Since March 2020, the coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 disease has been shaping public life in Germany. What impact do the pandemic and the measures to contain it have on mental health? And conversely, how do the measures affect the virus?…

More and more people around the world are moving to cities. These cities face the challenge of adapting to this growth and to climate change to remain liveable. Berlin, for example, has set itself the goal of becoming climate-neutral by 2050. This…

‘‘Science as an answer to fake news’’ – this is the campaign motto envisaged to accompany the programme of the LNDW in its anniversary year 2020. However, due to the corona pandemic, the scheduled events had to be cancelled. At the same time, corona…

Do Facebook & Co endanger our democracy? How fair and just can algorithms be? And will German small and medium-sized enterprises fall by the wayside in the face of Industry 4.0? Thomas Prinzler discusses these and other questions about the…

Many of us are familiar with the Jedi Riders’ lightsaber, benefit from weather satellites, rely on exact time measurements of atomic clocks, admire special effects in Hollywood movies or look forward to autonomous driving in the near future. All…

Berlin health research ranks among the best in the world. The three universities and numerous research institutes of Berlin develop new therapies that allow for a more gentle and effective treatment of diseases. In the 5th edition of the…