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The Saxon Refugee Council and the Green Party are calling for a ban on the deportation of asylum seekers from Iran. (Symbolic image) / Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa

Calls for a ban on deportations to Iran

The Saxon Refugee Council is calling for "protection instead of deportation" in view of the violence in Iran. If people have to return to the Islamic Republic now, their lives are threatened.

Egg and sperm: Their fusion costs a lifetime. This is shown by a new study from Leipzig. © pixabay/Steffen Erbe

Those who do not reproduce live longer

Children or a long life? This question actually arises in nature. Together with international colleagues, researchers in Leipzig have studied 117 mammal species. The result: animals whose reproduction is prevented live on average ten percent longer. The reason lies in evolution. Every living creature has to divide its energy between producing offspring and maintaining its own body. The study shows how this balance works and what it means for humans.