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Why did Roman warriors carry small spoons into battle? Among the many artifacts uncovered from Roman military sites, small metal spoons have long puzzled archaeologists. Though they weren’t part of standard weaponry or armor, these utensils were consistently found alongside

Ein autochthoner #Chikungunya-Fall nur 6 km von der 🇩🇪 Grenze entfernt. Das Virus 🦠 wird durch die #Tigermücke übertragen. Meine Empfehlung: Mückenschutz auch nach der Reise, Brutstätten vermeiden, bei Fieber früh testen. Prävention ist entscheidend. 🔗 rki.de/DE/Aktuelles/P…

Ich freue mich über das Erscheinen der Monographie "Die Stechmücken Deutschlands". Es ist die erste umfassende deutschsprachige Monographie seit Mohrigs Klassiker "Die Culiciden Deutschlands" aus dem Jahr 1969. Ein herzliches Dankeschön an alle Mitautoren! link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

🦅Survival, Nest Site Affiliation and Post-Fledging Movements of Danish White-Tailed Eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) by Daniel Palm Eskildsen et al. mdpi.com/1424-2818/16/6… | 1430 views #WhiteTailedEagle #RaptorEcology #BirdConservation #TelemetryResearch #AvianScience

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“Do not undertake a scientific career in quest of fame or money. There are easier and better ways to reach them. Undertake it only if nothing else will satisfy you; for nothing else is probably what you will receive.” — Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979)

Mind=BLOWN🚨: Scientists have now found all of the DNA and RNA bases in meteorites ....... This means there's a possibility that life on Earth came from space!

Aquatic Warblers are still singing in NE Poland. This male is tirelessly displaying for already two months at a newly found by me site in the region. The habitat looks so good that the location will be included in official species survey in the next years.

🦌Tree diversity boosts tree growth, but why? This study shows: foliar chemical diversity influences tree enemies- more diverse forests have more diverse chemicals which attracts more caterpillars but better resists pathogens & deer, driving better growth buff.ly/2Vw8uO0

Enlargement of sternum traits facilitated the evolution of powered flight in birds | nature.com/articles/s4155… | Nature Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology

Nature research paper: Whole-genome sequencing of 490,640 UK Biobank participants go.nature.com/45KBcTN

Neuroscience needs a new paradigm: the brain is not a machine | By Nicole Rust “The brain is a dynamic complex system—like the weather or a megacity—whose parts interact via feedback loops that are impossible to study in isolation from each other.” iai.tv/articles/neuro…

Evolution is more like a tinkerer than an engineer. New things happen not by perfect engineering but by working with what's already available and repurposing existing objects through recombinations and modifications. This lesson holds for any innovation, including new ideas..

A hidden gem on Stellenbosch University campus is the botanical garden. Always something to see, this time our national flower was showing off - Protea cynaroides! The coffee was great too #conservation #education #redlistspecies #research #botanicalgardens #botany #wildflower

Eine sachliche Einschätzung ohne Panikmache zum West-Nil-Virus in #Deutschland: Mückenstiche vermeiden (Repellent, lange Kleidung) Brutstätten sanieren (stehendes Wasser) Impfstoffe für Pferde in Risikogebieten, Monitoring & Aufklärung verstärken #WestNil apotheken-umschau.de/krankheiten-sy…

If you’ve ever wanted to show someone the difference between a Common Cormorant and a Shag, here it is.

#Windkraft-Anlagen gefährden den #Vogelschutz. Eigentlich wissen es alle, aber die Deutsche Wildtierstiftung hat es noch einmal in einem Gutachten belegt. #Naturschutz #Artenschutz deutschewildtierstiftung.de/aktuelles/arti…

Spitzenplatz für die LMU: Im Academic Ranking of World Universities (#ARWU) 2025, herausgegeben von ShanghaiRanking bleibt sie Deutschlands beste Universität, rangiert weltweit auf Platz 42 und in der EU auf Rang 4. 🏆 lmu.de/de/newsroom/ne… #ARWU #LMU #UniversityRanking

Golden eagle reintroduction poses threat to English farmers. NFU lying again. Their high chiefs sit on the boards of vast farming companies that span the globe. This is just cynical nonsense to cultivate membership from poor farmers they care nothing for. telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08/1…