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Coronavirus also affects intestinal cells

Cells infected by Sars-CoV-2 in the intestinal organoid (white) (Image: Joep Beumer / Hubrecht Institute) There has been increasing evidence that the coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 can...

Good choice for finding Mars life

This image of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the former river delta in the Jezero crater. (Image: NASA / JPL-Caltech / ASU) Today it is...

Corona lockdown: Clean air also saves lives

In Asian metropolitan areas, people also wear face masks for smog. (Image: Tzido / iStock) The restrictions on public life in the wake of the...

Smell test reveals state of consciousness

Smelling is linked to our consciousness (Image: Globalstock / iStock) In patients with severe brain damage, it is often difficult to assess their level of...

How well does Remdesivir help against Covid-19?

Structural formula of the antiviral active ingredient remdesivir (Image: Shunju Fan / iStock) In the wake of the corona pandemic, the results were eagerly awaited...

A trace of colonial failure

View of Mound Key, where Calusa's capital was once. The Spanish fort stood on Mound 2. (Image: Victor Thompson) A base with an exciting history:...

Aiming at the heart of the Milky Way

Why Einstein is right: The astrophysicist Reinhard Genzel explains the Schwarzschild precession - an effect of general relativity that arises around the black hole...

Celebrity dino with swimming tail

Artist's impression of the head and tail of Spinosaurus. (Image: Davide Bonadonna) 15 meters long and 20 tons heavy: Spinosaurus is considered the largest of...

Alcoholized animal?

How well do elephants tolerate alcohol? (Image: az_garret / iStock) At some point, as is well known, the measure is exceeded - but in principle...

Bee virus trickes its hosts

Highlighted honey bees in a beehive. (Image: Adam G. Dolezal) Viruses plague not only us humans - the same applies to honeybees. Researchers have now...

How the “image stabilizer” works in our eyes

Our retina acts like an image stabilizer. (Image: Peopleimages / iStock) Without our noticing it, our perception is constantly corrected. Because a special system compensates...

Can birds dance?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC272vDZOfU The sense of rhythm and music is innate to us. But parrot birds are also surprisingly musical, as the example of "Snowball" shows. The...

How to counter epidemics in past centuries

"Closing schools!": Newspaper article in The Morning of October 7, 1918 (Image: Austrian National Library Vienna, ANNO | www.anno.onb.ac.at) Measures such as social distancing, school...

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