Safeguarding Science: Protecting Research from its Adversaries

The Rhine River has always been a capricious waterway, its reliability not a given even centuries ago. It has historically brought devastation with floods that claimed possessions and, at other times, suffered from insufficient water levels. While climate change was not a topic of discussion then

In Stendal, Saxony-Anhalt, an AfD Member of the European Parliament is accused of apprehending and allegedly injuring a 14-year-old boy caught in the act of destroying the party's election posters. The politician reportedly used force to detain the minor until the police arrived. Accordin

Welsh professional cyclist Finlay Tarling has died from injuries sustained in a serious accident during the Volta a Portugal. The Portuguese Cycling Federation confirmed the death of the 19-year-old. Tarling was part of the NSN Development racing team. The NSN Cycling Team announced on X (f

Hundreds of emergency personnel have been engaged in combating a forest fire near Ottweiler in the Neunkirchen district since the afternoon. According to current assessments, a maximum of approximately ten hectares are affected, as stated by the Saarland Ministry of the Interior. "The operation

The German dressage team secured a comfortable victory at the World Championships in Aachen, earning their first gold medal with a score of 235.063 points. Isabell Werth on Wendy (79.063), Katharina Hemmer on Denoix (79.224), Frederic Wandres on Bluetooth (75.963), and Raphael Netz on

When a broad consensus emerges, potentially even from the vast majority of scientists, it's often the AfD's moment to chime in. This was the case with saving the Euro, it was repeated during the pandemic and in their stance on Russia, and it's no different when it comes to humanity's greatest c