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Can sorrow break hearts?

Broken heart syndrome is also the medical name. (Image: frender / iStock) It is said that grief can break people's hearts. This is...

How our brain processes writing

How did our brain learn to read? (Image: Talaj / iStock) The challenge of reading writing is evolutionary too young for specific brain areas...

Solar energy: building facades offer great potential

So far, roofs have mainly been used for photovoltaics, not facades. (Image: Behnisch et al./IÖR) Not only roofs offer space for photovoltaic systems: house facades...

Why cats love certain plants

The enthusiastic reactions of cats to catnip and the Asian silver wine could be linked to a chemical defense against mosquitoes. (Image: Masao...

Enigmatic snap device modeled

Dragonfly larvae have a trap with a dual catapult system that researchers have technically reproduced. (Right picture: Alexander Köhnsen, CAU Kiel, left picture:...

This is how Martian water becomes oxygen and fuel

There could be usable water sources on Mars for future missions. But the wetness of the red planet is problematic. (Image: dottedhippo...

Heat waves in lakes are increasing

Mountain lake in New Zealand. (Image: simonbradfield / iStock) Climate change is not only causing water temperatures to rise on land, but also in...

First lion embryos from frozen egg cells

Egg cells from an African lioness. (Image: Jennifer Zahmel / Leibniz-IZW) In order to save endangered animal species from extinction, researchers are trying to...

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