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Comet Chury has an aurora

Comet 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko (Image: ESA / Rosetta / NAVCAM) On earth, the northern lights provide spectacular sky spectacles - colored luminous phenomena in the...

Migratory animals live faster

Migrating geese. (Image: phalder / iStock) Many animal species migrate long distances year after year between the areas where they raise their offspring and...

Hundreds of first editions of Newton’s Principia tracked

First edition of Isaac Newton's Principia. (Image: Caltech Archives) Isaac Newton founded classical physics in 1687 with his main work "Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica"....

How safe is gene therapy?

Thirty years ago, medical professionals ventured the first gene therapy on a human. (Image: YinYang / iStock) Gene therapies promise hope for patients with...

Mercury: dead fish pollute the depths

The researchers have detected the anthropogenic mercury in representatives of the bizarre disk-bellied fish (Liparidae) from the Mariana Trench. (Image: Jeff Reid) Even the...

Light pollution threatens the brown bear

By choosing the beautiful moth butterfly of the year, conservationists want to draw attention to the consequences of artificial lighting. (Image: creativenaturemedia /...

Photosynthesis in the spotlight

Researchers want to make better and better use of the power of light. (Image: AzmanL / iStok) The light of the sun provides energy...

Wiggling at the event horizon

Modeling of the light ring in M87 from 2009 to 2017: The light zone moves. (Image: M. Wielgus & the EHT collaboration) In April...

Saving fertilizer without sacrificing yield?

There are strong country differences in terms of fertilizer use and irrigation, as can be seen here on the border between Kazakhstan and China....

How bacteria release arsenic into groundwater

Incubation experiment: When methane is added to the sediment, bacteria release arsenic, recognizable by its brown color. (Image: Andreas Kappler) In many Southeast Asian...

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