Children in the grip of algorithms: Meta in court, Austria draws the age limit
In California, Meta is on trial. 29 US states accuse the corporation of having deliberately designed Instagram and Facebook so that...
China's secret oil stockpile saved our gas prices
Since the outbreak of the Iran war, the feared oil super-shock with extremely soaring oil prices has not materialized—because of China. The country curtailed its...
A doctor discovered that washing hands saves lives – but nobody wanted to believe him
In the middle of the 19th century, the Viennese obstetrician Ignaz Semmelweis recognized that many fatal infections in women after childbirth were caused by...
Christopher Nolan's „Odyssey“ Reveals the Double Standards of Western War Policy
Christopher Nolan's „The Odyssey“ has been playing in German cinemas since July 16. The film doesn't just tell Homer's famous...
EU decides on chat control: your private pictures could end up with corporations & police
After the EU vote on chat control, Google, Microsoft, and Meta may soon be able to search your messages. No suspicion is needed for this...
Cowboys, Revolvers, and Capitalism – The Western Shows That All Order Is Based on Violence
What do Westerns have to do with politics? At first glance, not much. For many, the Western is considered a dusty genre for...
Fear of Tomatoes in the 16th Century: How They Became Deadly on the Plates of the Rich
For a 16th-century English nobleman, eating tomatoes was tantamount to a death sentence. For the tomato acid dissolved toxic...
The Opium Wars: When Great Britain & France Destroyed Old China
China is experiencing a historic resurgence today. In a few decades, it has transformed from a poor developing country into a global superpower. For many Chinese people...
Book about the Pelicot Process: How „Normal“ Men Became Rapists
How can it be that someone, over the internet, within a radius of only 20 kilometers, [finds/connects with/meets] more than 50 men...
Come from heaven, died & resurrected: E.T. as a modern Jesus story
E.T. is one of the most successful films of all time – and secretly perhaps also one of the most pious. Because Spielberg has, whether...
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