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As the Sahara dried up, Asia suffered too

Analyzes of stalagmite samples from caves in the north of Laos have provided geochemical indications of climatic developments in the heavily populated Asian monsoon...

Gamma ray burst from the youth of the cosmos

Afterglow of the gamma ray burst GRB181123B (circle) (Image: Travis Rector / University of Alaska Anchorage), Mahdi Zamani and Davide de Martin) Gamma ray bursts...

How fins became hands

Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri) (Image: hidesy / iStock) Our hands and feet are marvels of nature. But how the precursors of these limbs developed...

Ocean warming drives tropical expansion

The tropical belt, shaped by rainforests, is expanding. (Image: NASA / iStock) Over the past few decades, the Earth's tropical belt has expanded slowly...

Insulin-producing organoids

Islet cell organoids, where the green color indicates insulin production. (Image: Salk Institute) Hope in the fight against type 1 diabetes: Using stem cell...

Ichthyosaurs with large prey in their belly

The belly of this fossil ichthyosaur contains the central portion of another marine reptile that was only slightly smaller. (Image: Da-Yong Jiang, et...

City bumblebees are bigger

Bumblebee on a flower. (Image: Wilhelm Osterman / MLU) Bumblebees seem to benefit from urban life: the insects are larger in urban regions and...

Fountain with Jupiter’s column discovered

Compilation of the portrayed goddesses: Juno on the left, Nemesis-Diana in the middle, and Minerva on the right. (Photo: Marcel Zanjani / LVR...

Names shape memory early on

When different plush toys are given personal names, toddlers are evidently more likely to memorize their individual characteristics. (Image: Alexander S. LaTourrette) This is...

The Atlantic is full of “hidden” microplastics

Most of the microplastic in the ocean is much smaller than these particles. (Image: Erlantz Pérez Rodríguez / iStock) Our oceans are littered with...

Baby talk in bats

Sac-winged bats have a rich repertoire of social vocalizations. (Image: Clinton Harris / istock) With us, language development benefits from the typical motherly singsong....

Sars-CoV-2: Movable like a balloon on a string

Model of four spike proteins from Sars-CoV-2. Sugar deposits are marked in green. (Image: MPI for Biophysics) The prickly proteins protruding from its...

The shell of an animal “thug” unraveled

Mantis shrimp Odontodactylus scyllarus (Image: slowmotiongli / iStock) The Mantis Shrimp has one of the fastest and hardest blows in the animal kingdom. His...

How millet came to Europe

Millet Panicum miliaceum (Image: Wiebke Kirleis / UFG Kiel) Around 3500 years ago, the early cultures of Europe underwent a profound change: semi-nomads who immigrated...

Venus: Still hot-blooded

3D representations of two corona structures on Venus. The black line is a data gap. (Photo Laurent Montési, University of Maryland) The evidence...

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