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  • Academic Consecration for Wikipedia

    Quoting Wikipedia in an examination paper? Unthinkable for many University academics, forbidden for most students. But after examination the hair fells down. Increasingly more scientists trust in the correctness of the information in online encyclopedias. [ ⇒ Read the article in German | Artikel auf Deutsch lesen ]

  • It Can be Saver: More Savety at Sea

    Engineers work hard on new life saving appliances – but shipping companies are afraid of the investments. [ ⇒ Read the article in German | Artikel auf Deutsch lesen ]. Technology Review (German) 3/2012 (title story) [order]

  • Taken for a ride?

    For our British friends, “Benidorm” is a prime-time sitcom of the British ITV set in Spain1. For all the others it is a holiday resort at the coast of Costa Blanca, half an hour away from Alicante, Spain. It is known for its Manhattan-like skyline, a symbol for the cementation of Spain’s shoreline, for its…

  • The Missing Mediator – Science Debates in a Knowledge Society

    Hanns-J. Neubert was organiser and speaker at ESOF on 7 July 2010 in Turin, Italy. He reported about the German Science Debate (Wissenschaftsdebatte), initiated by TELI, and proposed to have science debates all over Europe, which could be facilitated by the European Union of Science Journalists‘ Associations EUSJA through its member organisations in 24 countries….

  • On air: Do climate sceptics deserve to be part of the climate change debate?

    Neubert guest in a BBC radio broadcast talk, 2009-12-08 Listen to clipping (MP3) BBC World Service: World Have Your Say. More about the programme

  • A Silent Revolution

    Big changes are taking place in science in developing countries. Devastating health problems, malnutrition, war and conflict, climate issues and inadequate governance – in Africa especially – headline the news. And when the media reports on science and technology (S&T) in developing countries, the brain drain seems to be of most concern. But there are…

  • 1987: Dangerous Journey – German Research Vessel »Meteor« between Djibouti and Oman

    In 1987 the newly built German research vessel »Meteor« set sail towards the Indian Ocean. During the travel section between Djibouti and Oman, Hanns-J. Neubert and Ernst Hammers documented the research work for the German TV. The 45 minutes documentary was broadcasted first in autumn 1987. Before the expedition started, an explosion in the centrally…

  • (1987: Dangerous Journey – German Research Vessel »Meteor« between Djibouti and Oman)

    In 1987 the newly built German research vessel »Meteor« set sail towards the Indian Ocean. During the travel section between Djibouti and Oman, Hanns-J. Neubert and Ernst Hammers documented the research work for the German TV. The 45 minutes documentary was broadcasted first in autumn 1987. Before the expedition started, an explosion in the centrally…