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Featured picture: Bear and co under pressure

This American black bear apparently devours its freshly caught prey with relish. The fact that he sometimes has to travel long distances before...

Pandemic as an opportunity for climate policy?

In 2020 emissions fell sharply, but that alone is not enough. (Image: DWalker44 / ​​iStock) Less traffic, more home office: the corona pandemic meant...

Discovered a new form of symbiosis

This illustration shows an eyelash animal with endosymbionts highlighted in yellow inside. (Image: Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, S. Ahmerkamp) A symbiotic partner...

Neanderthals: indication of language skills

Reconstruction of the hearing system in a modern human (left) and a Neanderthal man (right). (Image: Mercedes Conde-Valverde) How did our archaic cousins ​​communicate...

Why belly fat is more stubborn

How does intermittent fasting affect body fat? (Image: Tatiana / iStock) The belly fat surrounding our organs is considered to be particularly harmful to...

Squids can control themselves

The squids have again demonstrated their amazing intelligence. (Image: Alexandra Schnell) Those who are wise wait: we can resist immediate temptation knowing that it...

Archaeologists discover a Roman float

The four-wheeled ceremonial carriage at the site. (Image: Parco Archeologico di Pompei) In recent years, excavations in a suburb of ancient Pompeii have repeatedly...

The wild cosmos in view

Modern astronomy always leads to new aha moments. (Image: MarioGuti / iStock) From galactic magnetic fields, the cosmic baby boom and the turbulent formation...

How antidepressants work

Antidepressants help against depression - but how? (Image: Ponomariova_Maria / iStock) What effects do antidepressants have on the brain? And why do they...

“Hidden” desert fish species revealed

Species sometimes hardly differ externally, only genetically. In the picture the "Oman barbel" Garra shamal. (Image: NHM Vienna) They live in the few...

Vogel imitates alarm background noise

The glorious male lyre tails are once again living up to their reputation as sonic imitation artists. (Image: Alex Maisey, University of Wollongong) “Alarm!”...

New references for the human genome

The DNA sequence of our genome is the basis of our existence. (Image: peterschreiber.media/ iStock) Exactly 20 years ago, the human genome project completed...

Ships leave “skid marks” made of microplastics

Painting ship hulls releases microplastics. (Image: GBlakeley / iStock) It has long been known that the oceans are contaminated by tiny plastic particles. ...

Weakening of the Gulf Stream system “unprecedented”

An important engine of ocean currents is located in the North Atlantic. (Image: PeterHermesFurian / iStock) An important engine of global ocean circulation is...

Featured picture: A flower made of bacteria

This photo resembles a colorful flower. But you can see colonies of two different bacterial species that have arranged themselves in the nutrient...

A planetary system with a receding star

Illustration of the planetary system K2-290. (Image: Christoffer Grønne) Usually stars and their planets are aligned in the same direction. The planets orbit...

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