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Wednesday, 08. September 2021
How land birds cross the open ocean
© Credit: Wouter VansteelantMigrating birds choose routes with the best wind and uplift conditions, helping them to fly nonstop for hundreds of kilometers over the sea.
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Wednesday, 28. July 2021
When freedom is in danger
© Image: private“Sometimes the military was shooting in my neighbourhood, and I didn’t know whether it was me they were looking for”. The life of human rights activist Nickey Diamond was endangered as a result of the military coup in Myanmar.
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Friday, 09. July 2021
Evolution in real time
© AG BecksBiologist Professor Lutz Becks and his team observe the genetic imprint of the surprisingly rapid transition from unicellular to multicellular life
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Wednesday, 16. June 2021
Smartphone bans in the workplace
© USA-Reiseblogger, PixabayStudy on smartphone bans in the workplace reveals possible benefits of “soft” bans – research project involving the University of Konstanz
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Wednesday, 02. June 2021
Germans (mis-)interpret inequality
© Agamaszota, PixabayIn their new “Inequality Barometer”, Konstanz researchers demonstrate: The German population often assesses the level of inequality incorrectly, underestimating wealth inequality in particular. This also has political consequences.
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Tuesday, 01. June 2021
Trust among corvids
© Michael GriesserCorvids use social information to protect themselves against deception by conspecifics from neighbouring territories
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Wednesday, 26. May 2021
Dimensions of invasion success
© Trevor Fristoe and Mark van Kleunen. The Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera)Patterns and drivers of alien plant species invasiveness in Europe identified by an international research team led by Konstanz biologists
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Tuesday, 25. May 2021
To sting or not to sting?
© M. Nouvian. Alerted honey bee (Apis mellifera)Scientists from Konstanz and Innsbruck uncovered how honeybees organise their collective defence in response to predators and used computational modelling to identify potential evolutionary drivers of the behaviour.
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Monday, 26. April 2021
Learning about system stability from ants
© James HerndonArmy ants collectively form complex, adaptable structures, without a need for communication
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Thursday, 22. April 2021
Hosting the first-ever TEDxKonstanz
Students from the University of Konstanz and the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior overcame the difficulties of a pandemic year to host the first-ever TEDxKonstanz event.
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