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Balzan Prize 2024 for Lorraine Daston

September 12, 2024

The emerita director at the MPI for the History of Science receives the prestigious award in the category of History of Modern and Contemporary Science more

Mother with a baby in her arms and a toddler sitting at the dining table at home, a laptop in front of her. She is working and looking after the children at the same time.

Pandemic childcare burden on mothers

September 03, 2024

Corona Social Sciences

Study reveals increased mental health strain more

Likely identity of <span><span><span><span>Bishop Teodomiro </span></span></span></span>confirmed

Likely identity of Bishop Teodomiro confirmed

August 16, 2024

Human History

Research reveals possible remains of discoverer of St James’ Tomb
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This composite image illustrates the experimental setup of the study on language and attention. It features three scenes, each showing a woman (the listener) standing at a table with four evenly spaced objects (bowls). In the first scene, the listener is looking directly at the target object; in the second, her gaze shifts to an object further from the target; and in the third, she looks at one closer to the target. In all three images, an outstretched hand (representing the speaker) points towards the intended object, accompanied by a speech bubble that reads, "Now I need...". Participants in the study were asked to select the demonstrative (e.g., "this," "that") that best suited each scenario based on the interaction.

The power of 'this' and 'that'

August 01, 2024

Language

New research suggests that 'demonstrative' words act as attention tools across languages
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Idlib, Syria. 08 March 2022.
Children play among the rubble of their homes bombed
by the Syrian government forces and Russian fighter
jets in the Filon village southwest of Idlib. The attack
was carried out in an attempt to regain control of the
rebel-held town in the Idlib governorate

Beyond casualties

July 29, 2024

Demografie

Research exposes the long-lasting effects of losing a family member in war-torn regions more

The roots of the Anthropocene

June 20, 2024

Anthropocene Climate

Even the earliest human interactions with tropical forests had irreversible consequences that will continue to impact the environment well beyond the 21st century. more

Dancers are less neurotic

June 07, 2024

Cultural Studies Psychology

Amateur and professional dancers are less neurotic than people who do not dance, study shows more

Picture of a street neighbourhood in Nima, a Zongo residential town in the region around Accra in Ghana. The picture is taken from above at what appears to be dusk, the light is diffuse and the sky tinged orange. You can see rooftops, and a street with houses of various sizes stacked against one another. Cars are driving down the street, some with their headlights on.

In the era of superdiversity

May 28, 2024

Migration Social Sciences

Modern migration is more complex than ever more

The picture shows researcher Steven Vertovec, Director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, standing in front of a bookshelf in a library. Vertovec, wearing blue jeans, a blue shirt and a black jacket, is looking straight at the camera. He sports a full greying beard.

Superdiversity - rethinking diversity

May 28, 2024

Migration Social Sciences

In his book, Steven Vertovec reevaluates social identities more

Taking the lead in music

May 21, 2024

Cultural Studies

First-mover advantage may be key to success in the music industry more

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Max Planck Research

MaxPlanckResearch 2/2024: Focus: Law creates Freedom

The focus of this issue also takes up the theme of the Science Year 2024 “Freedom”. This time, it is about how law and rules create freedom: In Germany, the Federal Constitutional Court watches over this in the last instance. Whether and how the highest court can be protected from anti-freedom and anti-democratic attacks is one of our topics. It is also about how the freedom of people who are existentially threatened by climate change can be secured - even if it is the freedom to seek refuge in other countries. Finally, we shed light on the extent to which Germany has benefited from the freedom that the EU has created, particularly with the single market, and how freedom and prosperity can be secured in the future.

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