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Water in times of climate change

Water: a vital resource for people, animals and plants (Image: Yevgeniy Sambulov / istock) For this year's World Water Day on March 22nd, the United...

Hand evolution: fossil “fish fingers” discovered

Artist's impression of Elpistostege. (Image: Katrina Kenny) A creature from the era of land conquest: paleontologists present a "missing link" in the evolution of prehistoric...

How horses and bisons protect permafrost

Wild horses in the Russian permafrost area. (Image: Pleistocene Park) Wild horses, bison and reindeer could help slow the thawing of Arctic permafrost, a study...

Household hygiene against the spread of viruses

(Photo: iStock.com, Malkos) Where people live together in the smallest of spaces, diseases can spread more easily. Thorough hygiene measures are important to slow down...

Strange: grave of a donkey polo player

Donkeys were not just pack animals in imperial China. (George-Standen / iStock) Donkeys as grave goods: Finds from the 9th century AD prove that noble...

A modern bird from the time of the dinosaurs

Skull of the fossil bird Asteriornis maastrichtensis (Image: Daniel J. Field / University of Cambridge) When did the first representatives of modern birds emerge? So...

Sexual selection created the “unicorn of the seas”

Mysterious inhabitants of the Arctic Ocean: narwhals. (Image: dottedhippo / iStock) A coiled horn, up to three meters long - what is this bizarre hallmark...

How Seasonal is the Corona Virus?

Corona viruses (Image: creativeneko / iStock) So far, the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has spread almost unhindered - despite all countermeasures. How long the pandemic will last...

Oldest highland ball playground discovered

Ceramic figure of a ball player, found in Etlatongo. (Image: Blomster and Salazar Chavez, Science Advances 2020; 6: eaay6964) The ritual ball games and ball...

Ice loss at the poles characterizes tropical weather

Ice off the Antarctic coast. (Image: Maria Stenzel) Researchers say that what happens at the cold "ends" of the world can have a significant impact in...

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