Canaries in the Mines of Democracy – On the status of science in Russia, Turkey, Hungary and Poland

The Malthusian Trap – How an again and again refuted theory from over 200 years ago still haunts us

„The Tyranny of the Butterfly“ – Frank Schätzing’s new novel and how Artificial Intelligence and other super technologies threaten our way of life

Exiting the comfort zone of absolute certainties- From quantum physics to today’s political populism

Attack on the immune system of our democracy – How we are being digitally manipulated

Towards global leadership in Artificial Intelligence – The view of the German government

The Second Quantum Revolution – From Entanglement to Quantum Computing and Other Super-Technologies

Fantasies of technological omnipotence – The „Silicon Valley Dream“

Eradication of entirespecies – What has become possible with Gene Drive and CRISPR

Nobel Prize for Economics 2018 – The economic importance of technological innovation and the environment