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Sanitary towels and panty liners in the test: eco is no better

Öko-Test has tested sanitary napkins and panty liners. The result: Conventional products are particularly convincing. We looked at why. Sanitary napkins, panty liners...

Do solar storms make whales disoriented?

Why do gray whales and other marine mammals keep stranding? (Image: rainngirl / istock) Injuries, illnesses, loud noises: there are many reasons why whales are...

What keeps our foot stable

Footprint in the sand (Image: M. Venkadesan) Our foot is a unique construction of nature - and less researched than you might think. Because researchers...

CO2 footprint: when it comes to shopping, how is important

Shopping carbon footprint. (Photo: fotogesteober / iStock) Online shopping is convenient and trendy. But what about the greenhouse gas balance of shopping over the Internet...

The survivors of the Toba outbreak

The Dhaba site in India (Image: Christina Neudorf) When the Toba volcano erupted 74,000 years ago, this had worldwide consequences. But they were obviously less...

Unique mass grave of plague victims discovered

Some of the plague dead found in Thornton Abbey. (Image: University of Sheffield) Millions of people in Europe died of the plague in the 14th...

First results of the Mars Insight mission

Scouts on Mars: the Nasa land probe Insight (Image: Nasa / JPL-Caltech) On November 26, 2018, the NASA Mars Probe Insight landed on the Red...

Possible ancestor of the land plants discovered

Artist's impression of the original green algae. (Image: Dinghua Yang) Tiny plants - a billion years old: Researchers have discovered the oldest known fossils of...

Social learning between bird species

Blue tit and great tit often have the opportunity to observe each other in their habitat. (Image: CathyDoi / iStock) This food tastes disgusting! This...

Featured picture: Heavenly rosettes

White swirls on a blue background: what looks like rosettes or spoked wheels are a special form of clouds. Their radiation-like patterns can only...

Animal experiments: insect nerves instead of mammals

3D view of a grasshopper embryo, colored red is the central nervous system. (Image: Hanover University of Veterinary Medicine Foundation) Up to now it has...

Magnificent Roman dagger discovered

Through the restoration, the dagger was finally pulled out of its sheath. (Photo: LWL / Eugen Müsch) He was probably the pride of a legionnaire...

Depression: hesitation shows relapse risk

Many depression patients relapse after stopping medication. (Wavebreakmedia / iStock) It would often have been better to continue treatment - the relapse rate for depression...

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