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The “truffles” of the bonobos

Together with the common chimpanzee, the bonobos represent our closest relatives in the animal kingdom. The truffle-like mushroom can be seen in the...

A first cell atlas of our heart

Human heart muscle cells grown from stem cells (Image: Sebastian Diecke / MDC) Our heart is a complex organ - the engine of our life....

Dust caused Betelgeuse to darken

The strong plasma eruption (left) from Betelgeuse turned into a cloud of dust that obscured the view of the star. (Image: NASA, ESA,...

Bats: Intergenerational Climate Adaptation

Great Noctule (Image: Anton Vlaschenko) Adaptation to climate change: Great noctule bat - one of the largest native bat species - shift their wintering areas...

Bird mummies: wild animals or farmed animals?

A sample is taken from a mummified buzzard. (Image: Romain Amiot / LGL-TPE / CNRS) They symbolized the gods Thoth and Horus: ibises and...

Bird brain secrets revealed

Researchers have looked into birds' brains. (Photo: Tobias Machts / University of Tübingen) On the trail of amazing bird intelligence: Two studies now shed...

Neanderthals: Replaced Y chromosomes

For the first time, the Y chromosome of Neanderthals and Denisovans could now also be examined. (Image: MPI f. Evolutionary Anthropology) New trace of...

How vaccination and immunity affect the pandemic

The further course of the corona pandemic is still open. (Image: matejmo / iStock) When it comes to predicting the future development of the...

Teamwork to success: How rats work together

One of the test rats, the colored marking facilitates their tracking in the labryinth. (Photo: Péter Palatitz / Máté Nagy) Concentrating on your own...

Secret of the Australian fairy circles revealed

The Australian fairy circles as seen from the helicopter. (Image: Stephan Getzin) Mysterious rings: In Australia's arid landscape, grasses grow naturally in...

Insight into the fossil preparation

Embedded in oil shale, they have survived for millions of years: A taxidermist explains how finds from the famous Messel mine are preserved...

Violence and bloody rituals among the steppe warriors

1700-year-old skeletons of South Siberian steppe nomads from the Tunnug 1 site. (Image: Tunnug 1 Research Project) For the ancient historians, the steppe nomads of...

Why doesn’t it get dark when you blink?

Every few seconds we blink to moisten our eyes. (laflor / istock) Actually, it should go black before our eyes every few seconds: Whenever...

Merging creates an intermediate black hole

Simulation of the gravitational waves at GW190521. (Image: LIGO / Virgo) Astronomers have already tracked dozens of black hole mergers via gravitational waves, but...

Featured picture: A top class catch

The “Glanzlichter 2020” photo competition is the largest international nature photo competition in Germany and has been advertised annually since 1999. A jury...

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