Close to Moscow a new science city is under construction. In this city called Skolkovo 40,000 people will work and do research. The Russian government is dreaming of a kind of Silicon Valley. German companies like Siemens and SAP have been asked to help.
Enviroment Shared sky Berliner Zeitung, 23./24. November 2019 About air pollution in the GDR, the true extent of which is only now becoming known PDF Download
Aging Focus on grandparents Berliner Zeitung, 13./14. Oktober 2018 Loving and indulgent grandparents with lots of time – who wouldn’t want that? Thanks to increased life expectancy, many people’s wishes are now fulfilled and three generations in a family are normal. A booming branch of the social sciences – grandparent research – is investigating how […]
Prehistory On the tracks of the first Americans FAZ, 2. Mai 2018 In the dry north-east of Brazil, in the Serra da Capivara, thousands of well-preserved, enigmatic rock paintings testify to a long lost culture. Did they live here, the first Americans? Here are the results of my research trip to this remote part of […]