Seeds from tree species are collected and raised in pristine forests in order to obtain planting material for restoration measures. (Image: Michael O'Brien...
With the compound interest effect, the invested capital grows faster because there is also interest on the interest. (Image: Pixabay.com, RoboAdvisor (CC0 Public...
Around 200,000 years ago, people apparently camped on grass in the Border Cave in South Africa's Lebombo Mountains. (Image: A. Kruger)
Even more than...
Analysis of old DNA samples in the laboratory. (Image: UZH)
According to popular belief, the sailors around Christopher Columbus brought syphilis to Europe. ...
Illustration of the phoenix star stream (Image: Geraint F. Lewis / S5 Collaboration)
The fringes of the Milky Way also include numerous globular clusters -...
Apparently humans were not responsible for the extinction of the horned steppe dweller. (Image: Fedor Shidlovskiy)
For millennia they trudged through the icy landscapes...
Swarms of locusts can devour entire areas of land. (Image: ruvanboshoff / iStock)
When it comes to this odorous substance, locusts literally go into...
Walther von der Vogelweide (left) and Wolfram von Eschenbach (right) were both born around 1170. (Image: Excerpts from the Heidelberger Liederhandschrift (Codex Manesse),...
The Battus philenor butterfly is one of the most important pollinator insects for plants. (Image: Amibeth Thompson)
Intensive land use by humans affects the...
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Nearsightedness occurs when a child's eyeball grows too much - and the level of sharpest vision is therefore in front of the retina. ...
High-resolution sonar image of the UC-47 submarine. (Image: Tolmount Development)
In November 1917, the long streak of luck of the German submarine UC-47 ended:...