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Miracle of slime mold

Photo: Andreas Witt For the best pictures you sometimes just have to grab the opportunities that everyday life offers. So did our reader Andreas...

A salt factory from the Neolithic Age

Excavations at the Neolithic salt works. (Image: Antiquity) In a coastal town in the north of the English county of Yorkshire, archaeologists have discovered...

Featured picture: Airy rivers affect Antarctic glaciers

This photo shows the vast ice landscape of the huge Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica. The air currents prevailing there cause heavy snowfalls...

Water wonders reflect the late antique climate

On this cross-section of the examined stalagmite from the Renella cave, the tree-ring-like structures can be clearly seen. (Image: Zanchetta et al., 2021) Reports...

How the asteroid shaped the rainforest

Using fossil leaves, spores and pollen grains, researchers have examined how the asteroid impact changed the vegetation in the rainforests of South America 66...

How much invasive species cost us

Introduced mosquito species such as the tiger mosquito here are among the most costly invasive species in the world. (Image: eyup zengin /...

How stress thins hair

Growth and hair loss are based on processes in the area of ​​the hair roots. (Image: sefa ozel / iStock) It is well known...

Algae in cattle feed reduce methane emissions

This cattle was fed with algae mixed food. (Image: Breanna Roque / UC Davis) Through their digestion, cattle release abundant methane - a powerful...

New predatory dinosaur: “The Fearsome”

Artist's impression of the new representative of the abelisaurs. (Image: Jorge Blanco and Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology) The community of monstrous robbers of the...

Iron Age warriors got down duvets for the afterlife

Decorated helmet of one of the dead warriors in the ship's grave. (Image: NTNU University Museum) Around 1300 years ago, high-ranking warriors in Scandinavia...

Hot candidate for atmosphere research

Artist's impression of the surface of the planet Gliese 486b. The astronomers suspect a Venus-like surface with glowing lava flows, but which could...

The flower color blue in the spotlight

The liverwort is an example of the comparatively few flowering plants that we perceive as blue. (Photo: Anke Jentsch) They are often found in...

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