Tag: biology
Penzberg: Interview with nature photographer Konrad Wothe – Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen
Since the corona pandemic, the award-winning animal filmmaker Konrad Wothe has only worked in the Bavarian Oberland. A conversation about the magic of nature and how to learn to really…
Going for a walk – “What is worth living for” – Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen
Konrad Wothe was eight years old when he started taking photos. Ten years later he won first prize in physics in the “Jugend forscht” competition for a panorama camera he…
Why Gran Canaria’s typical giant lizard is threatened – knowledge
Around 2.8 million tourists annually visit Gran Canaria, the third largest of the eight Canary Islands. Scandinavians, British and Germans feel particularly at home on the round, scenically varied island…
Voracious adders on the vacation island – knowledge
Around 2.8 million tourists annually visit Gran Canaria, the third largest of the eight Canary Islands. Scandinavians, British and Germans feel particularly at home on the round, scenically varied island…
Obituary: Evolutionary biologist EO Wilson has died – knowledge
Edward Osborne Wilson’s scientific career began with an accident when he was seven years old. While fishing, he injured his right eye and went blind on one side. With the…
Turbo for biology – knowledge
By Christian J. Meier Proteins are currently known even to many laypeople: the sting of the coronavirus is also known as the “spike protein”, and the protein vaccine from Novavax…
How Much Science is in the Bible? – Dachau
Gerhard Haszprunar is a biology professor and he knows the Bible. A conversation about the question of why Jesus should actually be a woman and what that has to do…
How migratory birds get to their destination quickly without overheating – knowledge
You can see the strains of many birds when they return to their home breeding area after a long journey of sometimes more than 10,000 kilometers. The animals look emaciated,…
French Atlantic coast: where do all the octopuses come from? – Knowledge
Octopus, octopus and even more octopus: “Instead of spider crabs, edible crabs or lobsters, we’ve only been catching octopus since June,” says Olivier Le Gurun, fisherman in the port of…
Depression: How Can It Be Treated? – Munich
How can you better treat depression and anxiety? Nadine Gogolla, the new director at the Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry, is researching the emotional world of mice in order to…