University of Tübingen

Whenever people learn with others, they make comparisons. A contrasting effect usually occurs here, which has an immediate effect on one's own school self-concept: if the others do better, one assesses one's own abilities as poorer. If…

With a shell length of about 100 millimeters, the Areolan Flat-Tortoise (Homopus areolatus), which lives on land, is one of the smallest modern-day tortoise species. The record at the other end of the scale is held by the leatherback sea…

Genetic analyzes of human bones reach their limits when, for example, the DNA is poorly preserved or the samples must not be destroyed. In such cases, comparisons of the structure and shape of certain parts of the skeleton can also…

An almost completely fossilized alligator skull that was found in 2005 in Ban Si Liam, Thailand and is no more than 230,000 years old, belongs to a previously unknown species. Márton Rabi and Gustavo Darlim from the University of Tübingen…

On Tuesday, July 18, 2023, the Tübingen AI Center celebrated its permanent establishment as a national AI center with a symposium. Since July 1, 2022, it has been funded by the federal and state governments with 20 million euros a year.…

Series of events organized by the university and university town of Tübingen: Ten lectures will address topics such as astrophysics, health, artificial intelligence or literature from crisis areasIn August, the Summer University will…

A letter from the Tübingen polymath Wilhelm Schickard to the famous astronomer Johannes Kepler dated September 20, 1623 documents the invention of the first mechanical calculating machine: "Furthermore, I recently tried mechanically the…

The tax has not measurably reduced the amount of waste, but has stimulated reusable offers from restaurants and cafés - the decision of the Federal Administrative Court is expected for todayThe introduction of a tax on takeaway food and…

On the Children's University Research Day, it's not just about listening, but above all taking part - registration for the 30 workshops is possible online from June 16thAssembling robots, taking part in an archaeological excavation,…

Depending on the acidity of the water, the toxicity of chemicals in the aquatic environment can vary by several orders of magnitude. This was the result of a study led by Professor Heinz Köhler from the Institute for Evolution and Ecology…