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Christmas tree decorations as a mirror of the zeitgeist

Christmas decorated tree at the end of the 19th century. (Image: cu / iStock) Whether golden balls, tinsel or edible delicacies: the decorations on...

New coronavirus strain is spreading

The new strain B.1.1.7. is still rampant mainly in Great Britain. (Image: da_uk / iStock) A new variant of the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus is...

When the locusts hop uphill

The Roesel's bite is one of the species that could migrate from deeper habitats into alpine areas in the course of global warming. ...

Carbon dioxide: fertilization effect disappears

Carbon dioxide increases global plant growth less and less. (Image: RomoloTavani / iStock) The notorious greenhouse gas also has a beneficial effect on the...

What do spiders do in weightlessness?

On earth, they weave their filigree wheel nets according to ingenious rules - but to what extent can spinning also succeed in the weightlessness...

Head lice – pets have nothing to do with the transmission

Head louse (Image: Gilles San Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0) First of all, lice don't jump. They run. However, thanks to their six...

Gravity with a lens effect

The gravitational lens effect can bend, intensify, split and even fan the light into a ring. (Image: Pitris / iStock) Ghost images in curved...

Prevent heart disease with the right lifestyle

(Image: iStock.com, FatCamera) According to the Robert Koch Institute, 40 percent of all deaths in Germany can be traced back to cardiovascular diseases . ...

Ice-free Alps shortly before Ötzi’s time

Under the summit of the Weißseespitze. (Image: ÖAW / Daniel Hinterramskogler) The glaciers on the peaks of the Alps form a climate archive: Since...

Crabs as helpers against overgrowth

Caribbean king crab. (Image: Angelo Spadaro) Coral reefs not only suffer from the increasingly warm, acidic and polluted water of the oceans. The...

Corona vaccines are breakthrough of the year

Coronavirus vaccine. (Image: kovop58 / iStock) Every year shortly before Christmas, the specialist magazine “Science” selects the highlights of the year - and lets...

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