type of disgust

Researchers are focusing on the feeling of disgust and its consequences. (Image: drbimages / iStock) “Yuck!” Infection risks and parasites are known to cause...

Featured picture: Excavation with a difference

These scientists are not just looking for bones and other tangible evidence of the past. In the Satsurblia Cave in the Caucasus, they...

Where moons are born

Close-up of the moon-forming disk around a young gas giant almost 400 light-years away from us. The image shows the planet and its...

How likely are escape mutations?

Symbolic representation of a mutation of the coronavirus. (Image: peterschreiber.media/ iStock) As vaccination rates rise, more and more governments are loosening the measures they...

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...

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