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The German Empire (German: Deutsches Kaiserreich), also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich, or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.The empire was founded on 18 January 1871, when the south German states, except for Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland, joined the North German Confederation and the new constitution came into force on April 16, changing the name of the federal state to the German Empire and introducing the title of German Emperor for Wilhelm I, King of Prussia from the House of Hohenzollern.

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Paleontologists Discover a New Pterosaur, Filling a Key Gap on the Evolutionary Timeline for These Flying Reptiles. Revealed by a German fossil, the newly described species sheds light on questions that scientists have been puzzling over for nearly two centuries.

Polaris: German start-up achieves breakthrough in rocket technology

Citizen scientists help discover microplastics along the entire German coastline

Citizen scientists help discover microplastics along the entire German coastline - EurekAlert

An army wielding fearsome weapons invaded the German northlands 3200 years ago

Goodbye Traditional Farming? German Scientists Harvest Protein From Air and Water

TeraNet captures laser signals from German sa - EurekAlert

Airbus secures $2.5 billion German military satellite contract - SpaceNews

Minority status, social origin, gender, and weight can all count against a German kid's grades - EurekAlert

Ancient DNA Reveals Royal Family Ties in German Prehistory

Record highs in the North Sea: Even the German Bight is warmer than ever before - EurekAlert

250-Year-Old Mystery Solved: Scientists Unveil Surprising Man-Made Origins of the German Cockroach

Entomologist sheds light on 250-year-old mystery of the German cockroach

Virginia Tech entomologist sheds light on 250-year-old mystery of the German cockroach - EurekAlert

Humans helped the German cockroach conquer the world

German company launches candle wax-powered rocket on test flight into space

A 62-Year-Old German Man Got 217 Covid Shots—and Was Totally Fine

German Scientists Have Solved a Long-Standing Problem of Condensed Matter Physics

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 2 German military satellites

Why is it so difficult to tax the rich? Evidence from German policy-makers