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Wednesday, 27. September 2023
People, cars and the elements
© Public domain.It contributed to a whole new perception of nature and yet soon became an environmental problem: How automobility changed people’s relationship to the environment and how this is reflected in American road literature is the subject of the ERC project of literary scholar Timo Müller, professor of Ame read more -
Friday, 22. September 2023
Enough water for everyone?
Whether infrastructure such as the supply of water is sustainable and how many people benefit from it depends on more than just technical factors. read more 
© Erik Lucatero, PixabayMonday, 18. September 2023
Shadow profiles: the data of others
Shadow profiles in social networks contain information about people who are not members. At the moment, shadow profiles are almost impossible to prevent using technical means, pose a collective problem for society and are a matter that has gone virtually unregulated so far. read more
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Friday, 11. August 2023
Can music fight pollution?
© Sara Leigh LewisHow are concerns about ecological degradation, human poverty and hunger crises expressed through music in African countries? And how do artists use music as an instrument for climate justice? read more 
© Christian Ziegler / MPI f. VerhaltensbiologieFriday, 28. July 2023
Computer vision and AI count bats in Africa’s largest…
The method produced an overall estimate of between 750,000 and 1,000,000 bats in Kasanka National Park. read more
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Friday, 14. July 2023
ICARUS flies faster, further
© Javier LazaroICARUS has begun testing its new satellite receiver that will continue uninterrupted tracking of animals from space. read more -
Wednesday, 12. July 2023
What long-term negative impacts do colonial infrastructures…
© Tororo, Urganda, 2010, U.S. Army Foto von John Hanson. No changes made. "Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)": https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.enThe Association for Anglophone Postcolonial Studies (GAPS) recently elected Timo Müller, professor of American studies at the University of Konstanz, as president. GAPS takes a critical look at European colonialism and its effects. read more -
Friday, 07. July 2023
A pulse of light makes polaritons disappear
© Alexandre Dmitriev, University of GothenburgPolaritons are a peculiar state, a kind of quasi-particles consisting of part-light and part-matter that can bring unexpected abilities to conventional chemical reactions. read more -
Friday, 07. July 2023
Blackbuck mating heaven
© Vivek Hari SridharThe researchers Hemal Naik, Akanksha Rathore, and Vivek Hari Sridhar went to Rajasthan, India, to study the mating behaviour of blackbucks from a bird's eye perspective. Read what they encountered during six adventurous weeks in the field. read more -
Friday, 30. June 2023
Studying animal behaviour without markers
With a new marker less method it is now possible to track the gaze and fine-scaled behaviours of every individual bird and how that animal moves in the space with others. read more
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