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Why are bat viruses so dangerous?

Fruit bats and other bats form a reservoir for pathogenic viruses. Their effective immune defense protects them, but makes the pathogens particularly aggressive. (Image:...

Headache around the universe

Man looks in wonder and curiosity into the cosmos. (Image: solarseven / iStock) Dark energy, the big bang, the expansion of the universe ... Cosmologists...

Feathered Raptor of the End Times discovered

Artist's impression of Dineobellator. (Photo: Sergey Krasovskiy) It had feathers, an iron grip and a flexible tail for balance in chases: fossil hunters discovered a...

Too much salt could weaken the immune system

The body needs salt - but too much of it is unhealthy. (Image: Detry26 / istock) Excessive salt consumption can be detrimental to health -...

Neanderthals: coastal fare instead of mammoth roast

View of the three entrances to the Figueira Brava cave in Portugal. (Image: João Zilhão) They hunted mammoths and co in the ice age steppes...

Arctic deep sea is “repository” for microplastics

A filter system for sampling in the Arctic Framstrasse is launched. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institute / Melanie Bergmann) Microplastics have long been found in all...

When the North Atlantic pump stutters

The North Atlantic circulation current drives the warm North Atlantic current and forms cold deep water (NADW) (Image: Yair Rosenthal / Rutgers University New...

Corona: How long must the measures last?

Woman with protective mask in empty bus. (Image: blackCAT / iSTock) With strict infection control measures in place in most countries, the question is how...

Enigmatic “mantis man”

This rock drawing puzzles archaeologists. (Image: Dr. Mohammad Naserifard) A strange shaped body with six limbs - what is that supposed to represent? Archaeologists have...

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