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Microbes in beef stomachs break down plastic

There are microorganisms in the cow's stomach that can break down plastic. (Image: FooTToo / iStock) Plastic is known to be difficult to break...

Neanderthal art discovered

Scan of the engraved bone: The six notches that create the angular pattern are highlighted in red, accompanying notches are highlighted in blue. ...

Skin teeth tell a shark-human story

False color scanning electron microscope images of denticles. The characteristics of the tiny skin teeth vary in sharks with different lifestyles. (Image:...

Misappropriated conquistadors objects

These objects were created by the Chickasaw from a chain link, a piece of horseshoe and hatchets. (Image: Florida Museum / Jeff Gage) In...

Lifespan: 130 years are possible

The limit of life expectancy is shifting further back. (Image: ivanastar / iStock) Advances in medicine and technology enable us humans to live to...

Active ingredient from chestnut leaves against MRSA

Leaves and flowers of the sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa). (Image: Quave Lab) The leaves of the European sweet chestnut are considered a traditional remedy...

Threatened “sea ice refuge”

The "Last Ice Area" is a haven for polar bears and co. (Image: Kristin Laidre / University of Washington) For polar bears and co. It...

Betelgeuse: blackout puzzle solved

One of the brightest stars in the firmament suddenly lost its shine: The collapse in brightness of Betelgeuse in late 2019 to early 2020...

Corona monitoring in wastewater

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbczxvT8Cx4 German researchers are exploring the possibility of determining the degree of infection of the population with Sars-CoV-2 through genetic traces of the viruses in...

Monkeys too have to learn to communicate first

Common marmosets (Image: Manfred Eberle / German Primate Center GmbH) People first have to learn to speak - in the first few years of life...

Lost Palatinate reveals secrets

Archaeologists uncover what was previously slumbering in the farmland. (Aerial photo of the excavation area: State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt,...

Plague infection 5000 years ago

This jaw belonged to a man who probably succumbed to an infection with Yersinia pestis around 5,000 years ago. (Photo: Dominik Göldner, BGAEU,...

On the trail of elephant rises and falls

The trunk animals once had an enormous biodiversity. (Illustration: Oscar Sanisidro) Today only three species are left - but once there was an enormous...

Plastic waste: the consequences could be irreversible

Plastic waste is a global problem. (Image: Caroline Hansen, Heidi Knutsen / NGI) Plastic waste drifts in huge carpets on the oceans, accumulates as...

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