Tag: knowledge
First field trip to China’s space station – knowledge
The Chinese astronauts Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo will have their first field assignment at the space station under construction on Sunday Tiangong (Heavenly Palace) started. Chinese state television showed…
Hiking with the family: I can’t take it anymore! – Knowledge
Of Sebastian Herrmann Thick, yellow flowers dab the lush alpine meadows. A mild wind billows the sea of stalks and flowers. A few clouds of cotton-wool-soft cuddle move across the…
Mountain sports: fear is always there – knowledge
Risk, kicks, relaxation: what are we looking for on the mountain? The psychologist and mountain guide Pauli Trenkwalder explains what mountain sports have to do with personality, whether intuition can…
How researchers in the Amazon are looking for new potential epidemics – knowledge
When Marcelo Gordo opens the cool box, it stinks terribly. The smell comes from three dead, rolled up tamarins, their cream- and caramel-colored fur shimmering through the plastic film. Gordo,…
America’s Heat Wave – Knowledge
No, it is not just bad luck what happened to the village of Lytton, British Columbia. First the place recorded heat records for three days in a row, most recently…
Extreme weather: the heat does not hit everyone alike – knowledge
If you were to observe the earth with a telescope from space these days, you would see disturbing images that have one thing in common with all the different colors.…
SZ podcast “To the point” – news from 07/01/2021 – knowledge
Floods in Germany, 49.5 degrees Celsius in Canada: coincidence or is such extreme weather increasing due to the climate crisis? It’s very hot, then there is lightning, thundering and pouring.…
Heat wave in Canada and USA – knowledge
Of Werner Bartens and Marlene Weiss Portland, Oregon, in the northwestern United States, is usually a city with an extremely mild climate. If you still want to complain about the…
Plastic waste accelerates climate change and species decline – knowledge
Several international scientists have issued an urgent warning in the current trade magazine Science from the consequences of plastic litter. Annika Jahnke, environmental chemist at the Helmholtz Center for Environmental…
Trade in the Roman Empire: How Archaeologists Explore Ancient Sea Lanes – Knowledge
Aelius Aristides was impressed. “(To Rome) is brought here, from every land and sea, whatever the seasons let grow and bring forth all countries, rivers and lakes as well as…