In 2020 emissions fell sharply, but that alone is not enough. (Image: DWalker44 / iStock)
Less traffic, more home office: the corona pandemic meant...
This illustration shows an eyelash animal with endosymbionts highlighted in yellow inside. (Image: Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, S. Ahmerkamp)
A symbiotic partner...
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...
How does intermittent fasting affect body fat? (Image: Tatiana / iStock)
The belly fat surrounding our organs is considered to be particularly harmful to...
The squids have again demonstrated their amazing intelligence. (Image: Alexandra Schnell)
Those who are wise wait: we can resist immediate temptation knowing that it...
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...
Modern astronomy always leads to new aha moments. (Image: MarioGuti / iStock)
From galactic magnetic fields, the cosmic baby boom and the turbulent formation...
Antidepressants help against depression - but how? (Image: Ponomariova_Maria / iStock)
What effects do antidepressants have on the brain? And why do they...
Species sometimes hardly differ externally, only genetically. In the picture the "Oman barbel" Garra shamal. (Image: NHM Vienna)
They live in the few...
The glorious male lyre tails are once again living up to their reputation as sonic imitation artists. (Image: Alex Maisey, University of Wollongong)
“Alarm!”...
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...
Painting ship hulls releases microplastics. (Image: GBlakeley / iStock)
It has long been known that the oceans are contaminated by tiny plastic particles. ...
An important engine of ocean currents is located in the North Atlantic. (Image: PeterHermesFurian / iStock)
An important engine of global ocean circulation is...
Illustration of the planetary system K2-290. (Image: Christoffer Grønne)
Usually stars and their planets are aligned in the same direction. The planets orbit...