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How stress thins hair

Growth and hair loss are based on processes in the area of ​​the hair roots. (Image: sefa ozel / iStock) It is well known...

Algae in cattle feed reduce methane emissions

This cattle was fed with algae mixed food. (Image: Breanna Roque / UC Davis) Through their digestion, cattle release abundant methane - a powerful...

New predatory dinosaur: “The Fearsome”

Artist's impression of the new representative of the abelisaurs. (Image: Jorge Blanco and Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology) The community of monstrous robbers of the...

Iron Age warriors got down duvets for the afterlife

Decorated helmet of one of the dead warriors in the ship's grave. (Image: NTNU University Museum) Around 1300 years ago, high-ranking warriors in Scandinavia...

Hot candidate for atmosphere research

Artist's impression of the surface of the planet Gliese 486b. The astronomers suspect a Venus-like surface with glowing lava flows, but which could...

The flower color blue in the spotlight

The liverwort is an example of the comparatively few flowering plants that we perceive as blue. (Photo: Anke Jentsch) They are often found in...

An “interpretation center” in sight

Researchers have shown the functions of a “center” in our brain that enables complex mental performance. (Image: DNY59 iStock) What happens in the brain...

Creeping poisoning threatens birds of prey

Especially hawks, but also red kites and sea eagles often accumulate toxins in their bodies. (Image: Oliver Krone / Leibniz-IZW) Sad "descent": In Germany...

Featured picture: Myelin keeps the brain fit

This recording gives an insight into the white matter of the brain. It gets its whitish appearance from the turquoise myelin, the covering...

Octopuses have two alternating phases of sleep

Octopus in passive and active sleep. (Image: Sylvia LS Madeiros) Most of the time, when an octopus sleeps, its skin is pale and the...

What makes our brains big

After five days, gorilla neural progenitor cells form a conical shape (right), while human cells (left) remain cylindrical. (Image: S.Benito-Kwiecinski / MRC LMB...

Pest uses stolen plant gene

The whitefly, which is around one millimeter in size, can attack over 600 different plant species. (Image: Jixing Xia and Zhaojiang Guo) The "success story"...

Hoppel gene identified in rabbits

Sauteur d'Alfort rabbits walk handstands on their front legs instead of hopping. (Image: Carneiro M et al., 2021, PLOS Genetics) Rabbits, hares, kangaroos,...

How the eyes and brain react to faces

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZtlK6xdaRI Do emotional expressions affect how quickly we perceive a face? Apparently no: Neuroscientists show the basis of reflex eye movements. Source: University of Göttingen

The most distant “radio loud” quasar

Illustration of the quasar P172 + 18 (Image: ESO / M. Kornmesser) Quasars are the brightest and most distant objects that can be observed in...

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