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Friday, 01. March 2024

Eating together in humans and bonobos

Behavioural biologist Barbara Fruth and health psychologist Britta Renner from the Cluster of Excellence Collective Behaviour provide insights into the importance of eating together for humans and animals in a new episode of the German podcast "Exzellent erklärt - Spitzenforschung für alle"
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© Natalia Borrego

Thursday, 29. February 2024

In the realm of lions: insights from the field

“Contrary to ‘The Lion King’ there is no king or queen in lion societies. No single individual gets priority access to resources, whether that be access to mates or access to food after participating in a hunt”, says Konstanz researcher Natalia Borrego.

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Monday, 26. February 2024

A behind-the-scenes look at research

© Kathrin Binner

Working at a university, developing and implementing an idea for a project, responding to challenges and gaining new insights: What exactly does this look like ? How does it work? What is research all about?
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Monday, 26. February 2024

Taking risks with research

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How do you investigate serious administrative failures when authorities set up barriers and refuse to provide information?
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Wednesday, 24. January 2024

Research beyond the Arctic Circle

© Eva Riehle

Studying the impacts of climate change where they are most apparent due to melting ice on sea and land. What seems like a charming plan from the armchair of your home office, actually demands a lot of organization ahead of time and energy to implement.
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Tuesday, 23. January 2024

A good first impression and a broad perspective

A collaborative research environment is key for establishing a new research group: insights from bioinformatician Andreas Gruber, funded within the framework of the Joint Federal Government-Länder Tenure-Track Programme.
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Thursday, 18. January 2024

Too new for the scientific community

© University of Konstanz, Dreisatz

What do you do when no one believes your scientific discovery? Physicist Alfred Leitenstorfer describes how a new approach met with great scepticism among the scientific community – and what he did to ultimately convince it.
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Monday, 15. January 2024

Mediterranean networks, Corsican clans and the transit point…

For portions of today's society, technological and infrastructural progress such as AI-guided transportation routes, easy customization of the power supply via mouse click and automated subways is indispensable. For others, these developments are unsettling or even frightening.

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Monday, 08. January 2024

The legal dilemma of triage

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The German law governing triage puts doctors in a predicament and criminalizes medical decisions, explains Alexandra Windsberger, a Konstanz-based legal expert. She advocates for removing criminal law from triage decisions.
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Friday, 15. December 2023

All I want for Christmas: Rules for gift-giving

Sociologist Boris Holzer explains the unwritten rules for gift-giving and where they come from.

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