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Bees estimate probabilities

Honey bee on a flower. (Image: anrivona / iStock) Honey bees collect their food from different types of flowers, each of which contains different...

The politician

Photo: Daniel Meißner Taking action instead of just getting excited - that was Lucie Hammecke's drive to go into politics. Today she sits for...

Proboscid migration in the genetic level

The mastodon once had an astonishingly wide distribution in North America. (Image: D. Finnin / © AMNH) Today beavers, elk and the like are...

Amazing plant vampire

A cucumber plant in the stranglehold of the devil's thread. The parasite adapts the time of its flowering (small rounded structures) to that...

Sturgeon on the royal menu

Wooden barrel and sturgeon shed discovered in the wreck (Image: Brett Seymour, Brendan Foley) In 1495, the Danish King Hans set out for Sweden by...

Unscrupulousness doesn’t make you more successful

Are unsympathetic managers more successful. (Image: mediaphotos / iStock) Do traits such as arrogance, selfishness and aggressive dominance help to achieve more professional success?...

Do deciduous trees or conifers cool better?

During hot spells, deciduous trees reduce surface temperatures more intensely than conifers. (Image: Smileus / iStock) As is well known, a walk in the...

News about the origin of the earth water

Piece of an enstatite-chondrite meteorite in which the researchers found a surprising amount of hydrogen. (Photo: L. Piani, Museum of Natural History in...

Featured picture: The missing seaweed

Aquatic plants are the service providers of marine ecosystems: They provide habitats for fish and other marine life, are food for migratory birds, part...

Gamma-ray burst tests quantum gravity

Artist's impression of a gamma-ray burst (Image: Superbossa.com, Alice Donini / MAGIC Collaboration) The speed of light is constant, according to Einstein's theory of relativity....

Since when has the Nile been flowing?

The Nile runs like a blue ribbon through northeast Africa. (Image: Harvepino / iStock) It forms the ancient lifeline of Egypt. But since...

Hibernation 250 million years ago?

This is what a hibernating lystrosaur might have looked like. (Image: Crystal Shin) The clever strategy with which some of today's animals survive times...

Brain organoid with a network capable of learning

Bioengineered Neuronal Organoid (BENO) and enlargement of its neural network structure (right) (Image: Zafeiriou et al./ Nature Communications 11, 3791) The brain is our most...

Bacteria break down herbicides

Use of pesticides in agriculture (Image: valio8sl / iStock) Bacteria play an important role in the breakdown of toxic pesticides: For the first time, researchers...

Flies also see the illusion of movement

Fruit flies would apparently also recognize movements in this picture that do not even exist. (Image: Illusion credit to A. Kitaoka; illustrated by...

Dinosaur embryo with nasal horn

Exposed head of the sauropod embryo (Image: Kundrat et al. / Current Biology) Sauropods - long-necked herbivorous dinosaurs - were the largest land animals to...

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