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In many areas, especially in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria and Austria, the maypole is still put up on May 1st. A lot is part of the southern German custom - from decorating the maypole to stealing.Putting up maypoles was forbidden in...

Astronaut Matthias Maurer witnessed the start of the Ukraine War on the ISS space station. In this interview, Maurer explains how the collaboration there subsequently worked, why space travel is an important component for global peace and why new...

Astronaut Matthias Maurer witnessed the start of the Ukraine War on the ISS space station. In this interview, Maurer explains how the collaboration there subsequently worked, why space travel is an important component for global peace and why new...

Hobby gardeners should have already done a good amount of preparatory work in March. The most important part of gardening begins in April. Read here what you need to pay attention to in the garden.In March the focus was...

Land under: China's land area is sinking in many places, satellite data shows. This affects almost half of all large cities and around a third of the country's urban population, as a research team reports in “Science”.In the coming...

The substance from the leaves of green tea plants is said to help against anxiety and also stress: This is why pop stars also use L-theanine. But that's not entirely certain.When Taylor Swift announced some time ago that she...

There are around 11,000 different species of birds on earth. Peter Kaestner is now said to be the first person to have documented sightings of 10,000 of them.Number 10,000 was hiding in a thicket of heliconias on the Philippine...

A popular beach in Croatia is polluted with toxic waste. Despite warnings, the section near Split remains open - and tourists are left in the dark.A public beach in Solin, near the Croatian city of Split, has been contaminated...

On the Scottish island of Gruinard, the British army tested secret biological weapons during World War II that were intended to defeat Nazi Germany.The BBC is currently reporting on the remote Scottish island of Gruinard, which was the site...

Scientists have observed an evolutionary event that occurs only once in a billion years: two life forms merged into one organism that has special abilities. The last time this happened, the earth got plants.It's one of the rarest processes...