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- May 25, 2012
Can doctors and investment advisers be trusted? And do we live more for experiences or memories? In a SPIEGEL interview, Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman discusses the innate weakness of human thought, deceptive memories and the misleading power of intuition. more... [ Forum ]
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- April 27, 2012
It was one of the bloodiest battles of the Thirty Years' War, but until recently there was no trace of those who died there. Now a mass grave is shedding light on the mysteries of the Battle of Lützen. Were those who fought hungry young men or well-fed veterans? And where did they come from? By Christoph Seidler more...
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- April 26, 2012
Protests from animal rights organizations have prompted many airlines to stop transporting monkeys and other animals slated for use in laboratory experiments. But could this actually be causing more harm than help? By Laura Höflinger more...
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- April 13, 2012
Eighty-two children with another 10 on the way: That is the prodigious output of Netherlands native Ed Houben, a private sperm donor. He is active around the world and says his goal is to make would-be mothers happy. A bit of pleasure for himself comes with the territory. By Barbara Hardinghaus more...
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- April 12, 2012
Too many dead bodies. It is a problem many research hospitals would love to have. But, in Germany, pathology professors have more donation requests than they can handle, and are trying to come up with ways to stem the tide. By Miriam Olbrisch more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- March 16, 2012
A new scientific study has confirmed that the healing of the ozone layer is also reducing people's exposure to harmful UV rays from the sun. It will still take years before the ozone layer recovers entirely, but the string of positive news continues. By Axel Bojanowski more...
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- February 17, 2012
Scientists warn that the amount of space debris orbiting the planet has reached a dangerously high level. But a new miniature satellite has been designed to clean up this cosmic clutter -- by the paragons of tidiness themselves, the Swiss. By Christoph Seidler more...
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- February 17, 2012
Should scientists be allowed to create extremely aggressive and highly infectious influenza viruses? Dutch virologists have done it and, in the process, triggered a fierce debate over the risks of bioterrorism and the potential release of deadly viruses. By Veronika Hackenbroch and Gerald Traufetter more...
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- February 16, 2012
A new book by an executive at a major German power ultility claims we aren't facing a climate catastrophe and rejects current mainstream ideas on global warming. Both climate change skeptics and those who warn of global warming profit from such controversies -- so who should we believe? An Analysis by Axel Bojanowski more... [ Forum ]
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- February 15, 2012
German researchers have discovered a previously unknown species of chameleon on Madagascar that is just one inch long from tip to tail. The tiny lizards are some of the smallest reptiles on Earth, but their future is uncertain. By Christoph Seidler more... [ Forum ]
