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The Science Guide

With the Science Guide, our students take you on a scientific journey across Europe. They tell research stories from different European countries and offer you a new, scientific perspective on the continent's travel destinations. Currently, most of the reports and articles are available only in German, but English and French versions of the website are in the making.

The articles on the website are mainly written by students of journalism and science journalism at TU Dortmund University.

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Ein Mann im wei´ßen Kittel sitzt an einem Tisch. Darauf liegt ein großer Knochen. Am Tisch stehen vier weitere Menschen.

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Natural history with a twist: Research to touch and watch

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Natural history with a twist: Research to touch and watch

At the Naturalis museum in Leiden you can watch scientists at work, even as they dissect animals for the public eye.

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The formula of the universe – Einstein’s legacy in Oxford

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The formula of the universe – Einstein’s legacy in Oxford

The entire universe fits on a blackboard in Oxford – sketched by Albert Einstein. The famous mathematician visited Oxford in 1931 and gave three lectures on his theory of relativity. The fact that the notes from his second lecture were preserved and nobody wiped them away is a sign of his high international reputation at […]

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To die for: the Bolton Strid

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To die for: the Bolton Strid

The narrow river babbles gently as it makes its way through the moss-covered stones. Walkers on the banks have no idea what is happening just a few metres below the surface – until they come across a sign: ‘Warning, the Strid is dangerous and has cost lives in the past’ The Bolton Strid is a […]

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Mathematical Physics Salon

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Mathematical Physics Salon

A gilded compass with spiral engravings from the 16th century or a gilded planetary clock, consisting of two floors, which traces the course of seven planets and is crowned with a silver celestial globe that is so elaborately decorated that every detail carries another detail in itself. There are also glass chandeliers hanging from the […]

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The Maritime Museum

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The Maritime Museum

A maritime underground museum? What sounds inappropriate at first has long been an attraction in Helsingør, 40 kilometres north of Copenhagen. The submarine-shaped museum was built in the harbour town back in 1915. And it is located right next to the World Heritage Site Kronborg Castle. The museum is located there because it was not […]

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Cité de l’Espace

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Cité de l’Espace

The ‘Cité de l’Espace’, in English: the City of Space, is located in Toulouse in the south of France. Toulouse is considered the European capital of the aerospace industry. The Cité de l’Espace was opened in 1997 and is a mixture of adventure and theme park. Visitors to the park can see a replica of […]

Ein Fluss in einer kargen flachen Felsenlandschaft

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Silfra fissure

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Silfra fissure

Bathing where the world is created. This is roughly how people can experience the Silfra fissure in southwest Iceland. This is precisely where the Eurasian continental plate borders the North American plate – the origin of the volcanic island. Every year, these two plates move further apart, causing the Silfra fissure to grow. A diving […]

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Ein riesieger Staudamm von oben. Foto: Sjoerd Bracke & Cuno de Bruin.

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Delta Works

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Delta Works

Although the Delta Works in the Netherlands are impressive, they are nevertheless literally an attraction of the ‘reserved’ kind. After all, the Delta Works form the world’s largest storm surge protection system. It was built by the Dutch government in response to a devastating flood disaster in 1953, in which almost 1,900 people and over […]

Es spritzt und brodelt beim Vulkanausbruch. Credits: Gro Pedersen

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Volcanoes: Mars on your doorstep

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Volcanoes: Mars on your doorstep

Iceland is an excellent place to study the formation of a planet. A researcher takes us to the latest hot spot.

Im Vordergrund ein Mikrofon, im Hintergrund ein abstraktes Kunstwerk

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Science Talk on Bosnia and Herzegovina: Shadows of the past, chances for the future?

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Science Talk on Bosnia and Herzegovina: Shadows of the past, chances for the future?

What's the state of science in Bosnia and Herzegovina? What's unique? What are the biggest challenges? Science journalist Jasmin Alibegović gives his view.

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Institut Pasteur

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Institut Pasteur

Behind the walls of the elegant building in Paris, major scientific breakthroughs have been made time and again for 150 years.