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Five-eyed fossil illuminates arthropod evolution

This is what Kylinxia zhangi might have looked like while she was alive. (Image: D.-Y. Huang and H. Zeng) Arthropods such as spiders, insects...

When the racists called for a fight

Black students faced the wrath of white women following the desegregation in the United States. (Image: gmast3r / iStock) Racist female power: a historian...

View of tree death in Germany

Open crowns and dead trees: Max Planck researchers use drones to study the condition of forests and investigate how they could change in the...

Hormone antibodies could help you lose weight

Losing weight is difficult for many overweight people. (Image: huettenhoelscher / iStock) The body's own hormone Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 (FGF21) regulates appetite and...

Ants swallow their acid as “medicine”

An ant takes a portion of acid from its abdomen. (Image: Simon Tragust) Anyone who annoys ants is known to get burning acid from...

Witch defense instead of a sundial?

Incised symbol on one of the church stones. (Image: HS2) Excavations on the remains of a medieval church in England have uncovered several graffiti...

Seven forms of Covid-19 identified

The symptoms of Covid-19 are varied. (Image: da-kuk / iStock) An infection with the Sars-CoV-2 coronavirus can cause a large number of seemingly completely...

Mammals: Social even in dinosaur times

Apparently primitive mammals lived in social groups even when the dinosaurs ruled the country. (Artist impression: Misaki Ouchida) From rodents to primates, many...

Ghost nets in sight

Lost or discarded nets are the most dangerous type of plastic waste for marine animals. (Image: richcarey / iStock) Plastic pollution of the fateful...

Galaxies in the network of a black hole

This artist's impression shows the central black hole and the galaxies trapped in its gas network. (Image: ESO / L. Calçada) There were surprisingly...

“Predatory algae” mastered the darkness

Electron micrographs of single-celled algae fossils. Flagella once came out of the holes, which among other things were used to hunt bacteria (red)....

How does the biggest heart in the world beat?

The researchers measured the heartbeat of this blue whale in Monterey Bay. (Image: Duke Marine Robotics and Remote Sensing Lab) Blue whales are the...

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