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Against the odds: Indian science and science journalism (plus video)
T.V. Padma (Delhi / India), science journalist and HITS Journalist in Residence 2017, will speak about the challenges and chances for scientists …
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Facts instead of Fake News: HITS supports the “March for Science”
The international “March for Science” will take place on April 22nd, 2017. Demonstrations are currently planned in more than 400 cities worldwide in …
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HITS researcher Christoph Pfrommer is new professor at the AIP Potsdam
As of April 1, 2017, the astrophysicist is leading the research group Cosmology and Large-scale Structure at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (…
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Simulated Universes
Volker Springel elected to the German Academy of Sciences “Leopoldina”. Presentation of the membership certificate in Halle, Germany Volker Springel, head …
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“Journalist in Residence”: T.V. Padma at HITS
Science journalist T.V. Padma from Delhi, India, has begun her stay at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) as “…
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New Scientific Director: Michael Strube
As of January 2017, Prof. Dr. Michael Strube is the new Scientific Director (“Institutssprecher”) of HITS. As the position of Scientific Director …