SWR Expedition in die Heimat: Unterwegs in den Rheinauen. (45min)
Wir haben eigene Rheinauen ein Stück weiter flussabwärts, aber hier gibt es nicht so große Seen wie ein Stück südlich von Karlsruhe.
“I was appalled by the number of people affected by lead contamination in water.”
NPR the two-way: Troubled By Flint Water Crisis, 11-Year-Old Girl Invents Lead-Detecting Device.
“Gitanjali Rao, 11, says she was appalled by the drinking water crisis in Flint, Mich. — so she designed a device to test for lead faster. She was named “America’s Top Young Scientist” on Tuesday at the 3M Innovation Center in St. Paul, Minn.”
Ecological Armageddon
The Guardian: Warning of ‘ecological Armageddon’ after dramatic plunge in insect numbers. “Three-quarters of flying insects in nature reserves across Germany have vanished in 25 years, with serious implications for all life on Earth, scientists say.”
Link via MetaFilter.
“Some 130 million years ago, when dinosaurs roamed Earth, two dead stars in a far-away galaxy collided violently…”
NRP Science: A New Era For Astronomy Has Begun.
“Astronomy will never be the same again. We will be able to watch extremely violent processes on the fly, and watch them in many different ways, as they run their course. […] That so many astronomers could each catch a piece of the story and then work together to patch it together is a magnificent achievement.
Everytime a new tool or technique made its way into astronomy, amazing new discoveries followed. We are now watching the skies with unprecedented precision and breadth, combining all wavelengths of light with gravitational waves.
If history is a guide, we can expect untold surprises as we dramatically amplify our grasp on physical reality. Stay tuned and enjoy the show.”
“Anis [Amri] hat sich nicht verstellt”
Deutsche Welle: Weitere Behördenpanne im Terrorfall Anis Amri. “Ein syrischer Flüchtling soll die Behörden zweimal vergeblich vor dem späteren Weihnachtsmarktattentäter gewarnt haben. Das berichtet das ZDF-Magazin “Frontal 21″.”
Man kann den Beitrag in der Sendung Frontal 21 hier anschauen (oder die gesamte Sendung vom 17.10.2017) oder sich das Manuskript zum Beitrag als PDF herunterladen.