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    • Magazine Humboldt Kosmos

      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.

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      The High-Flyer
    • Magazine Humboldt Kosmos

      The Lure of Germany

      For years he had to justify why he was such a good friend to Germany. Today, Myles W. Jackson has to explain why he doesn’t want to work in Germany permanently despite having been offered a prestigious Humboldt Professorship.

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      The Lure of Germany
    • Magazine Humboldt Kosmos

      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 broader public and makes female scientists more visible.

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      Bridging the Gap
    • Magazine Humboldt Kosmos

      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 Jolles’ research fields: he focuses on sticklebacks.

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      Who Tells the Swarm Where To Go, Mr Jolles?
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      What Is the Key to Developing a Malaria Vaccine, Ms Osier?

      Very early on, the Kenyan Faith Osier dreamt of developing a vaccine to combat malaria. Every year in Africa, more than 400,000 people die of the infectious disease, which is caused by single-cell parasites and transmitted by mosquitos.

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      What Is the Key to Developing a Malaria Vaccine, Ms Osier?
    • Magazine Humboldt Kosmos

      What Does a Cave Bear’s Jawbone Tell Us, Ms Van Heteren?

      Anneke van Heteren has a penchant for skeletons. She studies bones to investigate the lifestyle of extinct mammals. Cave bears, which lived more than 25,000 years ago, are the palaeontologist’s special field. She thinks the bears were herbivorous.

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      What Does a Cave Bear’s Jawbone Tell Us, Ms Van Heteren?
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      How Are You Taking Green Energy to Uzbekistan, Mr Hojamberdiev?

      Uzbekistan wants to establish renewable energies. But the country is short on expertise. Materials researcher Mirabbos Hojamberdiev has the knowledge required: he develops promising solar technologies which could become a model for other places, too.

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      How Are You Taking Green Energy to Uzbekistan, Mr Hojamberdiev?