For healthy people, the fungus is harmless, for the sick a deadly threat: researchers puzzle why drugs in C. auris partially fail. A misfortune apparently put them on the right track.
A condor requires only one fifth of the energy of a swan per flight kilometer. It is crucial whether a bird counts among the gliders or flutterers. If climate change shifts atmospheric conditions, entire migratory routes falter.
Flu viruses are constantly changing. Therefore, vaccines also need to be adjusted regularly - and for this season this has been particularly extensive. Does this mean that we are facing a particularly severe flu wave? The most important questions and answers.
The populations of many animals and plants have declined dramatically. However, some species have recovered thanks to targeted nature conservation. The overview.
The European Medicines Agency is in favour of approving a new pill for weight loss. It differs in one important point from previous preparations. What is known about benefits and risks.
Cervical or penile cancer usually goes back to HPV infections, there is a vaccination. One researcher explains why Germany is probably missing an important WHO target – and what would have to change.
As the strongest El Niño on record continues to intensify, what impacts on weather patterns are already being felt across the globe? Sarah Keith-Lucas looks at the evidence.
Vanished without a trace for 89 years: Amelia Earhart wanted to orbit the world, but her plane never arrived. Recently, researchers hoped to have encountered the wreck – a mistake, it turns out.
A spacecraft is set to launch on an ambitious mission to bring 10g of Martian moon dust back to Earth.
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