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What nourished the Mongol empires

The Mongols were notorious for their powerful equestrian armies. (Image: Traditional Historical Show, Credit: Dmitry_Chulov / iStok) Was their strength based only on meat and...

Networked life in the primeval sea

Close-up of a Rangeomorpha fossil from Newfoundland. (Image: Alex Liu) Fern-like organisms without mouth and organs were among the first multicellular animals on our planet....

The Spix’s Macaw returns

A group of young Spix's Macaw parrots in the breeding station. (Image: ACTP e.V.) The Spix's Macaws (Cyanopsitta spixii) are now extinct in the wild....

Arthritis: Scorpio Protein as a Medicine Ferry?

Arthritis is an inflammatory joint disease that affects many people. (Image: ipopba / istock) Whether fish, snakes or scorpions: Many animals use poisons to make...

The buffer effect of the tropical forests is decreasing

View over the rainforest in Ivindo National Park in Gabon. (Image: Kath Jeffery) The tropical rainforests are the "green lungs" of our planet - and...

»Agriculture is always an intervention«

A honeybee pollinating a rape plant. They and their wild relatives are threatened by the use of pesticides. (Photo: Bayer AG) Neonicotinoids are suspected to...

Keas understand probabilities

A kea gives a researcher a trade item. (Image: Amalia Bastos) Which decision has more chance of success? If we do not know something for...

Are dogs exceptionally intelligent?

Dogs are clever - but not exceptional animal geniuses (Image: RichLegg / iStock) Greetings from Lassie - dogs are considered unusually clever animals and studies...

Alzheimer’s diagnosis by blood test

There is hope in the fight against Alzheiner. (Image: SIphotography / iStock) Forget the key again ... Is that just "dodgy" or is there an...

5000 year old sword discovered in Venetian monastery

This arsenic bronze sword is around 5,000 years old. (Photo: Ph.Andrea Avezzu / Ca Foscari University of Venice) For decades, one of the oldest swords...

Was our earth once a water world?

This pillow basalt formed the bedrock of the Urozeans 3.2 billion years ago. (Image: Benjamin Johnson) Oceans now cover three quarters of our planet. But...

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