Chinese New Year: Confucius says…
A man walks past a dragon figure at a new year’s fair in Beijing on February 4, 2024. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP) Photo: afp/PEDRO PARDO Confucius says: “Carnival…
“Time”: Yascha Mounk: Strange and strange
Controversial publicist: Yascha Mounk. And now controversial? Photo: Lucille Schoenhentz/Panoramic It’s amazing how quickly a person disappears. On the Internet. If there’s anything disreputable about him. “Oops! This happens in…
Taiwan crisis: More important than oil: Taiwan’s semiconductors
What the USA fears and has not been able to properly prevent: cooperation between China and Taiwan, as seen here in a TSMC semiconductor factory in Nanjing. Photo: AFP/STR Crises…
Imaging methods: Higher mathematics in the service of medicine
Inconceivable without higher mathematics: diagnoses using computer tomography Photo: dpa/Martin Schutt Nowadays, almost every adult has been in the “tube” for a computer tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).…
GDR art: Arno Rink: From the back room of the tough school
“Responsibility for form” was Arno Rink’s aesthetic credo. Photo: Photo: Hirmer Verlag 1990 was not a good year for painting. Smooth photographs and flickering videos entered the art market with…
Opera: »Rusalka« at the Berlin State Opera: Dvořák in the bathtub
A greeting to Prague by Franz Kafka? Rusalka (Christiane Karg) has to crawl around like a worm. Photo: Gianmarco Bresadola Musically, we can report an almost entirely enjoyable evening. The…
Rap Opera: Bushido: Become Softer | nd-aktuell.de
From the West Berlin curb to the Dubai skyline: Bushido Photo: dpa After well over 100 days of negotiations in a mammoth trial that lasted a total of three and…
Film industry: Film: 50/50 still doesn’t exist
Only men as far as the eye can see: Red carpet at the 2014 Berlinale, during which “Pro Quote Director” was founded. Photo: IMAGO/ABACAPRESS/Marechal Aurore An article by Ellen Wittstock…
Football Bundesliga: 1. FC Union Berlin: In the constant rain in Mainz, the minimum goal
Union’s Robin Gosens was once able to decisively escape Mainz. Photo: imago/Matthias Koch Nenad Bjelica was stunned: The coach of 1. FC Union Berlin jumped up in despair in a…
Football: Berlin: Dance of joy at Tennis Borussia, anger at BFC Dynamo
Plain in Hohenschönhausen: BFC Dynamo stadium in the Sportforum Photo: imago/Ed Gar Before the previous Berlin election in spring 2023, CDU mayoral candidate Kai Wegner appeared at the BFC Dynamo…