On October 28, Leipzig University unveiled its new, brain-inspired supercomputer to the local press. Before being allowed into the university’s “hallowed halls” to see SpiNNaker2 in action, Prof. Dr. Jens-Karl Eilers (Vice-Rector for Research at Leipzig University), Dieter Lehmann (Director of the University Computing Center), Prof. Dr. Jens Meiler (Director of the Institute for Drug […]
In the first part of our conversation with Professor Riedel-Heller, we discussed what loneliness is and how it manifests across age groups. We now turn to health and prevention. When we speak about loneliness, it is, on the one hand, a feeling — an impairment of well-being — and, on the other, a medical risk. […]
The topic of loneliness has increasingly drawn public attention, not just since the COVID‑19 pandemic. In the past, loneliness was often self‑chosen, for instance by hermits, but today it has become a heavily mediated term. Many people discuss it; initiatives such as the Martinsschmaus Foundation in Jena address “the increasing isolation of seniors and disadvantaged […]
Rafael Laguna, Director of the Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation (SPRIND), made a striking comment in an interview during the annual courtyard festival on September 11, 2025. He said verbatim: “My parents were translators, just like yours. They’re gone. The job is gone; it simply doesn’t exist anymore. Well, maybe still for literature, but for […]
Even though I refer to voices from the (dis)United States of America in the following piece, Germany has not yet reached that point. However, there are initial signs that representatives of the German “liberal democratic basic order” (FDGO) and defenders of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (GG) are being called upon […]
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