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Katarina Zimmer

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The unusual brains of noise-sensitive people

Though noise sensitivity is often dismissed by doctors, it can have long-term effects on our mental and physical health. Tap, tap, tap. Tap, tap,...

06.08.2025 100

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Katarina Zimmer

Could fungi control your brain?

The fungi within our bodies may have a much greater effect on our health than we've long given them credit for. Amongst the millions of tiny life...

21.07.2025 100

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Katarina Zimmer

How eight people survived in a 'mini Earth'

In the early 1990s, a small team tried to survive in a hermetically sealed space containing replicas of Earth's ecosystems. Their trials and...

06.07.2025 100

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Katarina Zimmer

The benefits of cleaning with vinegar

Katarina Zimmer put vinegar to the test as a cleaning product and discovered a wide range of benefits, for people and the planet. A few months ago in...

25.04.2025 40

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Katarina Zimmer

The polar bear allergic to human hair

It may be that zoo animals are so well cared for they develop allergies as a side effect. In 2018, staff at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago began to...

04.04.2025 40

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Katarina Zimmer

What tortoises teach us about a happy life alone

Solitary lifestyles can have some big advantages in the animal world. Can humans learn anything from them? The Middle East blind mole rat is the...

15.02.2025 20

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Katarina Zimmer