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Rinderherde auf gerodetem Areal auf dem früher Regenwald war.

Tipping points and their consequences

Global food production depends on healthy soil where crops such as grains, fruits, and vegetables are grown. Such farmland withstands an astonishing amount of stress. But at some point – to put it simply – it will no longer functions as it should and a tipping point has been reached.

Climate

Agriculture

Sustainability

Gruppe von Menschen liegt im Kreis im Grünen

Good friends, good life

Social Sciences

More than a third of people in Europe feel lonely at least occasionally. Yet friendship is one of the most important things in life. This article explores what makes for good friendships and why they are crucial to our well-being.

Life

Society

Psyche

Der 1. FC Kaiserslautern beim Heimspiel auf dem Betzenberg

The Bundesliga schedule is like a maths problem

STEM

Get the ball in the net. Simple enough. Yet, no Bundesliga match kicks off without a meticulously planned schedule involving highly complex calculations. Mathematician Sven Krumke is one of the minds behind the system that compiles suitable matchups for the Bundesliga from millions of possibilities.

The clock in our cells

STEM

The dream of eternal life will likely remain just that – a dream. After all, our potential lifespan is genetically determined and governed by our cells' energy balance. However, how we make the most of the time we have is up to us.

Life

Society

Health

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Large Language Models cannot think

Prof. Dr. Katharina Zweig advocates for artificial intelligence (AI) to be designed with people in mind. In this interview, the computer science ...

Artificial Intelligence

Technology

Society

Firefighters using water fog spraying down fire from oil rig factory explosion.

AI troubleshooting: detecting anomalies

Whether in chemistry or technical systems, even the smallest deviations can be dangerous. Deep learning, a method of artificial intelligence (AI) ...

Digitalization

Economy

Artificial Intelligence

Windpark und Solaranlagen entlang einer Autobahn

The magic formula for sustainable investing

Financial mathematician Ralf Korn is working on ways to make climate-friendly investments – such as those in renewable energy – more effective using ...

Sustainability

Economy

Heutzutage können Landwirte ihren Viehbestand mit dem Tablet, das heißt mithilfe von Apps und Software, verwalten.

Digital Farming: sustainability at the push of a button

When it comes to climate, agriculture comes under scrutiny. A researcher shows how digital data management can help make the carbon footprint of ...

Agriculture

Sustainability

Digitalization

Ekkehard Neuhaus an einem Versuchfeld mit transgenem Maniok.

When Farming Meets Climate Change

Heat, drought, and even unexpected frosts during an unusually warm spring – the effects of climate change are increasingly taking a toll on ...

Agriculture

Environment

Sustainability

Wärmebildaufnahme von Otterberg bei Kaiserslautern

Climate twins: the future of our cities

Could life in Rhineland-Palatinate in 2080 feel like it does in north-eastern Spain or south-western France today? The Climate Twins model transforms ...