Corona and the Year of Silence

“If you collect all the coronavirus from the entire world, whoever it is infected, if you bring them all together and it will not be more than two grams. So, you took two gram of virus to kind of slow down this planet.”

The New Super Plant

Algae - they pollute our beaches and contaminate our waters. But what if they were also the super substance of the future? 

Plastic is both a marvel and hellish stuff. On the one hand, it can be used in a variety of ways and is inexpensive. However, it is responsible for a global environmental problem. 

Loss of the Night

Before the invention of the light bulb light and dark followed a predictable 24-hour cycle. Across an ever-increasing amount of Earth’s surface, that’s no longer the case.

Brazil's Fight for the Rainforest

Protecting the Environment with an Assault Rifle – Brazil’s Battle Against Illegal Logging Every minute an area of rainforest the size of a football pitch is destroyed in the Amazon.

A Fish's Fight for Survival

The Bluefin tuna is one of the world’s most intelligent predatory fish. Yet this underwater hunter is itself among the hunted.

Who is this woman, who first spoke out against the GDR when the regime was on its last legs? An interview, given a couple of years ago to SPIEGEL TV, is one of the rare opportunities to learn more about Angela Merkel the person.

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