November is often gray, damp, and cold in Germany, but it can also be unpredictable. In fact, the record temperatures on hand have a range of 50 degrees centigrade! What do the weather models predict for November 2020? Wetter.com meteorologist Corinna Borau breaks it all down for us.

Lake Lucerne in central Switzerland is a large energy reserve that provides cold and hot water for individual and collective heating, cooling, and air conditioning needs in an environmentally friendly way. Find out more about how it works!

Could eating less help us look younger, and more importantly, could it help us live longer? A few studies seem to show that this could be the case, but there are no conclusive results yet.

Although it might help with fighting age-related diseases in the future, research into calorie restriction and aging is not so far along – or free of contradictions – that we should factor it into our dietary choices.

In this video, physicist and author Harald Lesch talks about how Germany could phase out coal and nuclear power completely and still meet all of its energy needs.

Germany is not a big enough country to devote all of its land to creating renewable energy – but there is another place with vast expanses of empty space and limitless sunshine.

In this video, Ivana tells us about her degree program in Geodesy and Geoinformatics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. She talks about hands-on surveying exercises, working with specialized measurement equipment, and student life during the main field surveying course in the Black Forest.

The structure of the German language makes it easy to combine infinitive verbs with prefixes to completely change the meaning of the original verb. This makes it easy to come up with new words — and as a result, the Duden is always expanding!

The Senckenberg Society, a non-profit scientific research institution, is celebrating its 200th anniversary. The Senckenbergers, as the scientists call themselves, are looking for solutions to climate change, poverty, overfishing, and more.

Since they are often in close contact at school, young children in particular are susceptible to catching head lice. Luckily, parasitologist Heinz Mehlhorn knows how to get rid of the annoying (though ultimately harmless) little bloodsucking parasites.

To understand the impact of climate change on Germany's weather, meteorologist Sven Plöger accompanies researchers to Greenland's dramatic landscapes.

Hydrogenious Technologies, based in Erlangen, makes it easier to transport and store hydrogen by chemically binding it. The company was founded in 2013 by Daniel Teichmann as a spin-off of University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.

Even with high-tech running shoes, lots of people still suffer injuries. Barefoot running could be the solution! Knee, hip, and back injuries are often caused by an incorrect gait, which running shoes tend to exacerbate. So should we run barefoot like our ancestors?

You check in, board, find your seat, and off you go! Everyone's familiar with the routine. But why do the crew always greet you as you board the plane? And what's the purpose of that tiny hole in the windows?

In the second part of the video, Galileo reveals five secrets about airplanes and answers a few questions you may have asked yourself whenever you have taken a flight.