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Do E. coli bacteria promote colon cancer?

What role do E. coli bacteria and other microbes play in colorectal cancer? (Image: spawns / istock) Bacteria can promote our health, but they can...

Billions in losses from illegal fishing

Legally caught or not? (Image: Giang Nguyen / istock) Illegal fishing is one of the greatest threats to marine ecosystems. Because the unauthorized and unregulated...

What the corona virus does in the lungs

Sars-CoV-2 coronaviruses exiting human cells. (Image: NIAID-RML) The Covid disease caused by the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus leads to pneumonia and shortness of breath in severe cases...

Primeval “re-evolution”

What was Facivermis from the Cambrian seas? (Image: Franz Anthony) Leg loss 518 million years ago: Researchers have solved the riddle of a bizarre prehistoric...

Nudging: Smart Push or Manipulation?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWYEbSnFmog Psychological tricks are intended to move citizens to the desired behavior - for example, when it comes to nutrition or organ donation. A video...

Amphibians: hidden glow revealed

A mountain newt in daylight (top) and fluorescent in blue light (bottom). (Image: Scientific Reports, doi: 10.1038 / s41598-020-59528-9, license: CC-by-sa 4.0 ) Some...

“Pathogen breeding” in the course of cattle breeding

Livestock farming created complex interactions between animals, humans and bacteria. (Image: Annette Günzel) Herding instead of hunting: The development of livestock farming made life...

Sanitary towels and panty liners in the test: eco is no better

Öko-Test has tested sanitary napkins and panty liners. The result: Conventional products are particularly convincing. We looked at why. Sanitary napkins, panty liners...

Do solar storms make whales disoriented?

Why do gray whales and other marine mammals keep stranding? (Image: rainngirl / istock) Injuries, illnesses, loud noises: there are many reasons why whales are...

What keeps our foot stable

Footprint in the sand (Image: M. Venkadesan) Our foot is a unique construction of nature - and less researched than you might think. Because researchers...

CO2 footprint: when it comes to shopping, how is important

Shopping carbon footprint. (Photo: fotogesteober / iStock) Online shopping is convenient and trendy. But what about the greenhouse gas balance of shopping over the Internet...

The survivors of the Toba outbreak

The Dhaba site in India (Image: Christina Neudorf) When the Toba volcano erupted 74,000 years ago, this had worldwide consequences. But they were obviously less...

Unique mass grave of plague victims discovered

Some of the plague dead found in Thornton Abbey. (Image: University of Sheffield) Millions of people in Europe died of the plague in the 14th...

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