The answer to the ultimate question of wealth is 42
42 people hold as much wealth as the 3,7 billion people who make up the poorest half of humanity, according to a new report published […]
Artikel von Stefan Neuner
Hack the cloud
A cyber attack against a major cloud computing firm could cause as much financial damage as Hurricane Sandy or Hurricane Katrina. Increasing numbers of businesses […]
If you ain’t first in publications, you’re last
For the first time in modern history, China has overtaken the United States in terms of the total number of science publications, according to statistics […]
Banning trash is the evilest thing I can imagine
Seit dem 01. Januar 2018 verbietet China den Import von insgesamt 24 verschiedenen Recyclingmaterialien – darunter unsortierter Plastikabfall, Altpapier, alte CDs und alte Textilien… China […]
Presidents aren’t perfect
US-Präsident Donald Trump und Nordkoreas Machthaber Kim Jong-un streiten sich gerade darüber, wer den größten „Atomknopf“ hat. Dabei gibt es im Weißen Haus nur einen […]
You know what the United States need? Some Opium
Life expectancy in the US has declined for the second year in a row as the opioid crisis continues to ravage the nation. It is […]
US-Presidency is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.
Donald Trump campaigned on a pledge to do things differently and to do different things in foreign policy. He has been good to his word […]
I don’t always sign a paper, but when I do, I prefer warnings to humanity
25 years ago, the Union of Concerned Scientists and more than 1700 independent scientists penned the 1992 „World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity“. In their manifesto, […]
Astrophysicist creates dinosaur
Bereits vor 60 Jahren war eine Explosion am Sternenhimmel registriert worden, nun flammte sie in einer fast zwei Jahre langen Supernova-Explosion erneut auf. Die verblüffende […]
Archeology is the search for fact, not truth
Die drei Pyramiden von Giseh gehören zu den berühmtesten Bauwerken der Menschheit. Und zu den geheimnisvollsten. Gebaut vor viereinhalbtausend Jahren zu Ehren eines ägyptischen Gottkönigs, […]