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...
Artist's impression of the catastrophic processes involved in the greatest mass extinction of all time. (Image: Dawid A. Iurino)
Hardly anything was left of...