September 23rd 2023
New Collage
September 12th 2023
Collage, once again
September 3rd 2023
New collage!
August 21th 2023
New collage
August 13th 2023
Another collage
July 19th 2023
The Psychology of Pink
With the Barbie-Movie hitting the cinemas in Germany it's time to assess some of pink's alleged qualities: Did the color really used to be a gender-signifier for boys? And does it make people less agressive and less hungry? Read answers to this questions in my quick fact-check, published in my science blog (article in German).
July 16th 2023
Another collage
July 15th 2023
New collage
June 29th 2023
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June 27th 2023
New collage
June 23th 2023
The psychology of Inheritance taxation
Inheritance taxes are particular unpopular taxes. This is somewhat puzzling since in Germany (and several other countries) most people will just never inherit enough to have to be taxed for their inheritances (and would profit from redistribution through taxation instead). Recent research points to so called "meritocratic believes" as an important factor, as I have unraveled for German Newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. Read the article here (article in German; behind paywall — at least for now).
June 11th 2023
New collage
May 21st 2023
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May 20th 2023
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May 15th 2023
Collage for Springer Medizin
The collage was created for a textual version of my interview with Jakob Kather, Professor for Clinical Artificial Intelligence at the Medical Faculty of Technische Universität Dresden, about AI and it's role in current and future medicine for an episode of the Springer Medizin Podcast.
April 27th 2023
New collage
April 16th 2023
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April 1st 2023
New collage!
March 24th 2022
New podcast episode: AI in Medicine
I had the great opportunity to speakt to Jakob Kather, Professor for Clinical Artificial Intelligence at the Medical Faculty of Technische Universität Dresden, about AI and it's role in current and future medicine for the most recent episode of the Springer Medizin Podcast. You'd probably be surprised to hear that AI is already part of routine clinical practice. And: If you ever wondered what AI is acutally is and what it's not, and how to define it - this episode will provide some remarkable answers (unfortunately, in German only):
March 20th 2023
A play on AI art
The German title "KI befahl: linke obere Ecke orange malen!" could be translated as: "AI [artificial intelligence] commanded: paint the upper left-hand corner orange!"
In an attempt to recreate the very famous painting Höhere Wesen befahlen: rechte obere Ecke schwarz malen (which could be translated as: "Higher beings commanded: paint the upper right-hand corner black") by Sigmar Polke I asked ChatGPT to give me instructions on which corner to paint in which color.
Since ChatGPT does not respond to creative requests with specific instructions, I asked for a random color and and a random combination of a horizontal and a vertical position (left, right; top, bottom). ChatGPT gave me the color with the RGB-code #FF5733 (orange) and the position "top-left".
March 18th 2023
New collage
March 5th 2023
New: Collage!
March 7th 2023
Divorce prediction
Some bestseller authors/researchers (e.g.) claim they are able to predict if a couple will divorce within the next years with an accuracy as high as over 90%. Unfortuately, empirical evidence for those claims is very limited, as I have summarized for German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. Read the article here (article in German; behind paywall — at least for now).
March 5th 2023
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March 4th 2023
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March 2nd 2023
Another collage!
February 26th 2023
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February 22th 2023
New composite
February 19th 2023
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February 12th 2023
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January 30th 2023
Another collage...
January 21st 2023
New collage, once again
January 1st 2023
Happy new year! New collage...
November 13th 2022
Another Collage!
November 13th 2022
New Collage!
November 9th 2022
Do videogames make kids clever?
I have tried to pin down the results of a recent study on the influence of video games on children's cognitve abilities for German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. Check it out here (article in German; behind paywall — at least for now).
November 7th 2022
New Collage
September 19th 2022
SURPRISE! New Collage
September 4th 2022
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August 25th 2022
Created another collage...
August 16th 2022
New Collage!
August 12th 2022
...and yet another one!
August 11th 2022
Another collage!
August 10th 2022
New collage
August 8th 2022
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May 13th 2022
The Green Side of the Moon
Is it possible to grow plants in moon soil? New research indicates though it can be done, moon soil is a huge stressor for plants. Read more about the why and how and the implications of the study for space exploration in my newest blog post (in German) here.
May 9th 2022
New Podcast Episode!
I have contributed to the most recent episode of the Springer Medizin Podcast. In this episode we try to shine a light on PCR (polymerase chain reaction): How does the thechnique work? How was it invented? And what are it's application besides COVID-19-Diagnostics? Find answers to this and other questions here (episode in German):
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