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Many publications by Max Planck scientists in 2020 were of great social relevance or met with a great media response. We have selected 13 articles to present you with an overview of some noteworthy research of the year more

An interview with Raquel Sirotti, doctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute For European Legal History, about the environmental policies of the Bolsonaro government more

Interview with Asifa Akhtar, the new Vice President of the Biology and Medicine Section of the Max Planck Society more

Interview with Klaus Blaum, the new Vice President of the Chemical Physical Technical Section of the Max Planck Society more

Interview with Ulman Lindenberger, the new Vice President of the Human Sciences Section of the Max Planck Society more

The primatologist Roman Wittig explains in this interview, why he prefers to speak in terms of "spatial” rather than “social” distancing, and how virtual (online) meetings can replace real meetings to a certain extent. more

In her essay, Max Planck Director Ayelet Shachar describes how governments in western countries are increasingly trying to control access to their territories from a distance and monitor the mobility of their own citizens more

Daniel Calovi, a postdoc at the Max-Planck-Institute for Animal Behaviour at the department "Collectve Behaviour" of Iain Couzin, is a co-founder of the project “crowdfight covid19”. An initiative from the scientific community to put all available resources at the service of the fight against COVID-19 more

On the occasion of World Water Day on 22 March 2020, the United Nations drew attention to the fact that water is a scarce commodity in many regions of the world. more