When temperatures drop, around 200 European bird species head south. Around 50 billion migratory birds can be seen in the sky in the autumn, and thousands of kilometers can often be found on the way to their winter quarters. The following spring, the commuters begin their exhausting return journey to […]
A Scottish woman shows an amazing resistance to pain. She also does not seem to know fear. Researchers are looking for the causes – and will find in their genetic material. A gene mutation gives the woman superpowers. But they also have their dark side. She knows no fear. If […]
For a few years, the cocoa mixes up the party scene and is celebrated as a legal drug. It combines the chocolate drink rather with a leisurely day on the sofa. How does it fit together? Cocoa parties conquer the scene. The so-called Lucid parties are celebrated since 2015. Los […]
Scientists are worried: Due to climate change, less and less fresh ice from the Russian marginal seas is entering the central Arctic. Important nutrients can not be distributed in the Arctic Ocean. That has consequences. More and more Russian-made ice melts on its way to the central Arctic. This has […]
Deep in the jungle on the upper reaches of the Amazon, US researchers observe hair-raising scenes: Fascinated and horrified at the same time, they document how spiders hunt for frogs. At night, suddenly a opossum gets into the poison catches of a plate-sized tarantula. Unusual findings from rainforest field research: […]
A new visitor in space: Nasa allows the launch of a new manageable SpaceX space capsule to the International Space Station ISS. The test flight is scheduled for March 2nd. The US space agency Nasa has given the green light for the first test flight of a new space capsule […]
Chicken eggs do not necessarily mean high-tech and innovation. But the shell of chicken eggs could become an important commodity. At any rate, biowaste has what it takes to help with the energy transition. A crushed eggshell can therefore be used for the construction of cost-effective capacitors, which can store […]
From February to June, the Arctic is actually inaccessible. Now scientists are supposed to research climate change there – and let their ship drift through the ice without a drive. Armed guards will protect the camp. M arkus Rex has been in the Arctic many times – so often that […]
ALWAYS FURTHER – The Hubble Space Telescope still offers us breathtaking views of the cosmos. This is the “deepest image of the universe from space”. Never had Man seen so far (and so soon) in the Universe. The Hubble Space Telescope, launched on April 24, 1990 aboard the Discovery Shuttle, […]
In the list of many theories of conspiracy, we find the beliefs of the platists. According to the followers, NASA lies to the whole humanity while affirming that the Earth is round and lies also on space travel. The most famous society of platists, the Flat Earth Society, has therefore […]
