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Sweeteners: The combi does it

How unhealthy are sweeteners? (Image: humonia / istock) Too much sugar is known to be unhealthy: excessive consumption of the sweet substance not only increases...

What nourished the Mongol empires

The Mongols were notorious for their powerful equestrian armies. (Image: Traditional Historical Show, Credit: Dmitry_Chulov / iStok) Was their strength based only on meat and...

Networked life in the primeval sea

Close-up of a Rangeomorpha fossil from Newfoundland. (Image: Alex Liu) Fern-like organisms without mouth and organs were among the first multicellular animals on our planet....

The Spix’s Macaw returns

A group of young Spix's Macaw parrots in the breeding station. (Image: ACTP e.V.) The Spix's Macaws (Cyanopsitta spixii) are now extinct in the wild....

Arthritis: Scorpio Protein as a Medicine Ferry?

Arthritis is an inflammatory joint disease that affects many people. (Image: ipopba / istock) Whether fish, snakes or scorpions: Many animals use poisons to make...

The buffer effect of the tropical forests is decreasing

View over the rainforest in Ivindo National Park in Gabon. (Image: Kath Jeffery) The tropical rainforests are the "green lungs" of our planet - and...

»Agriculture is always an intervention«

A honeybee pollinating a rape plant. They and their wild relatives are threatened by the use of pesticides. (Photo: Bayer AG) Neonicotinoids are suspected to...

Keas understand probabilities

A kea gives a researcher a trade item. (Image: Amalia Bastos) Which decision has more chance of success? If we do not know something for...

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