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Dec 10, 2018

Earth to Exoplanet: Is Anyone There?

An animation of the K2-138 solar system, the first system with multiple planets discovered by amateur astronomers.

Geophysicist Lena Noack and biophysicist Andreas Elsässer study the possibility of life on other planets.

Is there life on distant planets? It is a question that fascinates people like no other. In light of the fact that there are an estimated 70 sextillion (70,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) stars, and countless of them have satellites like our sun, the answer is more than likely yes.

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Warning Signs of Terror

A moment of silence: On December 19, 2016, terrorist Anis Amri drove a truck into a crowd of people at the Christmas market on Berlin’s Breitscheidplatz. Twelve people were killed, and more than 50 were injured.

Psychologist Herbert Scheithauer is studying how young people are radicalized online.

Where is the line between a deeply religious Muslim and a radicalized one who is willing to embrace violence? Where does piety end and ideology begin? At what point does a person become willing to leave the path of peaceful dialogue?

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Alarm at the Checkpoint

A single poke can save lives. Vaccines to fight infectious diseases are administered starting in infancy.

Which vaccines strengthen the human immune system? Expert teams at Charité and Freie Universität search for answers.

Fall is vaccination season. To many people, refreshing their protection from flu on an annual basis is a matter of course. Others refuse all protective immunizations on principle because they believe the potential risks outweigh the benefits.

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