SPIEGEL ONLINE - 09.01.2013
Polluted and virtually cut off from the restorative flow of other bodies of water, Europe's Baltic Sea is slowly running out of oxygen. But one scientist hopes to artificially oxygenate it with pumps. Critics worry there could be unforeseen consequences. By Laura Höflinger more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 04.01.2013
3-D printing technology, used industrially for the last few decades, is poised to break into the mass market. Its endless and swiftly developing possibilities -- from entrepreneurial manufacturing to the potential sculpting of human organs -- could become the next industrial revolution. By Marcel Rosenbach and Thomas Schulz more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 04.01.2013
It used to be that the cause of death could only be determined by cutting a corpse open. But a new, virtual procedure developed by Swiss researchers is providing new insights into dead bodies. It could help identify previously undiscovered murders. By Frank Thadeusz more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 21.12.2012
Amateur photographer Espen Bergersen's career took a serendipitous turn when he spotted an unusual winter appearance of whales near his hometown in northern Norway. His spectacular images, marked by eerie polar light, were made possible by the changing migratory patterns of fish. By Renuka Rayasam more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 19.12.2012
A new exhibition in Hamburg seeks to alert people to the dangers of the plastic in our daily lives, painting a stark picture of how it accumulates in the world's oceans. It reveals how plastic particles can enter into the food chain and return to us through our dinner plates. By Karin Schulze more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 12.12.2012
The scientific community is on edge. On Wednesday, a British team of scientists and engineers will use a special hot water drill to bore through to a lake buried under three kilometers of Antarctic ice. Sediments taken from the lake bed could revolutionize what we know about past climates and the fortitude of life forms. By Marco Evers more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 16.11.2012
For over a century, cities and companies have been dumping waste into the Emscher River in Germany's industrial heartland. But a massive project is bringing life back to Europe's dirtiest river and diverting the sewage into an ultra-modern, underground drain complete with water elevators and cleaning robots. By Matthias Schulz more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 15.11.2012
Fishermen in northern Germany have found an ocean sunfish in the Baltic Sea -- an odd habitat for the species, which usually lives in tropical waters. The specimen died soon after it was found and is now in the hands of researchers at the German Maritime Museum. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 09.11.2012
Astronomers have long had a basic understanding of how stars are formed. But observing and proving the theory has proven elusive. Now, a German-American project, complete with an infrared telescope mounted on an old Pan Am 747, is providing new insights. By Olaf Stampf more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE - 08.11.2012
Biotechnicians want to use cloning to save endangered species, but they are having only limited success. Critics say that the push toward a new era of wildlife conservation trivializes extinction and funding would be better spent on preserving animal habitats. By Philip Bethge more... [ Forum ]
