Spectrum
From advances that will change our lives to offbeat oddities, Spectrum keeps you abreast of developments in the realm of European science and technology news.
04
DEC
A hyperloop dream for Europe
Amsterdam to Barcelona in about an hour. Wouldn't it be great if Europe had its very own hyperloop system? Come with us to check out the radical plan being drawn up at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.
28
NOV
Remember December?
It may just be the "Most wonderful time of the year," but Christmas shopping can act like cocaine on your body and we've got three very good antidotes. Also, as we enter peak house fire season, an idea that could save kids' lives.
20
NOV
13
NOV
Your breath smells like emotional tension
Follow us into a darkened German cinema to talk about how the stuff we breathe out when we're watching a movie has implications on the future of film ratings — and on a young field of medicine.
06
NOV
30
OCT
Self-driving carnage
Drive into a child, or swerve and hit two grandparents? Such horrendously difficult choices will soon be programmed into ours cars. Cast your own vote in this moral bloodbath of an episode.
23
OCT
The dogged, interminable struggle with diabetes
This week on the show, DW reports from a special conference in Bochum, where experts from around Germany - and Europe - met to discuss the psychological dimension of diabetes. Why is it so hard to live with this metabolic disease? What can be done to motivate sufferers who would rather just throw in the towel?
09
OCT
02
OCT
Tapping into the science of Oktoberfest
Just why DO so many people go to Oktoberfest? And how does nearly 8 million liters of beer get in – and then out – of the city in just two weeks? Come with us to Munich, Germany, but watch out for 'super recognizers.'
25
SEP
18
SEP
Lettuce celebrate food!
On the show: Can obesity induced inflammation reduce your ability to taste? How much CO² does one sandwich produce? You’ll be surprised.
11
SEP
Artilysin, contraception and Twitter Bot art
On this week’s show, it’s been 90 years since the first antibiotic, penicillin, was discovered. We’re going to take the occasion to talk about bacterial resistance, and what may be the future of antibiotics.
