Researchers have shown that the tendency to cheat on a mate is hereditary among a bird species, and probe what role genetics play in human cheating as well?
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Is There An Infidelity Gene?
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Essay: our writer spent years combating what Pippa Middleton, seen by millions at the Royal Wedding, has made fashionable: a shapely bum. Inspired by the bridesmaid’s becoming backside, Wiesinger may finally be ready to let her ample bottom be.
Strongest among the under-30s, the trend of Germans renouncing car ownership has touched all age groups. Autos are increasingly a practical choice rather than status symbol.
The German nuclear phase out is going to cost European states billions in energy costs. Experts say it may also set off an environmental boomerang.
German naval forces are using multi-million-dollar reconnaissance planes to track pirates, part of an international effort to protect shipping in the Gulf of Aden. Will Germany’s government continue to support the operation?
Big ideas sometimes come in small packages. In both Europe and the United States, home designers are downsizing, offering mini-residences that are mobile, modular and moderately priced.
Europe was thrown into turmoil after Germany falsely accused Spanish cucumbers of carrying the deadly E. coli bacteria. A true test of EU solidarity.
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The Night They Served E. Coli For Dinner
In May, 17 people were infected with E. Coli while dining at the Kartoffelkeller restaurant in the the German city of Lübeck. Fresh salad is no longer served there, as owners and diners try to stay calm – and maintain their appetites.
Good news for people who like hiking – in their birthday suits! A nude-friendly trail in central Germany is now open for the season. Could Switzerland, a hiker’s paradise, open its natural spaces to naturists as well?
Convicted last month for their involvement in a massacre of civilians during World War II, two former Nazi soldiers lead a peaceful life in Germany. And they don’t want to be disturbed.
The desperate search to find the source of what is a particularly virulent new strain of the bacteria has begun again from square one, and a sense of panic is beginning to spread.
Editorial: In the wake of the Fukushima disaster in Japan, the phase-out of nuclear energy in Germany has been decided so quickly, and with so little thought, that it skirts the edges of democratic legitimacy.
A report by a pair of German academics accuses the Left Party of becoming increasingly anti-Semitic. While the party’s top leadership dismisses the yet-unpublished study as “nonsense,” others within the Left say there may be some truth to the allegations.
A miraculous discovery in Buenos Aires has brought the classic German silent film Metropolis close to the way its producers originally intended before decades of brutal editing.
While Bavaria leaps forward, Berlin languishes. Germany’s south is on the rise, thanks in large part to tech investments and shifting migration patterns.
Germany’s Bavaria offers a snapshot of the global competition for the internatinal crime pie. There, criminal clans from Eastern Europe muscle in where Italian mobsters once reigned.
The nude pictures of Turkish-German actress Sila Sahin spark debate over integration of Muslims in Germany, and elsewhere in Europe. It may also be a curveball for feminists.
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Is It A Sin To Be Elite?
Protestants of power and wealth in Germany struggle to balance faith and money, while Church leadership seeks a new way of addressing the modern quest for personal achievement with the greater good – and the Christian gospel.
The German director talks about his new film on the work of the late German choreographer, Pina Bausch. Capturing the creative genius — and mystery — of one of the 20th century’s great artists. And doing it in 3D.
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The Polar Bear Autopsy Of The Century
Knut, the Berlin Zoo bear who captured the world’s attention after being abandoned by his mother, died last month. After the most complex investigation of an animal’s death in memory, officials say Knut died of a viral infection.
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Everybody Loves… The Germans?
Nearly 70 years after WWII, have Germans finally come in from the cold? A recent BBC poll found that “friendly” Germany has the world’s best international image – for the third year in a row.
Germany is a world leader when it comes to green energy. But while its windmills and solar panels may be cleaning up the atmosphere, they’re also sullying the landscape.
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Hyundai Takes Aim At Bypassing VW Passat?
In Germany and Japan, no competitor has been able to match the VW Passat. But Korean carmaker Hyundai is taking aim at the midsized market. A German car reviewer takes a spin.
Hans-Peter Friedrich has upset Muslims before with his historical views. Now, critics say, he hit more bad notes during the annual Islamic Conference, where he invited Muslim participants to form a “security partnership.”
Towards the end of World War II, the German Luftwaffe airforce resorted to a series of deadly suicide missions. Die Welt journalist and historian Sven Felix Kellerhoff examines a little documented chapter in Germany’s military history.
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An Obituary For The Hated German
According to a recent BBC poll, Germany is the best country in the world — for the third year running. Do we really deserve it? BERLIN – The 2009 International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has a “red list” of threatened species, which includes 17,291 species in danger of extinction. But there’s one endangered […]
Editorial: In Germany, the clamor for a rapid end to nuclear power ignores a long list of consequences, from wind turbines in forests and to slowing down on the autobahn. Anti-nuclear protesters in Germany (2e14) Germany’s energy policy has three objectives: security, efficiency and environmental protection. This is law, enshrined in the preamble to the […]
Bank of Italy governor Mario Draghi is in pole position to replace Jean-Claude Trichet as president of the European Central Bank. But Germany, which was widely expected to provide the next ECB head, remains ambiguous on Draghi’s chances. Mario Draghi (INSM) By Gianluca Paolucci Bank of Italy Governor Mario Draghi would be a “first-rate candidate” […]
What do you usually give up for lent? Sweets? Meat? Alcohol? This year the classic choices for abstinence in the run up to Easter are joined by a group vowing to give up social networking sites. Alongside chocolate, alcohol and cigarettes a new craze is sweeping the globe: kicking the Facebook habit. Online groups mobilized […]
After years of muzzling critics and hiding accidents, Japan discovers the damage of keeping under wraps all things nuclear. And fear is now reaching the rest of the world.
To the outside world, Arid U., the German-Kosovan man accused of this week’s deadly shooting at the Frankfurt airport, was well integrated. But clues that something was amiss could be found online. (uggoboy) Florian Flade FRANKFURT – Arid U. wanted a bloodbath. He wanted to kill people he considered infidels, those whom he believed wage […]
Supporters organizing online for Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, the departed minister adored for rising above the fray, forced out by plagiary scandal. Guttenberg on Feb. 17, before his resignation, in Afghanistan (Bundeswehr fotos) BERLIN – Ousted German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg – who resigned this week after revelations that he plagiarized large parts of his […]
A new book from Germany’s Daniel Domscheit-Berg reveals Assange’s geekish world of all-nighters, stuffy hotel rooms, sexual preferences. And dreams of a revolution they once shared. Happier times. Assange and Domscheit-Berg in 2009 (Andy Gee) BERLIN – He ate three slices of meat loaf and left only one for me. He didn’t wash for days […]
In his hometown of Berlin-Steglitz, Fatih T. seemed like a typical German youth. This is how the son of Turkish immigrants came to lead a deadly Pakistani terror outfit. A mosque in Lahore, Pakistan (JacksonCam) STEGLITZ – A tall, nondescript building stands in the residential district, just south of Berlin city limits. This is the […]
As Reagan’s 100th birthday is marked, some Social Democrats say Berlin’s “honorary citizenship” is enough for former US president credited with accelerating reunificaton. Remains of the Berlin Wall (Bernt Rostad) BERLIN – It’s not exactly a return to the Cold War, but Germany’s ruling right-leaning CDU party and the left-leaning SPD opposition are battling over […]
A long-contested ban preventing Frankfurt’s female public employees from wearing burqas has been settled in court, but the vitriol continues online. Opposition to Burqas has spread. This graffiti from Australia (Beau Giles) FRANKFURT – A Frankfurt city employee may have lost a long-running battle to wear a burqa to work, but the debate is still […]
Advances in neuro-psychology help decipher the secrets of consumer decisions. (Elsie) How do our subconscious minds react to advertising? What are the different consumer types? Researchers around the world are searching for the latest secrets of our purchase decisions, and a growing number of companies are putting their findings into practice. In Germany, the Hamburg […]
A decade after opening the military to women, Bundeswehr officials face reports of sexual harassment aboard a German navy ship, and study the U.S. model for integration. (Bundeswehr) Ten years ago, the Bundeswehr was destined to become much more feminine. On January 2, 2001, with fewer than 250 female soldiers then enlisted in the German […]
Arranged marriages usually conjure up the image of young girls coerced into unwanted unions. From immigrants in Berlin, a rare glimpse of how the practice also damages men. BERLIN – As Ahmet Celik rolls over in bed this morning, the thought returns to him again. What would it be like to be free? He could […]
Diplomatic reports show plans to merge Europe’s Galileo system and the United States’ GPS system: The militaries “should have the same advantage.” GPS logs (Aaron Parecki) Whenever German space scientists have ambitious plans in the works, they seem to always take them first to the American Embassy in Berlin. According to documents furnished by Wikileaks, […]