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“Sea snow” influences the nitrogen cycle

Sea snow: tiny particles of organic material. (Image: C. Karthäuser and S. Ahmerkamp / MPI for Marine Microbiology) In the productive zones of the...

Featured picture: Powerful crab larva

This crab larva is only two millimeters in size and is still largely transparent. But that doesn't mean she's defenseless: her tentacles, which...

Trace of a surprisingly young eruption

The dark area around a crevice in the Cerberus Fossae system is probably the trace of a surprisingly recent eruption. (Image: CREDITNASA /...

On the trail of the secret of the green Sahara

After rare rainfall, green is still sprouting in the Sahara today. (Image: Rachid Cheddadi) Where the sun burns on the bare ground today, a...

With “mold” against bee parasites

Varroa mites weaken the bees' immune system, transmit viruses and deprive them of nutrients. (Image: Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service) Fungal infection instead...

Robot face reflects facial expressions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5ZJ8zKJXlk When you smile at them, "EVA" replies the friendly expression: Researchers have developed a robot face that can capture and convincingly imitate the facial...

Ongoing conflicts instead of Stone Age war

Two dead from Jebel Sahaba. (Image: Wendorf Archives / British Museum) Since its discovery in the 1960s, the Jebel Sahaba burial ground in Sudan...

Parasitic ants live longer

The lighter ant is infected with tapeworm larvae. (Photo: Susanne Foitzik / JGU) Parasites usually harm their host because they live at its expense....

New insights into the origins of flowering plants

Fossil blooms from the early Cretaceous period. (Image: NIGPAS) Flowering plants have a unique characteristic that has contributed to their evolutionary success: their seeds...

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