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Will Lionel Messi reshape Major League Soccer?

The United States has a long history of recruiting aging soccer stars from other countries. Argentine Lionel Messi, considered by many worldwide to be soccer’s GOAT—greatest of all time—is set to join Inter Miami CF later this year, the team former soccer great David Beckham co-owns. (more…)

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Eureka! Archimedes Running Naked Again with Joy

Here we go again with ChatGPT:

Prompt: You are a great physicist, mathematician and inventor of all time. You obviously know the story of Archimedes, how he invented the method for determining the volume of an object and his joyful crying “Eureka!“. Can you please describe it in a way that even someone who has no knowledge of physics understand it clearly and find it very amusing. I mean, can you bring some fun to the story as well? Please take your time and write it in details. (more…)

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Diving into the ocean bottom steered by a video game controller

Imagine you are driving through Sahara, your car is powered by solar energy. Now all on a sudden, solar panels or the device that catches sunlight went out of order either due to a malfunction or physical damage that occurred as the trail you are driving through is rough or you just hit against any roadside object very hard. Although your solar device is labeled ‘failure resistant’ or resistant against severe weather changes, things on real expeditions can always face life-threatening challenges. (more…)

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Neue Erkenntnisse zu menschlichen Stoffwechselprozessen

Freiburger Forscher*innen entdecken zahlreiche unbeschriebene Stoffwechselprozesse und deren Gene durch Vergleich von Stoffwechselprodukten in Urin und Blut

Forscher*innen der Medizinischen Fakultät der Universität Freiburg haben wesentliche neue Erkenntnisse über Stoffwechselprozesse in der Niere gewonnen. (more…)

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Minimum wage increase in Russia

In the plenary session of the 26th St Petersburg International Economic Forum Russian President Vladimir Putin told that the country is indexing minimum wage above the inflation rate, making sure that the gap separating it from the subsistence rate keeps growing. (more…)

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