Malformations of spiked structures on the surface of fossil plant spores (right), researchers interpret as a sign of UV damage. (Image: John Marshall)
What caused...
Nikolai Miklucho-Maclay (left) and Ernst Haeckel (right) in the 1860s. (Photo: Hoßfeld Collection)
He spoke against racism with scientific arguments as early as the 19th...
Bumblebees apparently deliberately damage leaves to cause a reaction. (Hannier Pulido, De Moraes and Mescher Laboratories)
If hungry bumblebees find no flowers, they take...
Brain imaging using functional resonance imaging. (Image: akesak / iStock)
Science thrives on critical self-control - results and analyzes should be reproducible. Scientists have now...
Archaeological finds from the Lendbreen: Preserved cattle feed, stake and spider-rock. (Image: Glacier Archeology Program / J. Wildhagen)
Mountain passes were of great importance thousands...
Researchers have decoded the genome of the carnivorous plants Venus fly trap (left), sundew (center) and water trap (right). (Image: Dirk Becker / Sönke...
Aerial view of one of the circular structures on the Göbekli Tepe. (Image: Gil Haklay / AFTAU)
Even hunters and gatherers were amazingly sophisticated architects,...
There is growing evidence that Covid-19 promotes the formation of life-threatening blood clots. (Image: Robocop / iStock)
Cause of death of pulmonary embolism: Coronavirus infection...
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Member of the youth delegation for Germany at the UN Nature Conservation Conference. Ambassador for the UN Decade of Biodiversity. These are impressive...
Prehistoric anchovy Monosmilus chureloides in the mouth of a whale (Image: Joschua Knüppe)
Evolution has not only produced land predators with giant teeth like the...
Close friends: two Javanese monkeys. (Image: Animal Ecology / Universiteit Utrecht)
Working stress is often easier to endure than being alone - monkeys can also...
A substance made from incense resin can obviously reprogram an inflammatory enzyme (Image: Jan-Peter Kasper)
Incense has been literally sacred for millennia. As can now...
Excavations in the Bacho-Kiro cave in Bulgaria. (Image: Tsenka Tsanova, CC-BY-SA 2.0)
When did the first representatives of Homo sapiens reach Europe? Finds from a...
Hundreds of employees across the country have been infected with the corona virus in slaughterhouses. This is mainly due to the questionable conditions in...