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Escape through the gut

The water beetle Regimbartia attenuate, the frog Pelophylax nigromaculatus and the exit of the beetle from the friend. (Image: Kobe University) Usually being eaten...

Survive on an extreme back burner

A deep-sea research submersible extracts sediment cores from the sea floor. (Image: Geoff Wheat, NSF OCE 1130146, and the National Deep Submergence Facility) It...

How the gut flora affects Alzheimer’s

The bacteria in our intestine also have to do with neurological processes in the body. (Image: ChrisChrisW / iStock) A study once again clarifies...

Why sex in secret?

Couples have a need for intimacy without an audience. (Image: tomazl / iStock) What about couples' need to go unnoticed during sex? Research...

Featured picture: A “gravedigger” with rarity value

This colorful journeyman is one of a very rare crayfish recently discovered in the southern United States. Because of his lonely, active lifestyle,...

Successful fight against calico cancer

Calico cancer with scissors raised. (Image: Karsten Grabow / Karlsruhe University of Education) An example of hope: On the Upper Rhine, biologists have succeeded...

Covid-19: Does Pre-Contact With Cold Corona Viruses Protect?

Coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 (Image: Maksim Tkachenko / iStock) The Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus is a new pathogen for mankind - before the pandemic, our immune system did not...

Stonehenge: On the trail of stone giants

Where did the big building blocks come from? (Image: Andre Pattenden, English Heritage) Towering giants - the so-called sarsen stones are the most impressive...

Sexual parasitism with medical relevance

A female deep-sea angler fish has grown together on the belly with a tiny male. (Image: Edith A. Widder) Their reproductive system is as...

On the trail of the roots of Sars-CoV-2

The coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 originated from relatives found in bats. (Image: creativeneko / iStock) How the coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 originated and where it comes from is...

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