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Mata Hari, Agent H21 is a 1964 French-Italian spy film directed by Jean-Louis Richard and starring Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Claude Rich. It portrays the activities of the First World War spy Mata Hari. Costumes by Pierre Cardin. In Paris during the First World War, an exotic dancer

Can You Focus for 3 Minutes? The Digital Attention Challenge

Welcome to the first episode of a four-part series exploring how your digital life is shaping your brain. This episode is a unique challenge: can you stay present for three full minutes without switching tasks, skipping ahead, or checking your phone? It might sound simple, but with the average human

Hell's Island

Hell's Island is a 1955 American film noir directed by Phil Karlson starring John Payne and Mary Murphy. The film was shot in the VistaVision wide-screen format. Hell's Island was re-released in 1962 under the title South Sea Fury. The working titles of this film were Love Is a Weapon and The Ruby

How does advertising affect our brain?

Neuroscience has deciphered what has to happen in the brain for us to buy products. Two centers in particular compete here: our reward system and pain processing. Author: 3sat/nano/medicine/Dunja Keuper/Johannes Kröger, Marius Jelonek/Catrin Füller Translation and dubbing: alugha Click here to se

This is how trees drink water

When it's pouring rain in the forest, many trees binge-drink. That sounds easier than it is. How do trees actually transport water from the ground up to their crowns? Author: ZDF/TerraX/Colourfield Tell A Vision/Petra Höfer, Freddie Röckenhaus/Tobias Kaufmann/422 south/Johannes Fritsche/Jochen Schm

Sustainability seals in the textile industry

The new governmental "Green Button" seal of approval was introduced at the end of 2019. Companies must prove that they act responsibly in terms of human rights, social and environmental issues. In addition, 26 criteria are assessed on the product side. Authors: 3sat/nano/medicine/Dunja Keuper/Johan

Causes of air pollution

Air pollution has many causes. The biggest polluter is energy production, with two-thirds of particulate emissions coming from coal-fired power plants. Road traffic and factory farming in agriculture also contribute to this. Author: 3sat/nano/Labo M/Johan von Mirbach/Chris Caliman/Christoph Valenti

What are Bitcoins?

Anyone who wants to send and receive Bitcoins, a digital currency, needs a cryptocurrency wallet. Every wallet has a private key in the form of a numeric code that automatically signs transactions. Every transaction is recorded by every computer in the network in an encrypted data block and added to

Environmental impact of cruise ships

NABU has calculated that one cruise ship produces more sulfur dioxide per day than 300 million cars. The particulate matter pollution is equivalent to about one million cars. In addition, one cruise ship produces more carbon dioxide per day than 80,000 cars. On top of that, in many ports there is no

The most important climate factors

How sun, clouds, CO2 and other factors determine the climate. The video clip was created in collaboration with meteorologist Prof. Dr. Stephan Borrmann, Professor at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, and climate scientist Dr. Di