Academia & Publishing

Wie steht es um das wissenschaftliche Erbe der DDR? Eine Podiumsdiskussion

Unter welchen Bedingungen wurde in der DDR wissenschaftlich publiziert? Was geschah mit den Forschungsergebnissen nach der Wende? Und welche Bedeutung hat die Aufarbeitung von DDR-Forschungsliteratur? Diese und weitere Fragen diskutierten Birgit Dahlke, Rudolf Bentzinger und Christoph Links auf einer Veranstaltung der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften anlässlich der Digitalisierung des Bucharchivs des Akademie-Verlags.

Business & Economics

Degrowth: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

Amidst the devastation of the world’s ecosystems and the unprecedented rise in economic inequalities, should we reconsider our concepts of growth and development? Absolutely! It’s time to prioritize both people and the planet. It’s time for degrowth.

Science & Technology

Tackling Plastics Pollution with Chemical Recycling: An Interview with Katrina Knauer

This year’s Earth Day centers on reducing plastic pollution for the sake of both humanity and planetary health. We spoke with polymer scientist Dr. Katrina Knauer about innovative recycling technologies and the development of new plastics that could make a significant contribution to achieving this mission.

Arts & Humanities

AI Literature: Will ChatGPT Be the Author of Your Next Favourite Novel?

The rise of large language models has generated an online boom in AI-written literature across genres as diverse as bedtime stories for children, sci-fi novellas, autobiographies, and romance novels. But if we can generate entire volumes with nothing but a prompt or two, how will books be conceived in the future? And what impact will ChatGPT have on our notion of literature?

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