Fake news and lies are especially popular in times of pandemics, while facts have a hard time in periods of great uncertainty. Lies fly, truth limps behind, as the Irish satirist Jonathan Swift knew. "Science as an answer to fake news" is the topic…

The good news: Some academic institutions will provide their offerings digitally, and a special LNDW will be broadcast on radioeins on 5 June, between 7 pm and 2 pm.

Experts have long been aware that we are in the middle of climate change, which we as humanity have caused ourselves. It is also clear that we will no longer be able to stop climate change. How severe it will become, how we deal with its…

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…