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Earliest animal life 890 million years ago

Location of the fossils. (Image: Elizabeth Turner / Laurentian University) The first animals could possibly have lived 890 million years ago: On reefs in...

Five principles for climate-safe municipalities

(Ruhr flood near Schwerte in July 2021. Image: PS-DES! GN-AdobeStock) The heavy rain catastrophe in the west and south of Germany demonstrates it in a...

View inside Mars

The interior of Mars (Image: Chris Bickel / Science) Mars has been explored by space probes for years and many details of its surface and...

Altering RNA makes plants more productive

Rice plants just before harvest. (Image: caoyu36 / iStock) With a new approach to green genetic engineering, researchers have succeeded in making rice and...

Invasive wild boars pollute the climate

Wild boars are digging up the soil in Australia and other new habitats, causing significant CO2 emissions. (Image: The University of Queensland) Lumpy strangers:...

Children develop long-term immunity to Covid-19

Immune protection against the coronavirus. (Image: loops7 / iStock) How does the child's immune system react to Covid-19? Apparently, compared to adults, children...

Why do we see faces everywhere?

A soup chicken on the sideboard and a piece of technical equipment: there are faces! (Image: University of Sydney) From everyday objects to cloud...

Cockatoos look away from each other

Yellow-crested cockatoos opening a garbage can. (Image: MPI for Animal Behavior / B. Klump) Cockatoos have often attracted attention due to their cleverness and...

Even babies pterosaur could fly

Pterosaurs of the species Pterodaustro guinazui. (Image: Mark Witton) At what age could pterosaurs fly? Up to now, this question has been a...

Amazing threesome relationship

Researchers report a symbiosis that is formed by three partners: an eyelash animal, a green alga and a purple bacterium. Source: University of Cologne

Sick fungi on microplastics in the soil

Fungal spores on a crack in a microplastic particle. (Bar = 30 microns). (Image: University of Bayreuth / Mycology Department) Microplastic particles in...

Tomatoes sound the alarm

Tomato fruits inform their mother plant of a pest infestation. (Image: Denisfilm / iStock; detail: Owl butterfly caterpillar, image: Hhelene / iStock) Fruits are...

New finds in the sunken city of Thonis-Herakleion

Grave goods from the 5th - 4th centuries BC were discovered in Thonis-Herakleion. Chr. (Image: Christoph Gerigk, Franck Goddio / Hilti Foundation) In the...

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