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This was our summer festival

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At the summer festival on the future of mobility on June 18 and 19, visitors were able to discover many new things in and around Futurium. Here are some impressions to click through:

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Come by at Futurium on 2 July

Long Night of Sciences

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On 2 July, the time has finally come again: The Long Night of Sciences returns – with a statement against misrepresentations. The motto: Science as an answer to fake news, conspiracy theories and...

How we are getting closer and closer to pathogens

Wildly risky

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Just as the world had started getting used to COVID-19, the next zoonosis is in the headlines: monkeypox. The name says it all – a disease that originated in animals and is now infecting humans....

The Whale Bells project brings the sound of whales to the surface

Message from the Depths of the Oceans

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The warm, muted sounds of the Whale Bells are both art object and message: a message from the past, from long-extinct rorqual whales to their descendants today, the humpback whales. “A part of...

The director of the Alfred-Wegener-Institute in a video interview

Antje Boetius: "Protection of biodiversity is important for our survival"

Antje Boetius is a marine biologist and director of the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven. In this video, she explains why biodiversity is so important, how nature can be preserved and what...

How scientists use airborne environmental DNA to monitor animals

Something’s in the Air

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Air surrounds everything. So it’s no wonder that it contains lots of important information. DNA, for instance. Scientists from Denmark have now used an air sampling method to suck from the air...