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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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House dust – environmental pollution right at home
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House dust – environmental pollution right at home
What exactly is in our house dust? Is it dangerous to us—and perhaps to the environment as well? Lisa Melymuk and Özge Edebali, researchers at the RECETOX Institute at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, are investigating this question. They are participating in international projects aimed at improving indoor air quality, which could also help […]
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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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Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam
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Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam
‘On the construction of the two vases on the shoulders of the elephant, the hanging cymbal and the preparation of the water clock’. With this chapter, the scholar Al-Jazari ends his instructions for building an elephant water clock. The hands of the clock are driven by a buoy that sinks in water. Al-Jazari probably came […]
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Reindeer hunters in southern France
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Reindeer hunters in southern France
The former home of the reindeer hunters lies inconspicuously under a rock face near the village of Sergeac in the French department of Dordogne. Some 37,000 years ago, our ancestors lived under the rock shelter of Abri Castanet in southern France. It was probably members of the Aurignacian culture who decorated the ceiling of the […]
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National Archaeological Museum Athens
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National Archaeological Museum Athens
Greece, the land of philosophy, sculpture and – the first computer? That is what the Antikythera mechanism is sometimes called. After 2,000 years in the sea, only corroded fragments remain, but from these, researchers have been able to reconstruct an impressive piece of machinery. A total of six dials could be used to read various […]
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Historisches Gebäude mit dem Schriftzug Institut Pasteur
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Behind the walls of the elegant building in Paris, major scientific breakthroughs have been made time and again for 150 years.
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