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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...

Featured picture: Turbulent winds

Here you can see the wind currents and turbulence that occur within an offshore wind turbine. The slower vortex fields behind the individual...

Climate change and agriculture burden soil animals – but in a different way

Springtails like this are important helpers in the decomposition of organic materials. (Photo: Henrik_L / iStock) Climate change and intensive agriculture not only affect...

Spot typhus: How the Warsaw Ghetto defeated the plague

Warsaw Ghetto Memorial. (Image: slowcentury / iStock) The Warsaw Ghetto in 1941 was characterized by hunger, tightness and a deadly plague: typhus. The...

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