October 07, 2011, 05:15 PM
Lore behind Mayan crystal skulls once influenced collectors at world-class museums. Modern research, though, proves they can't be pre-Columbian. Were they really carved by jewelers in Idar-Oberstein, Germany? Artisans in the Hunsrück mountains have carved a new museum piece. By Frank Thadeusz more...
September 30, 2011, 11:32 AM
Airbnb is a revolutionary online platform that lets people offer and book lodgings in private homes around the world. The for-profit couch-surfing service is alarming the German hotel industry. By Janko Tietz more...
September 19, 2011
As the chair of the Wannsee Conference and head of the Reich Main Security Office, Reinhard Heydrich was the personification of the cruelest aspects of Nazi Germany. But the first scholarly biography of him finds that a combination of shame, love and luck -- rather than purely inherent evil -- led him to pursue a path of Nazi terror. By Georg Bönisch more... [ Forum ]
September 16, 2011, 06:50 PM
Researchers in Leipzig are compiling a ground-breaking digital archive of artefacts from around the world. Created to contrast Neanderthals with modern man, the archive could revolutionize their field -- which is exactly why many oppose it. By Johann Grolle more...
September 13, 2011, 11:41 AM
A series of plane crashes -- eight this year alone with the total loss of 119 lives -- is threatening to undermine Russia's ambitions to revive its once-proud aircraft industry. The country is pinning its hopes on a new regional jet, the Sukhoi Superjet 100 -- but each new disaster involving aging planes is dimming its prospects of success in the international market. By Matthias Schepp and Gerald Traufetter more...
September 08, 2011, 03:43 PM
The Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya is the world's largest. The machinery of international famine relief is in full gear there, but hundreds of thousands of people may become long-term residents. Conditions have prompted a camp manager to transform a temporary refuge into a city of the future. By Dialika Krahe in Kenya more...
August 22, 2011, 03:21 PM
In an interview with SPIEGEL, Dutch Finance Minister Jan Kees de Jager calls on the German government to remain firm in its opposition to euro bonds. He also warns that even the fiscally solid nations of the euro zone will get into trouble if they keep having to increase the volume of the bailout fund. By Christian Reiermann more...
August 15, 2011, 05:52 PM
The euro drama is escalating in Berlin. In order to save the common currency, the European Central Bank is now purchasing large volumes of Italian government bonds. German central bankers and politicians in Chancellor Merkel's government oppose the move, which they see as a dangerous threat to the ECB's independence. By SPIEGEL ONLINE Staff more... [ Forum ]
August 11, 2011, 04:55 PM
Non-believers are often more educated, more tolerant and know more about God than the pious. A new wave of research is trying to figure out what goes on in the minds of an ever-growing group of people known as the "Nones". By Hilmar Schmundt more...
August 10, 2011, 03:12 PM
In a SPIEGEL interview, German Development Minister Dirk Niebel discusses the current famine in Africa, criticism of his country's contribution to fighting the catastrophe and why he believes aid policies must be mutually beneficial to donors and recipients in the age of globalization. more... [ Forum ]
