Magazine Humboldt Kosmos
Close up on Research The High-Flyer The biologist, Martin Wikelski, studies animal migration – from space. In his project ICARUS, he collects the data from animals fitted with GPS transmitters. The ai
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Brief Enquiries How Can the Impact of ADHD Be Minimised, Ms Roy? Although many children with behavioural disorders grow up to lead a normal life, others never find their place in society. Arunima Roy’
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Brief Enquiries Mr Yetisen, What Do You Read in Our Tears? Many diabetics have to test their blood sugar levels several times a day by pricking their finger to take blood. How much more pleasant would
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Brief Enquiries When Did Consumers Discover Their Power, Mr Trentmann? Ever more people are making conscious purchasing decisions in order to drive changes in society, such as buying organic goods fro
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Brief Enquiries Ms Omarini, What Do You Do With Discarded Citrus Fruit? Some people put orange peel in their dishwasher because it saves on rinse aid. Others put lemon peel in their wardrobes to fend
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Brief Enquiries Who Tells the Swarm Where To Go, Mr Jolles? Animal swarms have fascinated us for a long time. How do they coordinate their behaviour, who leads, who follows? This is one of Jolle Jolle
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Humboldtians in Private Bridging the Gap In the picture you can see me at Tempelhof Field in Berlin preparing for a Soapbox Science event I was helping to organise. Soapbox Science takes science to a
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Focus Everybody’s Star Whether as a discoverer, Romantic, Atlanticist, climate prophet or working class hero: there isn’t just one Humboldt, but lots of them. Historian of science, Nicolaas A. Rupke,
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Focus For Me, Humboldt Today Means ... Anja Karliczek, Hans Christian Pape, Ranga Yogeshwar, Heiko Maas and Carolina Doran talk about their personal Humboldt. From left to right: Anja Karliczek, Hans-
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Focus The Humboldt Code He was an obsessive networker, a daredevil and a marketing genius. The reports on his travels and adventures earned him star status. Today, on the 250th anniversary of his birt
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