ART AND POWER: How the arts preserve sanity in times of political unrest
In the 1990s, near the end of his life, I became friends with a neighbour of mine in Los Angeles, Herbert Zipper. He died at the age of 93, in 1997. Herber...
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SCIENCE OUTREACH: A morning with bats
It is 6:00 a.m. in Konstanz, Germany. It’s March and spring has arrived a bit too early for everyone. The weather is a little unpredictable; windy, cold an...
MARIE KONDO’S TIDYING UP: The life-changing magic of clearing my social media
Marie Kondo is the author of the book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing, and the star of the Netflix show ...
HAPPILY EVER AFTER: 5 simple ways to make every day Valentine’s Day
We all have our image of the ideal relationship. For most of us, it’s about constantly supporting each other and being tender, adoring and happy together. Afte...
DRAW YOUR SOCIAL CIRCLE: A 4-part exercise that’ll help you analyze your relationships
We’re social beings, and our web of relationships is important to our happiness. Supportive relationships help us survive life’s storms and celebrate its succe...
SCIENCE OUTREACH: An evening with bats
It’s about 4:30 p.m. and I am waiting at the coordinates given to me by Lara, one of my colleagues. She is an upcoming Ph.D. student at Max Planck Institute of...
THE LOVE BOT: When an algorithm gets online dating right
Once upon a time … this is how the best of fairy tales and bedtime stories begin. And this is probably the best of the best. Why? Because it’s real. And it con...
SCIENCE OUTREACH: An evening with hedgehogs
On October 4, 2018, I went out with Javi (Dr. Javier Lázaro Tapia) to catch some hedgehogs. He is a postdoc in Dechmann Lab at the Max Planck Institute of Orni...
IDENTITY POLITICS: The most convincing argument isn’t an argument at all
By now, everyone's experienced a wicked flame war on social media over political or ideological matters. Whether you've joined in the fray or just grabbed popco...