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Do snorkelers bother clownfish?

A couple of clownfish are hiding in their home anemone. (Image: Evan Brown / Auckland University of Technology) The hit movie "Finding Nemo" made them...

Man, woman – or …

Questioning look at the issue of gender. (Image: Devenorr / iStock) Which is actually the “stronger” gender and how clear is the distinction between...

A lack of oxygen in the tumor promotes metastasis

Cancer cells tend to spread when there is a lack of oxygen. (Image: peterschreiber.media/ iStock) Tumors are often much more poorly supplied with oxygen...

Fatal combination destroys Alaska’s reefs

Sea urchins gnaw the calcareous algae reefs around the Aleutian Islands. (Image: J. Tomoleoni / USGS) Humans caused climate change and the loss of...

New insights into gene regulation

The regulation of our genes shapes the body and health. (Image: svisio / iStock) Since 2010, an international research team in the Genotype-Tissue Expression...

Sustainability is very popular despite the crisis

Ecological, regional and low in packaging, that's the trend when it comes to consumption (Image: Anchiy / iStock) Even in the Corona crisis, organic, climate...

Astronomy also has to do with climate change

The Paranal Observatory in Chile: Climate change can affect astronomical observations. (Image: ESO / S. Brunier) You're not looking at the universe for once...

Pest makes use of plant defense

The cabbage moth is a globally feared pest on the numerous representatives of the cabbage family. (Image: Benjamin Fabian, Max Planck Institute for...

A tooth sheds new light on gibbon evolution

The gibbon fossil was discovered in this place near Ramnagar. (Image: Chris Gilbert) Gibbons are the sister group of the great apes and therefore...

A chamois for ice mummy research

After the rescue, the animal mummy was brought to Bolzano by helicopter with the support of the Italian army. (Image: Esercito Italiano -...

Hummingbirds: Literally cool state

During the day, the shiny black-bellied tail whizzes nimbly from flower to flower, but in the cold night the Andean hummingbird falls into a...

Rapid growth – early death

In the rainforest and in other tree populations around the world, the following clearly applies: Trees that grow quickly die young. (Image: Atelopus...

Mushrooms as leather substitutes

Leather-like material obtained from mushrooms. (Image: Alexander Bismarck) Instead of extracting leather from animal skin or using synthetic fibers, a more environmentally friendly alternative...

Asphalt emits more pollutants than expected

The urban environment is characterized by asphalt. (Image: ablokhin / iStock) Asphalt is almost ubiquitous in our cities. As a study has now...

Westallgäu was a Bronze Age traffic junction

The climate and nature in the Bronze Age West Allgäu were not as favorable as here in Hegau. (Image: University of Tübingen) In the...

Language: Children use both hemispheres

In children, language activation is evident in the right hemisphere of the brain (below) in addition to the left (above). Right-sided activity then...

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