Award winners 2020: Martin Sorg, Annika and Hugo Sebastian Trappmann and Ottmar Edenhofer (front row) (Image: Peter Himsel / DBU)
The German Environmental Prize was...
Mucus is important for our intestinal health. (Image: magicmine / iStock)
In the intestine, a protective layer of mucus envelops the intestinal walls and...
The Milky Way and some of its globular clusters (illustration) (Image: ESA / Hubble, NASA, L. Calçada)
Billions of stars and various accumulations of matter...
Similar to older people, more mature chimpanzees seem to prefer smaller, but higher quality, groups of friends. (Image: Ronan Donovan)
In youth, parties with...
Cell culture infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus imitation (pink). (Image: DZNE / Liliana Pedro-Domingues)
In order to get into our cells, the coronavirus first has...
Artist's impression of Ambopteryx gliding. (Image: Gabriel Ugueto)
The best concepts prevail: This principle of evolution also shaped the development history of "animal aviation"....
Chimpanzees also understand simple grammatical rules. (Image: University of Warwick)
A grammatically sophisticated language is considered unique to humans. The basis for this...
Exposed burial mound in the Caucasus region. (Image: Anatoliy Kantarovich, DAI Eurasia Department)
How did the people of the Caucasus region live in the...
Baby bottles give off microplastics. (Image: AMBER, Trinity College Dublin)
Many infants are given the bottle in addition to or instead of the mother's...