https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Wearing masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus was not widespread in March, when a group of German tourists took a long flight home from Israel – but researchers were surprised to find only two passengers outside the group had been infected. https://www.thelocal.de/20200819/german-study-shows-lower-than-expected-risk-of-coronavirus-transmission-on-planes Wed, 19 Aug 2020 12:24:39 +0200 german-study-shows-lower-than-expected-risk-of-coronavirus-transmission-on-planes Questions concerning sex and sexuality can play a huge role in our everyday lives. But in Germany there are only two major sexual research centres capable of training professionals on this topic. Is that enough? https://www.thelocal.de/20180214/talking-about-sex-does-germany-need-more-training-in-sexology Wed, 14 Feb 2018 18:27:03 +0100 talking-about-sex-does-germany-need-more-training-in-sexology For a country so famous for its castles, Germany has done surprisingly little to record them all. That is slowly changing thanks to a new project. https://www.thelocal.de/20180119/researchers-attempt-to-clear-up-mystery-of-how-many-castles-germany-has Fri, 19 Jan 2018 16:48:38 +0100 researchers-attempt-to-clear-up-mystery-of-how-many-castles-germany-has Scientists in Germany on Friday cast doubt on the work of colleagues who claimed that plastic bag-eating caterpillars might hold the answer to the planet's growing synthetic waste problem. https://www.thelocal.de/20170916/german-study-casts-doubt-on-plastic-digesting-caterpillars Sat, 16 Sep 2017 05:20:10 +0200 german-study-casts-doubt-on-plastic-digesting-caterpillars A research initiative hopes to get approval for a study that would recruit 25,000 recreational cannabis consumers in Berlin - if it can get government approval. https://www.thelocal.de/20170425/researchers-want-to-recruit-25000-berlin-weed-smokers-for-study-marijuana-cannabis Tue, 25 Apr 2017 16:56:11 +0200 researchers-want-to-recruit-25000-berlin-weed-smokers-for-study-marijuana-cannabis German researchers found that the way a newborn cries surprisingly has a lot to do with their mother tongue. https://www.thelocal.de/20160822/german-researchers-babies-cries-depend-on-mother-tongue Mon, 22 Aug 2016 12:32:53 +0200 german-researchers-babies-cries-depend-on-mother-tongue This odd habit by our feathered friends has long been theorized, but now German scientists say they have definitive proof for the first time ever. https://www.thelocal.de/20160803/german-scientists-prove-birds-can-sleep-while-flying Wed, 03 Aug 2016 17:59:32 +0200 german-scientists-prove-birds-can-sleep-while-flying Financial crises and an uncertain future are making young Germans risk-averse and driving them into a cultural mainstream – although they're also the most socially tolerant generation ever, a new study claims. https://www.thelocal.de/20160426/german-teens-just-want-to-be-mainstream Tue, 26 Apr 2016 17:19:40 +0200 german-teens-just-want-to-be-mainstream There's little change in the 2015 list of new parents' favourite baby names, with some German classics holding on to the top spots. https://www.thelocal.de/20160331/sophie-and-maximilian-german-classics-top-baby-name-list Thu, 31 Mar 2016 16:45:22 +0200 sophie-and-maximilian-german-classics-top-baby-name-list German small and medium sized companies are lagging behind their competitors in Europe and further afield when it comes to innovation, a survey for the Federation of German Industry (BDI) has found. https://www.thelocal.de/20151221/germany-must-lead-world-in-innovation Mon, 21 Dec 2015 13:07:44 +0100 germany-must-lead-world-in-innovation For zebra finches, being set up with a mate just isn’t the same as choosing their own lover, researchers in Bavaria have found. https://www.thelocal.de/20150917/birds-shun-matchmaking-scientists-to-find-true-love Thu, 17 Sep 2015 12:12:03 +0200 birds-shun-matchmaking-scientists-to-find-true-love Ants designate special corners in their nests as toilets, according to the first ever study done into where ants go to go, published in scientific journal Plos One. https://www.thelocal.de/20150219/research-discover-ants-build-smallest-rooms Thu, 19 Feb 2015 15:13:06 +0100 research-discover-ants-build-smallest-rooms Doctors at the University Clinic in Ulm have discovered a new disease causing obesity while studying an extremely overweight three-year-old. https://www.thelocal.de/20150115/researchers-discover-rare-obesity-mutation-ulm-leptin-hormones-satiety Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:31:00 +0100 researchers-discover-rare-obesity-mutation-ulm-leptin-hormones-satiety The largest health study ever conducted in Germany called the National Cohort started on Monday, with researchers hoping the 28-year long investigation will shed new light into the risk factors of humanity's most prevalent diseases. https://www.thelocal.de/20141111/germanys-largest-ever-health-study-kicks-off Tue, 11 Nov 2014 09:00:00 +0100 germanys-largest-ever-health-study-kicks-off Germany is being left behind in the global race to keep its brightest minds, according to a study which will be presented to Chancellor Angela Merkel this week. https://www.thelocal.de/20140224/german-scientists-academics-move-abroad Mon, 24 Feb 2014 09:50:00 +0100 german-scientists-academics-move-abroad German universities are breaking ethics rules by taking millions of euros from the US military for research projects into munitions, environmentally-friendly explosives and drone software, critics claim. https://www.thelocal.de/20131125/german-universities-take-us-military-research-cash Mon, 25 Nov 2013 12:07:00 +0100 german-universities-take-us-military-research-cash Germany's leading family planning group published articles justifying paedophilia during the 1980s and 90s, researchers said on Wednesday. Article headlines included “the misery of a forbidden love.” https://www.thelocal.de/20131009/52307 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 12:38:00 +0200 52307 The area which gave rise to the name Neanderthal will run out of public funding for archaeology in two years - North Rhine-Westphalia state government is phasing out its financial support. https://www.thelocal.de/20130328/48809 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:14:00 +0100 48809 A sniff of a "cuddle hormone" can encourage married men to literally keep their distance from other women, German scientists have shown - but paranoid wives should not put in orders for monogamy spray quite yet. https://www.thelocal.de/20121115/46193 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:18:00 +0100 46193 Germany’s top scientific research centres could be slapped with a multimillion-euro tax bill after it emerged that they had wrongly claimed special tax status for years. https://www.thelocal.de/20120419/42051 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:32:00 +0200 42051