Wenn gewisse Deutsche wieder das Ausnahmeverhältnis zu ihrem «Nachbarn Russland» beschwören, wissen die Polen, was dies heißt: Es gibt sie nicht. Die Ignoranz des westlichen Publikums über Polen ist gross. Hier erklärt die Polonistin Anna Artwinska das 19. Jahrhundert neu.

Inflation explained!

A baboon named Jack officially worked for South African railways (1881-1890) as a signalman and was paid twenty cents a day and half a beer weekly. Jack never made a single mistake in his entire Railway career. Jack was a chacma baboon who assisted a paraplegic railway signalman

Sylvester Stallone still has the turtles from Rocky. They are 49 years old.

An antigen-presenting cell subtype tames the immune response to food antigens in early life. Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/3IyZY0Y

Today we lost the Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne. His voice defined heavy metal and carried a generation. Rest in peace.

More Dungeon Ducks coming this week!

Bees sleep between 5-8 hours a day, when they get tired they can fall asleep in flowers holding each other’s feet 📸 Joe Neely

Sie haben gekämpft. Geackert. Geflucht. Gefeuert. Unsere Mädels haben heute alles auf dem Platz gelassen und zwar nicht nur Schweiß, sondern auch Stolz. Gegen technisch starke Spanierinnen haben sie sich reingeworfen, Chancen erzwungen und Haltung gezeigt. Und genau das zählt.

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T cells require mitochondria to proliferate, function and generate memory | Nature Immunology nature.com/articles/s4159…

A simple ingestible pill innovation for monitoring inflammation of the gut cell.com/device/fulltex…

Mitochondria may have been labelled the "energy powerhouses" of cells, but they also seem to have an underappreciated role in sleep. newscientist.com/article/248922…

New online! Microbial metal physiology: ions to ecosystems nature.com/articles/s4157…

𝐌𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐍𝐀 (𝐦𝐭𝐃𝐍𝐀) is a circular DNA in the mitochondrion (there are 100 to 500,000 mtDNA copies per human cell) that encodes 22 transfer RNAs, 2 ribosomal RNAs, and 13 protein subunits, all of which are involved in the oxidative phosphorylation

Can the immune system be activated by imaginary germs? Study finds that visual proximity with an object perceived as infections is sufficient for triggering an immune response. nature.com/articles/s4159…