Etiket: knowledge
Climate Friday: who to vote for? – Knowledge
Two days before the election, I don’t want to bother you with my visions of the end of the world, I just want to briefly give four tools to those…
Footprints indicate earlier colonization of America – knowledge
23,000 to 21,000 years ago, people trudged through the mud, alone and in small groups, on a lakeshore in what is now New Mexico, leaving their footprints. At least that…
Interview with Franz May, BGR: “A broad bundle of measures” – knowledge
Capture carbon dioxide and press it underground – this is what the abbreviation CCS stands for, “Carbon Capture and Storage”. Such approaches are a prerequisite for most ambitious climate protection…
Psychologists research violence with the help of garden simulator knowledge
The experimental setup: a breakfast table, fruit juice, two glasses. The subjects: two children of kindergarten age. If you fill the two glasses a little differently, the result will not…
Why dinosaurs waved their tails – knowledge
The tails of two-legged dinosaurs not only formed a rigid counterweight to the head, but, according to new findings, played an important role in the sequence of movements. Similar to…
Coronavirus: who needs the third injection? – Knowledge
from Christina Berndt In the US, everyone aged 65 and over should receive a third vaccination against Covid-19. The US drug agency FDA decided on Wednesday and approved a corona…
Climate change: what will happen to the reefs?
Climate change is affecting corals, and many will not survive it. But what comes after that? An experiment suggests that surprising organisms could take over the bare structures – with…
Can sheep prevent forest fires? – Knowledge
There are reports that a mountain bike’s disc brake, which has overheated from a rapid descent, is enough to start a forest fire. The discarded wheel initially ignites dry grass…
Archeology: 30 years of discovery of Ötzi knowledge
When fog comes up and freezing rain sets in, there is also bad luck. The helicopter that brought the group of contemporary witnesses, journalists and tourism managers to the Tisenjoch…
Corona vaccination: Paul Ehrlich Prize for Biontech team – knowledge
The juries of the great science prizes have it easy and at the same time infinitely difficult this year. Because the choice of the topic for which they award their…
Energy: China is testing unusual nuclear reactor
An experimental nuclear reactor that works with molten salt and thorium goes into operation on the edge of the Gobi desert. If it is successful, China will build a larger…
The fate of the Zika children – knowledge
There are a few encouraging reports of children born during the Zika epidemic in South America from 2015 to 2016: Their heads, and with them their brains, were shockingly small…
Psychology: The study based on a lie
Behavioral economist and psychologist Dan Ariely is a superstar in his field. Now he is suspected of having falsified data – for a study on honesty. .source site
Psychology: The Power of Memory
To linger in the past mentally is sentimental nonsense, it is said again and again. Researchers have found out: Nostalgic feelings can help to endure everyday life better – especially…
Species protection: harbor porpoises threatened in Germany – knowledge
Porpoises are the only whale species native to Germany, but many people do not even know them. Noise, explosions, chemicals and, above all, certain fishing methods threaten the population. You…
UN report: Insufficient commitments on the Paris Agreement – knowledge
Worldwide climate protection based on national plans that are regularly improved – this is what the Paris Climate Agreement provides. The system actually works, says Patricia Espinosa, head of the…
Fear of the climate: more anger, please – knowledge
Of course, you can get scared if you imagine the consequences of climate change. More fires, worse heat waves, heavier storms, long periods of drought, rising sea levels; a planet…
Climate column: Democratic intergenerational peace – Knowledge
What kind of times were those when the public debate was shaped by the wish that “these young people” should please be a little more interested in politics. Against the…
Milk made steppe walks possible in the Bronze Age – knowledge
The shepherd peoples of the Eurasian steppe play a central role in the genetic heritage of today’s Europeans, especially the migrations of people from the Yamnaja culture in the early…
Factory farming: what the EU dispute over antibiotics is about
There is an uproar among pet owners because Green MEPs want to limit the use of antibiotics. But the core of the project is factory farming – and human life.…