Category: Feature Stories

The global perception of happiness has not changed despite crises. This is the result of the World Happiness Report, published on Monday. According to the report, Finland has the happiest population for the sixth time in a row, while Austria is eleventh. This result was achieved last year. “Average happiness and our country ranking have remained remarkably stable over the three Covid 19 years,” said researcher John Helliwell, who worked on the report. Behind the northern EU country of Finland, Denmark and Iceland take the other top spots by some…

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On March 20, the longed-for astronomical spring begins: day and night are of equal length. The sun crosses the celestial equator from the southern half of the sky, as seen from the earth’s center, and moves to the northern half of the sky. This so-called spring equinox occurs this year on Monday at 22.24 CET. Beginning of spring on March 20: Day and night are of equal lengthAt the beginning of spring, our central star rises in the east, stands at noon in the south and sets exactly in the…

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Why do we have to cry when we cut onions? Here you get the answer to the question! We’ve all been there: you peel an onion, start cutting it, and almost immediately feel an irritating, burning sensation in your eyes. It’s not uncommon to begin crying shortly after these initial symptoms. But why do you think this reaction when you start cutting the onion and not while it is still in one piece? Chemistry is the solution to the riddleThe answer is simple: when you start cutting the onion, you…

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For most people, happiness increases with income, a new study says. Money doesn’t make you happy, they say. But is that true at all? Two researchers recently came to different conclusions. Now they are joining forces: And find that more money makes you happier. But apparently, that doesn’t apply to everyone. Whether Money can buy happiness is perhaps as old as Money itself. And it has always been controversial. New research now provides a possible answer. A study published earlier this month in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy…

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According to new findings, plastic that enters the world’s oceans also appears capable of causing dangerous diseases. The first cases of plasticosis found in birds illustrate this case. The world economy produces so much plastic that it can be found everywhere (even in the Arctic, whole mountains of plastic make it), also in our stomachs. Puffins ingest plasticWhen plastic enters the world’s oceans (researchers are working diligently to find a solution to eliminating it naturally), it never completely disappears (it can also be detected in breast milk). It breaks down…

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Two French amateur astronomers have discovered an asteroid about 50 meters in size that could come dangerously close to Earth. According to the U.S. space agency, there is a “very small possibility” that the chunk, with the catalogue name 2023 DW, could impact Earth in February 2046. Discovered on February 26 by Georges Attard and Alain Maury as part of the MAP asteroid search program at Maury’s private observatory in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, the cosmic chunk will take 271 days to orbit the Sun. According to initial calculations,…

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Waste disposal companies collect four hundred eighty-three kilograms of household waste per capita annually. This huge amount cannot be completely avoided. But everyone can do something to reduce their contribution. A life without waste – that’s a big goal that only very ambitious people can come close to. But many consumers want to produce less waste. However, industry and retail do not make it easy for them because they package their products in elaborate ways. Nevertheless, it is worth trying – even if the “zero waste” goal is not achieved.…

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Many people feel that the days get longer more quickly in March. This is no imagination; the daylight hours increase more than in any other month of the year. But what is the reason for this? Around Christmas, it feels dark around the clock in our latitudes. Only in January does the situation improve, until the days seem to get longer and more quickly in February and March. An impression that is not deceiving: the length of daylight grows faster in March than at any other time of the year.…

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The clock is still turned twice a year. On the last Sunday in March, the day starts one hour earlier in this country; for many, it is a horror. That’s why you should start preparing for it now. But how? Daylight saving time this year means that tonight (from night to Sunday) will be moved from two to three o’clock. The hour of sleep that many will noticeably miss over the next few days upsets the body’s so-called circadian rhythm. Sleep researchers sometimes also speak of mini-jet lag. This can…

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