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Falling Rocket Parts: Is the Deadly Danger From Space Debris Rising?

If separated after launch, rocket stages are often left in orbit. Parts of it can still fall back to earth months and years later....

So close to Earth: July Supermoon will be particularly bright and large

It is not until mid-June that a huge, strawberry-colored moon can be admired at night. On Wednesday night, sky-gazers can again look forward to...

Widespread disease in Europe: What is polyneuropathy?

Polyneuropathy can affect anyone. An estimated five million people in Germany suffer from it. But how does the nervous disease become noticeable? And most...

Test image from the space telescope: NASA arouses curiosity about Webb recordings

The "James Webb" space telescope has been in space for almost six months. On Tuesday, recordings from previously unseen regions of the universe are...

Searching for traces in the brain: do brain scans show political attitudes?

According to a new study, political ideologies are associated with certain patterns in brain scans. But what do these patterns really show? A conversation...

Global biodiversity crisis: Wild species must be used sustainably

Around 50,000 different wild species of algae, animals, fungi and plants are used by humans. A large part of it so intense that the...

Increase in cases of infection: Omikron BA.5 is probably no more dangerous

The omicron variant BA.5, which currently dominates, does not result in any greater disease severity or higher mortality. According to the Robert Koch Institute,...

Slight reactions also reported: No more serious side effects after Covid vaccination

In connection with the corona vaccination, reports of side effects unsettle many people. Data from the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians is...

Unsustainable logging, fishing, and hunting are 'driving the extinction'

According to a landmark study, one in five people worldwide rely on wild animals, plants, and fungi as food and income.The report...

"You stay outside now": NASA boss warns of China's space program

Bill Nelson thinks China's moon ambitions are a military program. The NASA boss also complains about technology theft - and worries that the Chinese...

Shortage in Germany: Additional vitamin D in food is said to save tens of...

In some countries, foods are fortified with vitamin D. According to estimates, this prevents around 27,000 cancer deaths per year. "According to our model...

Especially in Western Europe: Changed jet stream causes more heat waves

Over decades, heat waves have increased faster over Europe than in the USA or Canada. According to one study, the extreme periods are related...

Once almost extinct: Again large fin whale groups in the Antarctic

Commercial whaling almost completely wiped out fin whales in Antarctica in the 20th century. But the ban on fishing, which has now been in...

Oak tree believed to be extinct rediscovered in the national park in Texas

Until now, scientists assumed that the last specimen of a previously very rare oak species died in 2011. But now a research group can...

Slight reactions also reported: More serious side effects after Covid vaccination?

In connection with the corona vaccination, reports of side effects unsettle many people. Data from the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians is...

Climbing and greedy: Spanish slugs are "vultures of the gardens"

They're slimy, brown and hungry: Spanish slugs will sometimes destroy entire vegetable gardens in a single night, even if the plants are grown in...

New discovery in Patagonia: Huge dinosaur had stub sleeves

A dinosaur with a large skull but short arms - that sounds like T. rex. But he wasn't the only primeval giant with extremely...

Shortage in Germany: Additional vitamin D in the food should save tens of thousands...

In some countries, foods are fortified with vitamin D. According to estimates, this prevents around 27,000 cancer deaths per year. "According to our model...

"Hangry" feeling proven for the first time: Study proves connection between hunger and anger

The English word construction "hangry" is also being used more and more in Germany: if you're hungry, you'll get angry. Now a study from...

Already 45 years in space: "Voyager" probes have exceeded every limit

The "Voyager" space probes have now been on the move for around 45 years. Today they are the furthest man-made objects from Earth and...

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