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Experiments with Alexander Gerst: IMMUNO-2

The Immuno-2 experiment continues with research relating to the functioning of the immune system when humans spend prolonged periods in space. Besides microgravity and radiation, a variety of stress factors such as isolation, heavy workloads and disruption of sleep rhythms can weaken the immune syst

Experiments with Alexander Gerst: TRANSPARENT

Exploring melting under microgravity conditions – improving industrial casting processes One of the focal points of research onboard the International Space Station (ISS) is the investigation of crystal growth in metal alloys. Under microgravity conditions, differences in density in the molten mate

Experiments with Alexander Gerst: COMPGRAN

CompGran - understanding the movement of granules – improving industrial processes Granular media are made up of small particles. The ESA Soft Matter Dynamics experiment (SoMaDy) will capture and describe the dynamics of granular material. As a national contribution, sample cells (CompGran) are man

Alfred Hitchcock - Rebecca (1940 film)

Rebecca is a 1940 American romantic psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It was Hitchcock's first American project, and his first film under contract with producer David O. Selznick. The screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison, and adaptation by Philip MacDonald and M

Superman Ep 3 - Billion Dollar Limited

Billion Dollar Limited (1942) is the third of seventeen animated Technicolor short films based upon the DC Comics character Superman. Produced by Fleischer Studios, Billion Dollar Limited centers on a train carrying one billion dollars in gold to the US mint, which is sabotaged by robbers before Sup

Mobile communications and health

Is 5G dangerous? What are frequencies in mobile communications all about and what effects do they have on humans? In the video, our colleague Alexander Leymann explains what the electromagnetic fields with which mobile communications actually work. In addition, what effects there are and how all thi

Counter-Power - Best of Freedom of Information

Is more information really the solution? Whether Jens Spahn, Philipp Amthor or Friedrich Merz - they all openly say what they are up to and make no secret of their connections to the Trump administration, billionaires and the fossil fuel lobby. What is the point of transparency in times of authorita

Black Box Palantir

Who uses Palantir software in Germany and who plans to do so in the near future? What are the legal requirements for the use of such analysis tools? And what is Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt planning for the federal police forces in the matter of Palantir? Palantir software analyzes the data

The Awful Truth (1937)

The Awful Truth is a 1937 American screwball comedy film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant. Based on the 1923 play The Awful Truth by Arthur Richman, the film recounts how a distrustful rich couple begins divorce proceedings, only to interfere with one another's romance