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“Dress rehearsal” discovered for Stonehenge?

Stonehenge may have been built on the pattern of older stone circles in Wales. (Image: luxizeng (/ iStock) The stone circle at Stonehenge in...

How the immune system uses Sars-CoV-2

Intestinal organoid after treatment with interferon gamma: cell nuclei (blue) collect at the edge and trigger an increased production of the ACE2 receptor. ...

The decrease in CO2 caused dinosaurs to wander

220 million years ago the land masses of the earth were united to form the supercontinent Pangea. "Isch" and "P" mark locations with...

Smart as hell: pigs on the joystick

Pigs can learn to use a joystick with their snout. (Image: Eston Martz / Pennsylvania State University) Video gamers with a snout: Once again...

Collision extinguishes galaxy

This illustration shows the gas flow emanating from the galaxy ID2299. (Image: ESO / M. Kornmesser) In the cosmos there are many large galaxies...

Emissions of the “ozone killer” CFC-11 are falling again

To protect the ozone layer, many halogenated hydrocarbons are banned. (Image: studio023 / iStock) The gas trichlorofluoromethane contributes to the depletion of the ozone...

Whale calls give insights into the earth’s crust

Fin whales are widespread in all the world's oceans and are extremely vocal in the underwater world. (Caption: JG1153 / iStock) They are so...

Stone Age snail horn sounds after 18,000 years

Prehistoric shell of the sea snail Charonia lampas. (Image: C. Fritz / Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Toulouse) People made music as early as the...

Neanderthal mutation changes brain development

The DNA also shapes our brain. (Image: fruttipics / iStock) How does our brain differ from that of Neanderthals? To answer this question,...

With meat and a game against robbery

The hunting instinct of our domestic cats can make wildlife in the settlement area difficult to create. (Caption: Ornitolog82 / iStock) Domestic cats make...

BioNTech vaccine is also effective against E484K mutation

The antibodies produced by vaccination also attack mutated viruses. (Image: Christoph Burgstedt / iStock) Vaccines against the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus give hope to contain the...

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