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Pipes, snuff and medicinal remedies:
Exhibition illustrates the past and future of tobacco [31.05.2013]
Formerly often used as a cure-all, discovered by native Americans, snorted, smoked, chewed, cultivated - and even applied in modern genetic engineering. The exhibition "Tobacco, a warm but sadly abused by us plant" at the Museum of History of the University of Hohenheim explores the checkered history of the cure-all agent and its current usage. The museum is located in the...more
Fish in Orbit:
Researcher explores why travellers often feel queasy [16.04.2013]
Between 10 to 15% of travellers are effected by motion sickness: in cars, busses, trains, and on board ships and planes, sometimes leading to spells of vomiting. Since fish also suffer from motion sickness, a biologist from the University of Hohenheim plans to send 40 fish of the species cichloid into space, more specifically to the Russian space station Baikonur on 19th April...more
"Stuttgart 21“: A Major yet Controversial Project [12.03.2013]
The Hohenheim communication specialist Frank Brettschneider together with the former mayor of Stuttgart, Wolfgang Schuster have produced a new anthology on the subject entitled "Stuttgart 21“: Ein Großprojekt zwischen Protest und Akzeptanz". The work contains 268 pages with contributions from 16 autors in 14 essays dedicated to the issue of the "Stuttgart 21“ railway project....more
Surprise dish:
Snack event with political message, star chef and nutrition expert [25.02.2013]
For them it's all about human dignity. Hidden hunger is a largely unknown problem, and not only in poor countries. The poorer members of society in rich countries cannot afford healthy meals on a regular basis, resulting in illnesses. For children, the negative consequences of this range from irreversible health conditions to death. At the event which will take place at the...more
Hidden Hunger:
First worldwide Congress at the University of Hohenheim [29.01.2013]
Experts from germany, the USA, the UN and the FAO will come together for the first time to join the international congress from the 6th to the 9th of March 2013 at the University of Hohenheim. Their common goal: to bring the crisis caused by a worldwide micronutrient deficiency to the attention of politicians and the general public and to demonstrate which strategies can be...more