Our first encounter She fell in the pool. Actually, she just wanted a sip. It hasn’t rained for months because this is a hot and dry summer. I’m spending my vacation here. In order to …
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Down and back again. First poor – then rich?
Can a homeless man become a top manager? And vice versa? Our social environment determines almost everything We all belong to one social stratum – a milieu. Our fashion tastes, what music we listen to, …
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People have been dreaming about it since time immemorial. – But we do it every day and don’t notice it
Every day we go on a journey through time It was a wonderful vacation last summer? The sand on your feet, the salty water on your skin, the sun, the sociable evenings with a glass …
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As in the Minority Report
Two researchers from China want to use artificial intelligence to identify criminals – even before they commit a crime In the 19th century, the physician Cesare Lombroso asked himself the question whether it is possible …
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Firefly – trees
Are firefly genes introduced into plants the future of urban lighting? One of the researchers’ visions of the future is to illuminate streets with glowing trees instead of with electric light. Some creatures glow through …
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Do we all live in the same world?
Bats can hear frequencies that we cannot perceive. Dogs – they can smell what we can’t: For example, whether a person has cancer. Scientists want to imitate this ability with an odour sensor. This is …
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Trusting a person is like being able to navigate the universe
For years they knew each other. Then the shock: Nothing was the same anymore. How could this happen? Is that any way to be wrong? He’s come home. One day, initially how many days in …
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Imagination and mind – a dream couple?
With imagination we go on a journey She knows no limit, no time. Everything is possible in the imagination. We can go anywhere – to distant planets, to a paradise, to a hell, before birth …
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Out of the ordinary – when everyone shakes their head
In the subway or in the tram – Whenever it happens, there are embarrassed looks Who doesn’t know it? When a stranger on public transport talks loudly to himself and everyone looks at each other …
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At the window
Behind every light – dreams, hopes, expectations, disappointments and stories. Each the center of its own universe. So many lights – so many people. In the end, they are all just a grain of sand …
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Why do we need urban development?
In 2050, almost ten billion people will be sharing our planet’s resources. In the industrialized nations, economic growth is stagnating and the population is aging. At the same time, in the developing countries, increasing numbers …