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Nanostructure researcher Serge Berthier has been working on solar energy for years. But he also likes catching butterflies... And he has managed to link his two passions. But what do solar panels have to do with lepidopterans?

Reconnection

Butterflies and Solar Panels: What's the Connection?

Dr Philipp Rothemund promises great progress in prosthetic limbs with soft robots. Made from crisp packets. But what do olives have to do with soft robotics?

Olives and Prosthetic Limbs - What Links Them?

Tarek Besold is an AI researcher. He works on making machines intelligent. But can he make them undersand love? And will we one day fall in love with our smartphones?

Tarek Besold is an AI researcher. He’s working on making machines intelligent. But can he make them undersand love? And will we one day fall in love with our smartphones?

Love and Artifical Intelligence

Why did Frédéric Lechenault, a specialist researcher in interface systems, start knitting? The answers links pullovers with seismic activity.

Jumpers and Earthquakes

What’s the link between a French stick and genome sequencing? Geneticists have managed to sequence the DNA of wheat, and it is more complicated than you might think.

Geneticists have managed to sequence the DNA of wheat, and it is more complicated than you might think.

A Baguette and Genome Sequencing

Is it possible to make an eco-friendly toilet? And can we make use of faeces and urine, usually treated as waste? Xenius investigates the taboo subject of toilets.

Xenius

Making Toilets Eco-Friendly

SUVs are fashionable in Europe but are they environmentally friendly? And are they as safe as other road vehicles? Xenius investigates with the help of researchers from Munich Technical University.

SUVs: Bad for the Environment?

In Germany, 18 million tonnes of food products are thrown away every year. Just because a fruit or vegetable is strangely shaped or because a product's expiration date has passed doesn't mean it can't be eaten. Yet these foods often end up in the trash.

In Germany, 18 million tonnes of food products are thrown away every year

How to Cut Down on Food Waste

What do DNA samples actually reveal? And how realistically are they used in crime drama series where they are often crucial to the plot? Xenius finds out by going to the Institute of Legal Medicine at Cologne University.

DNA & What it Reveals About Us

A shimmering yellow with a turquoise blue, and geometrical forms in orange and pink, veering off into fuchsia... a stained glass window? Or something that you usually wouldn't give a second glance?

Sciencible

A stained glass window? Or something that you usually wouldn't give a second glance?

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Butterflies and Solar Panels: What's the Connection? - Reconnection

Olives and Prosthetic Limbs - What Links Them? - Reconnection

Love and Artifical Intelligence - Reconnection

Jumpers and Earthquakes - Reconnection

A Baguette and Genome Sequencing - Reconnection

Making Toilets Eco-Friendly - Xenius

SUVs: Bad for the Environment? - Xenius

How to Cut Down on Food Waste - Xenius

DNA & What it Reveals About Us - Xenius

Stain Glass Windows - Sciencible

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