Good News vs Bad News

Over the decades, commercial aviation has become much safer. Technology has evolved, but many lessons have also been learned from the investigation of previous accidents. As a result, 2023 has been one of the safest years in the...

While "Big Tech" companies tend to seal themselves off from competitors in often unfair ways, e.g. by technically binding users to their own products and services, Wordpress (a system that's running behind many websites worldw...

While negative climate tipping points tend to frighten and frustrate us, some researchers have recently raised hope and motivation by pointing the focus on so called "positive climate tipping points". They address the issue of...

After several moments of hesitation, for example due to the energy crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Germany has finally switched off its last three nuclear power plants in spring 2023. Instead, the German focus...