Spectrum is a 30-minute weekly radio show which keeps you abreast of developments in the realm of science and technology news.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 2 days 6 hours 5 minutes
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Spectrum: The dogged, interminable struggle with diabetes
DW reports from a special conference in Bochum, where experts from around Germany - and Europe - met to discuss the psychological dimension of diabetes. Why is it so hard to live with this metabolic disease?
Spectrum: Shaken
How do you "graduate" astronaut school? We ask Europe's newest astronaut. Also, the strange story of a roaring Himalayan flood, and what you should do in the event of a tsunami.
Spectrum: Lettuce celebrate food!
On the show: Can obesity induced inflammation reduce your ability to taste? How much CO² does one sandwich produce? You’ll be surprised.
Spectrum: Artilysin, contraception and Twitter Bot art
On this week’s show, it’s been 90 years since the first antibiotic, penicillin, was discovered. We’re going to take the occasion to talk about bacterial resistance, and what may be the future of antibiotics.
Spectrum: Looking at Earth from above
Will the UK win the space race and become the first European country with its own spaceport on European soil? Host Jessie Wingard meets an amateur radio operator connecting Earth with the International Space Station.
Spectrum: An apple a day keeps the doctor away
We take a look at how South Africa has become a world leader in penis transplants. Stem cell therapies – miracle cure or harmful to your health? We discuss mental health and climate change.
Spectrum: Robot for chronically ill children
On today’s show – can a robot really stop loneliness for sick kids? We talk to a researcher behind a novel blood test that detects the early signs of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Spectrum: This is a test
We hear from the first 'test tube baby' 40 years later, find hot and bothered Germans (who also sit too much), long live the vanishing king penguin, and the sound of our sun.
Podcast Wissenschaft: Spectrum - Marijuana, sex, soccer and sleep
If Marijuana can make old mice brains younger, does that work with humans too? What is the point of monogamy if our instincts tell us to have sex with as many people as possible? And can robots help us fall asleep?
Spectrum: Duh, duh duh-duh-duh duh, duh
We’re going to be analyzing the song Seven Nation Army, the omnipresent anthem of soccer teams around the world. Why do groups of people sing this song together? What’s going on in our brain when we do that?