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The Science Guide

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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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The Vjosa – the last wild river in Central Europe
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The Vjosa – the last wild river in Central Europe
The untamed Vjosa rushes through the landscape, meandering as it pleases, changing its course here and there. It overcomes gorges, flows down hills as waterfalls, washes around rocks that stand in its way. It spreads out as a torrent in the valley or ripples through white pebbles. In the process, sediment is transported, causing sand […]
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Gliwice Radio Tower
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Gliwice Radio Tower
‘We are now, since 5.45, returning fire!’ No other sentence is as prominent as this one for the outbreak of the Second World War, which cost between 50 and 70 million people their lives. This quote marks the beginning of the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939. A day earlier, an SS commando […]
Blick von oben in die Tropfsteinhöhle von Postojna
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Postojna Caves
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Postojna Caves
The Postojna Caves are the largest accessible dripstone caves in Europe. The cave system in Slovenia extends for a total of about 24 kilometres and has been open to tourists since 1819. Although that should rather be said as an addition, because 3.7 of the 5 accessible kilometres can be travelled by railway. The tracks […]
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Klementinum: Medieval observatory and weather station
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Klementinum: Medieval observatory and weather station
After climbing 172 steps and narrow spiral staircases, you are rewarded with a breathtaking view over Prague’s Old Town. The Klementinum, a huge baroque complex with a 68 metre high astronomical tower, is enthroned directly on the famous Charles Bridge. The Klementinum offers more than just a magnificent view. It was already the centre of […]

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