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Are viruses alive?

Like bizarre spaceships, virus particles are on their way to new victims. (Image: wildpixel / iStock) Coronavirus, flu and so on are living beings, many...

Hidden influx of nutrients in the Arctic

Tundra in Alaska. (Photo: Dieter Meyerl / iSTock) The frozen soil of the arctic permafrost areas is surprisingly permeable. Because groundwater also collects under these...

Coronavirus: what could a vaccine look like?

A vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 is searched worldwide (Image: chval / iStock) While countries around the world are fighting Covid-19 and the further spread of the...

Water in times of climate change

Water: a vital resource for people, animals and plants (Image: Yevgeniy Sambulov / istock) For this year's World Water Day on March 22nd, the United...

Hand evolution: fossil “fish fingers” discovered

Artist's impression of Elpistostege. (Image: Katrina Kenny) A creature from the era of land conquest: paleontologists present a "missing link" in the evolution of prehistoric...

How horses and bisons protect permafrost

Wild horses in the Russian permafrost area. (Image: Pleistocene Park) Wild horses, bison and reindeer could help slow the thawing of Arctic permafrost, a study...

Household hygiene against the spread of viruses

(Photo: iStock.com, Malkos) Where people live together in the smallest of spaces, diseases can spread more easily. Thorough hygiene measures are important to slow down...

Strange: grave of a donkey polo player

Donkeys were not just pack animals in imperial China. (George-Standen / iStock) Donkeys as grave goods: Finds from the 9th century AD prove that noble...

A modern bird from the time of the dinosaurs

Skull of the fossil bird Asteriornis maastrichtensis (Image: Daniel J. Field / University of Cambridge) When did the first representatives of modern birds emerge? So...

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