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The beginnings of Viking metallurgy

Vikings were producing various metal alloys as early as the 8th century. (Image: homostock / iStock) The manufacture of metal alloys played an important...

Why Human Births Are Difficult

Pregnancy in humans is associated with special challenges: the pelvic floor must provide a support function, but still allow childbirth. (Image: damircudic /...

How many bubbles does a beer make?

A study provides quantitative information on bubbling in beer. (Image: LoveTheWind / iStock) It should be sparkling: Tiny carbon dioxide bubbles make beer refreshing...

Featured picture: Metal supplier to the deep sea

The lump on this shot looks like a black-brown cauliflower. In fact, there is a potentially important deep-sea metal supplier behind the strange...

First look at magnetic fields at the black hole

Light ring around M87 *, the dark lines show the polarization. (Image: EHT Collaboration) In April 2019, the first photo of a black hole...

Alien-like “dating app” discovered

It lives up to its name once again: in the bizarre "alien" mantis from the Peruvian rainforest, biologists have discovered an organ previously unknown...

The sense of smell and memories – that’s what happens in our head

Certain scents trigger our memory, arouse emotions. The reason for this is the limbic system. (Image: pixabay.com, PublicDomainPictures) Smells often awaken certain memories...

On the trail of hemorrhoids

About one million DNA samples were analyzed by biochips for the study on the basics of hemorrhoidal disease. (Photo: Oliver Franke, Uni Kiel) Unpleasant...

Solar cells are “contagious”

Solar system on a house roof. (Image: querbeet / iSotck) Whether you mount a photovoltaic system on the roof does not only depend on...

Gamma rays reveal an intermediate black hole

By acting as a gravitational lens, the black hole has given itself away. (Image: Carl Knox / OzGrav) Intermediate black holes have so far...

Lively – but surprisingly slow

How did Tyrannosaurus rex move on a leisurely foray through his realm? According to a study, a person could even have accompanied...

Animals bred with built-in gene scissors

Taking blood from a chicken embryo for gene control. (Image: Andreas Heddergott / TUM) Genetically modified animals play a major role in biomedical...

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