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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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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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Nobel Roundabout

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Nobel Roundabout

There is no other place in the world where you can meet nine Nobel Prize winners at any given time. Only in Göttingen this is possible because so many Nobel Prize winners have studied or worked here. Some of them are even buried in the Göttingen City Cemetery. In their honour, the ‘Nobel Roundel’ was […]

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Mendeleev Museum

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Mendeleev Museum

A little leeway – that’s what Dmitri Mendeleev showed in 1869 when he invented the periodic table of the elements. When he arranged the chemical elements known at the time into a logical order, he came to the conclusion that there must be other, as yet unknown elements. He left some space in his periodic […]

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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 […]

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Geirangerfjord

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Geirangerfjord

It is not the seven dwarfs, but the equally fairytale-like seven sisters that can be found in Norway. These waterfalls plunge into the most famous of the many fjords in the west of the country: the Geirangerfjord. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005. The fjord extends over 15 kilometres, cuts 500 […]

Viele hohe Bäume stehen im Regen, der Boden ist unter Wasser

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CosmoCaixa

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CosmoCaixa

The CosmoCaixa science museum in Barcelona is appropriately located on ‘Carrer d’Isaac Newton’, Isaac Newton Street. The museum and its exhibitions cover a wide range of scientific topics. Those who want to learn more about the universe and evolution can take an interactive tour that begins with the Big Bang and ends with research into the human […]

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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.