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Cold shock in the lake: What you should definitely know

A cold shock while swimming can be life-threatening. Experts explain what you need to know about cold shock in lakes and other swimming areas. The...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Health & Medicine

Pack this tea bag in your summer travel first aid kit – but not for drinking

Home remedies can provide relief from sunburn and are a good first step. This also includes a type of tea, which should definitely be...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Health & Medicine

“We don’t have a health system – we mainly have a disease system”

Heat, air pollution, loss of biodiversity: Environmental medicine Prof. Dr. Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann explains why our health does not only develop in doctor's offices -...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Earth & Climate

Whale watching provides whale DNA

Two humpback whales appear during a whale watching tour in Iceland. © North Sailing The tragic end of the humpback whale “Timmy”...
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Astronomy

Why do some solar flares fail?

This burst of solar radiation stopped before the arcing solar plasma was ejected into space. Astronomers have now discovered the reason for this....
Ashton Edwards -
Psychology & Sociology

Why we fall so easily for fake shops

This online shop seems traditional, local and trustworthy, but it is a fraudulent fake. © DHBW KA/ RM, DALL-E Bad trap: Fraudulent...
Emmaline Middleton -
Health & Medicine

Pans and air fryers often contain PFAS – but there are alternatives

Many pans and air fryer baskets have a non-stick coating - often with PFAS. If you want to avoid these eternal chemicals, you will...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Biology

Bumblebees use tools – without prior training

Bumblebees have the ability to spontaneously solve problems: They can spontaneously convert objects into tools without having previously learned how to do so....
Elijah Burt -
Health & Medicine

Stimulating the vagus nerve – what’s involved and what really helps?

The vagus nerve is considered an insider tip for stress and anxiety. But what is actually behind the hype surrounding the supposed “calming hack”...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Earth & Climate

Photo worth seeing: Rethink metabolism

Many packaging, plastics, fibers, medicines, dietary supplements, building materials and everyday objects are based on petroleum. Derivatives of fossil fuels are even...
Elijah Burt -
Health & Medicine

Magnesium preparations: Öko-Test confirms “no additional health benefits”

After exercise or for leg cramps, many people like to take magnesium tablets or capsules. However, a current Öko-Test study shows that this can...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Earth & Climate

14 out of 15 turtles in Germany are introduced

The North American letter-eared turtle (Trachemys scripta) is by far the most common non-native water turtle species in German waters. © Johannes Penner...
Ashton Edwards -
History & Archaeology

Ötzi’s microbiome: It lives in the glacier mummy

The 5,300-year-old glacier mummy “Ötzi” is a unique testimony to the past. But how well is it protected from microbial decomposition today? ©...
Alan Cannon -
Health & Medicine

“We don’t have a health system – we mainly have a disease system”

Heat, air pollution, loss of biodiversity: Environmental medicine Prof. Dr. Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann explains why our health does not only develop in doctor's offices -...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Astronomy

Is our neighboring galaxy flying apart?

The stars of the Small Magellanic Cloud move apart in two directions instead of orbiting around the center of this dwarf galaxy. ©...
Ashton Edwards -
Psychology & Sociology

Be careful with TikTok videos about mental disorders

Videos about ADHD, autism and depression are trending on TikTok. But how correct are they? © lixu/ iSTock Lots of clicks, little...
Emmaline Middleton -
Health & Medicine

Get fit by cycling: This is how often you should cycle per week to get fit

Cycling is a great way to get or stay fit. But how often, how long and how intensively should you cycle to achieve this? What...
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
Health & Medicine

How proteins lose their water in an acidic environment

The protein complex apoferritin served as a test case to observe how the water shell of proteins reacts to increasing levels of acidity....
Willy Lewis, M.D. -
History & Archaeology

A look into the tomb of a queen

This detail from the sarcophagus of the Aragonese Queen Elisenda shows her with a crowned head. However, after her death, the noblewoman was...
Alan Cannon -
Astronomy

First detection of methane from an interstellar comet

Views of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, recorded in the infrared spectral regions of various molecules by the James Webb Telescope. © NASA/ESA/CSA, STScI,...
Ashton Edwards -
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