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Bioinvasion: forecast to increase by almost 40 percent

Gray squirrels are an invasive species. (Image: Tim Blackburn) Due to global trade, plant and animal species are getting more and more easily into...

Awarded for discoverers of the CRISPR / Cas9 gene scissors

CRISPR / Cas9 has revolutionized genetic engineering. (Image: Johan Jarnestad / Swedish Academy of Sciences) The Crispr / Cas9 gene scissors are one of...

Animals & humans under the spell of a transformation

Artist's impression of a Southeast Asian savannah from the Middle Pleistocene. You can see Homo erectus, a stegodon, hyenas and Asian rhinos. ...

Trading post on an islet

Archaeologists have discovered ceramics of interesting origins on the headland of the small island of Tavolara off Sardinia. (Image: Travel Wild / iStock) Traces...

Promising therapy for tinnitus

Double irritation - by current on the tongue and by sound on the ear. (Image: Neuromod Devices Limited) Beeping, hissing or buzzing in the...

How does the variety of shapes in cells come about?

Flagella, long fibers, bizarre appendages ... Researchers have gained useful insights into how cells can create so many different membrane structures. You can find more...

Early experiences of hunger increase the willingness to take risks

Blacktip reef shark in the middle of a school of fish. (Image: Oliver Krüger) Hunger makes you reckless: if animals grow up under difficult...

An Oviraptor cousin with only two fingers

This is what Oksoko avarsan could have looked like during his lifetime. (Image: Michael W. Skrepnick) They already resembled birds, were still unable to...

As the Venus flytrap remembers

If a sensory hair is touched in the trap, an effect indicates the release of calcium ions. If a second stimulus is added,...

Archaeologists discover 59 intact sarcophagi

Some of the sarcophagi discovered in Saqqara. (Image: Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Archeology) Archaeologists have already made several impressive finds in the Egyptian...

Excellent discoverer of the hepatitis C virus

The hepatitis C virus causes insidious liver damage. (Image: Dr Microbe / iStock) This year's Nobel Prize for Medicine goes to three virus discoverers...

Risk of hunger from earlier breeding

A young pond swallow is begging for food. (Image: SteveByland / iStock) Dangerous adaptation to global warming: If insectivorous birds breed earlier, they risk...

Ceres: Salty water in the underground

In this representation of a region in the Occator Crater of Ceres, the salty liquids are highlighted in red, which were pushed up from...

Featured picture: A golden flap turtle discovered

At first glance, the Indian valve turtle does not seem particularly noticeable in this photo. From an anatomical point of view, it cannot...

Chants signal a departure

The results of studies suggest that the sounds of blue whales could play a role in coordinating migration behavior. (Image: Daniel Conde /...

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