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Place of residence plastic waste: new biodiversity in deep-sea trenches

A deep-water arm pelvis (Pelagodiscus atlanticus) on a piece of plastic film from the deep sea. (Image: Xikun Song / Xiamen University) For decades,...

Pre-Columbian imports from Europe

These glass beads made in Venice reached northern Alaska before 1492. (Image: Courtesy of American Antiquity, January 2021) Even before America's discovery, Venetian glass...

How “ghostly” beings evolved

Researchers have gained insight into the evolutionary history of the stick hornets and ghosts. They evidently developed their bizarre camouflage methods after the...

Oldest DNA illuminates mammoth pedigree

Steppe mammoths - the "Adycha" mammoth could have looked something like that. (Image: Beth Zaiken / Center for Palaeogenetics) The frozen ground of the...

How does the brain process sign language?

Our brain is generally specialized in processing language information - whether it is spoken or signed apparently plays a subordinate role. (Image: humonia...

Neighborhood help among field wasps

Field wasps of the genus Polistes on the nest. (Image: P Kennedy) Bees, ants and beings are considered social animals that selflessly work for...

“Dress rehearsal” discovered for Stonehenge?

Stonehenge may have been built on the pattern of older stone circles in Wales. (Image: luxizeng (/ iStock) The stone circle at Stonehenge in...

How the immune system uses Sars-CoV-2

Intestinal organoid after treatment with interferon gamma: cell nuclei (blue) collect at the edge and trigger an increased production of the ACE2 receptor. ...

The decrease in CO2 caused dinosaurs to wander

220 million years ago the land masses of the earth were united to form the supercontinent Pangea. "Isch" and "P" mark locations with...

Smart as hell: pigs on the joystick

Pigs can learn to use a joystick with their snout. (Image: Eston Martz / Pennsylvania State University) Video gamers with a snout: Once again...

Collision extinguishes galaxy

This illustration shows the gas flow emanating from the galaxy ID2299. (Image: ESO / M. Kornmesser) In the cosmos there are many large galaxies...

Emissions of the “ozone killer” CFC-11 are falling again

To protect the ozone layer, many halogenated hydrocarbons are banned. (Image: studio023 / iStock) The gas trichlorofluoromethane contributes to the depletion of the ozone...

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