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Wolves with mange can heal themselves

May 16, 2013 in Natural Sciences
Mange parasites can force humans, foxes and even wolves to scratch their skin into pieces. For foxes this can be fatal, but wolves are hardier.

Beware the bite of the warble fly

May 15, 2013 in Natural Sciences
Reindeer aren't the only animals to suffer from attacks by the warble fly -- the insect will attack humans, too. The flies leave behind an unwelcome gift of eggs that mature under the skin and that in the worst cases can cause blindness.

The evolving life of East African beetles

May 14, 2013 in Natural Sciences
They are distant cousins in more ways than one, the rove beetles of East Africa’s volcanic peaks. Separated by vast distances and confined to high altitudes, they have evolved into separate species.

New photos of beautiful nebula

May 13, 2013 in Natural Sciences
The Danish telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile has captured a striking image of the star-forming nebula NGC 6559. See the beautiful picture and some of the other pictures from the telescope here.

Overlooked life on seabed gorges on fish faeces

May 2, 2013 in Natural Sciences
Bacteria are not the only organisms that feed on dead plankton and fish faeces. The so-called ‘archaea’ also play an important – and hitherto overlooked – role in carbon cycling in the seabed.

Sea snakes break rules of evolution

May 1, 2013 in Natural Sciences
Evolutionarily speaking, sea snakes are some pretty weird creatures. They have evolved both large and small heads very quickly and apparently without being separated geographically.

Great Tit tackles earlier springs

April 30, 2013 in Natural Sciences
Species could be more resistant to climate change than simple models suggest.

March of the caterpillars

April 22, 2013 in Natural Sciences
A large wave of hungry, but tiny winter and autumnal moths set out from East-Europe and end up at the Atlantic coast ten years later - causing damage to forests on their way.

MRSA: scientists on trail of antibiotic resistance

April 19, 2013 in Natural Sciences
Whole genome sequencing allows researchers to monitor how resistant bacteria travel from humans to humans, animals to humans and from humans to animals.

Three in four chimpanzee species live in European zoos

April 17, 2013 in Natural Sciences
Danish researchers have found three out of the four existing subspecies of chimpanzees in the European zoo population. The chimpanzees can be used to consolidate existing breeding programmes and launch new ones.

Taking silicon for a spin

April 12, 2013 in Natural Sciences
Scientists sling it outwards in centrifuges, or whip it up like hot hailstones. They are finding novel ways to make super pure silicon quickly and efficiently.

Anus-mouthed worm looks like our earliest ancestor

April 11, 2013 in Natural Sciences
Scientists have finally succeeded in studying the development of a tiny Swedish worm. Its mouth and its anus are in the same spot and the worm is a primitive form of man.

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Cannes nominations rarely lead to local success

May 19, 2013 in Society & Culture
A Danish movie is nominated in Cannes for the third year running. New research shows that a nomination at one of the major European film festivals significantly boosts ticket sales in overseas cinemas. Festival hits are, however, far from guaranteed to be successful in Denmark.
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