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12,000 years of human imprint

Traditional land use often promoted biodiversity, researchers say. (Image: Alder Ellis) Early on, there were hardly any uninhabited regions - humans changed the earth's...

Chocolate flavor deciphered

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7hJVIe4kjs Which substances make up the essence of cocoa? A research team has deciphered the recipe and a Aroma kit Developed for cocoa and...

Featured picture: Black hole in full spectrum

Astronomers have now recorded the black hole M87 *, which became famous for its photo in 2019, for the first time in all areas...

Forgotten type of coffee could defy climate change

So far, Arabica coffee has dominated the market, but climate change is causing it problems. (Image: amenic181 / iStock) When it comes to top-quality...

Bugs are supposed to pee themselves to death

Beetles cause enormous damage in agriculture and in stockpiling. (Image: Red-brown rice flour beetle, Credit: Tomasz Klejdysz / iStock) A bizarre, but poison-free control...

Ever thicker from generation to generation

The trend towards more obesity continues. (Image: BrianAJackson / iStock) How does the body mass index (BMI) develop over the course of life? ...

A lot of conquest potential in Europe

Invasive species in Europe: raccoon (left) and raccoon dog (right). (Images: left: win247 / iStock, right: Dorian Dörge) In many places the problematic exotic...

Climate change: Arming is the order of the day

Gloomy future prospects for the German cultural landscape. Smart adaptations are necessary to withstand the effects of climate change. (Image: Boonyachoat /...

Digital atlas of the Hanseatic era

The interactive Viabundus map shows the long-distance trade routes and placemarks in the Hanseatic economic area between 1350 and 1650. (Image: www.viabundus.eu) Which trade routes...

Researchers create human-monkey chimeric embryos

This blastocyst is a chimera. (Image: Weizhi Ji / Kunming University of Science and Technology) Researchers have created chimeric human-monkey embryos from human stem...

Only three percent of the land area is untouched

View of the Atlantic rainforest in Brazil. (Image: FG Trade / iStock) Real wilderness has become rare on our planet. How many unspoiled...

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