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Date Title & Description Contributors
2025-03-27

  A case of bullying

A DW investigative report, together with Der Spiegel, looks into troubling allegations of workplace misconduct at Germany's Max Planck Society. Also, come celebrate as we mark 5 years of Science unscripted.
  DW author
2025-03-20

  Borders & break-ups

The case of a French researcher denied US entry creates a jarring new crack between European scientists and their US peers. Also, if you're feeling lonely... but you're also in a relationship... well, what should you do?
  DW author
2025-03-07

  Why don't I like my audiobook?

New research from Germany hints at what audiobooks of the future will sound like. Also, 'woolly mice' get blown out of proportion โ€” and why you shouldn't get surgery on a Friday.
  DW author
2025-02-20

  Why's that fish looking at me?

An experiment off the coast of Corsica suggests fish can recognize specific people (sometimes). Also, put a dot in front a zebrafish and, amazingly, you'll be a step closer to understanding the concept of free will.
  DW author
2025-02-13

  What exactly is 'the ick'?

A new study has categorized the (wildly different) stuff that makes men and women get instantly and permanently disgusted by a romantic partner. And it's not always the 'icky' person's fault.
  DW author
2025-02-06

  Eggs, AI & how to get people to have babies

Why are birth rates falling? And do they ever go back up? Also, a study on eggs โ€” and an email about two horses peeing.
  DW author
2025-01-30

  Should I give up on climate change?

With the US pulling out of the Paris Agreement... and its president chanting "Drill, baby, drill!"... it is absolutely fair to ask if your own personal climate footprint even matters anymore.
  DW author
2025-01-17

  Is news bad for me? Science has an answer.

Trump, pandemic, war... more Trump. If you're feeling overwhelmed by the news (or feeling burned out) โ€” you may be consuming it wrong.
  DW author
2025-01-09

  The end of social media fact checking?

Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, X โ€” across platforms, fact checkers are being fired and replaced with... well, promises that regular people can do the job instead. They can't.
  DW author
2025-01-05

  Bird flu 2025 - Spread, symptoms, risk

The words 'next pandemic' are being thrown around by more and more experts watching the spread of avian influenza in North America. Why?
  DW author