It costs just five euros to enter: In the Funpreneur competition, students use small amounts of start-up capital to pursue business ideas, especially those that are supposed to appeal to their peers. Many of the 17 teams that have entered the Funpreneur competition organized during the winter semester aim to win over young people, especially, as customers.

At www.mathematics-in-europe.eu soccer fans with a soft spot for math learn the true shape of a FIFA-approved ball – and even more amazing and worthwhile facts from the world of numbers.

Movies, dance, and theatre – the cultural metropolis of Berlin that we know today got its start about 100 years ago: As industrialization progressed, people streamed into the city from Germany and elsewhere, looking for work – and play. Where and how people celebrated in Berlin around 1900, and what people did for amusement in London or New York, is the subject of research by a group at the Friedrich Meinecke Institute of History at Freie Universität Berlin.