Tag: science
Munich: Interview about German Historians’ Day – Munich
The largest humanities congress in Europe begins in Munich with a one-year delay. Spokesman Martin Zimmermann on debates on interpretation in science and his hope that the event will not…
Science and Colonialism: "It’s like a second extinction"
For months, Brazilian paleontologists have been demanding the return of a rare dinosaur fossil from a Karlsruhe museum – now the dispute is entering a new round. Why the Ubirajara…
Neuroscience: How Free is the Human Will?
The “Libet experiments” once questioned the existence of free will. But now psychologists are doubting the validity of the experiments. .source site
Economy and media: who gets into the newspaper? – Business
In science, success is measured primarily through publications in high-ranking specialist journals. There is often little incentive for researchers to disseminate their results outside of the academic world. But in…
Corona: Why the laboratory hypothesis is still considered unlikely – health
For a long time, US President Trump stood alone with the claim that Sars-CoV-2 came from a laboratory in Wuhan. Then the debate changed. How most scientists believe in the…
English world champion Steve Thompson has dementia to bequeath his brain to science
For Steve Thompson, it is ultimately about “making rugby safer”. The former hooker, 2003 world champion with England and now 43 years old, has announced that he wants to bequeath…
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
Science fiction film: “Ich bin dein Mensch” German Oscar entry
Status: 15.09.2021 11:44 p.m. It asks elementary questions of life and is at the same time a “futuristic film that hits the nerve of the times”. The German film “Ich…
Science program Quarks: The new moderators are doctors – media
The science magazine Quarks In the future, the WDR will be moderated by two doctors. As the broadcaster announced on Friday, the former hospital doctor Florence Randrianarisoa and Nemi El-Hassan,…
Behavioral Science: Learning to Laugh – Knowledge
In the beginning, small children laugh like chimpanzees, only later do they develop the typical form of human laughter. That might be partly due to anatomical changes – but probably…