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Energy · 6–8 minutes to readHow does a hydroelectric power plant work? From water to electricityFrom the potential energy of water through the turbine and generator to the electricity grid. And why can water also act as a giant battery?Read the article Economics and technology · 6–8 min readWhy doesn’t Europe have its own Apple?From university research to a global business: why capital, customers and the ability to grow matter.Read the article Science and space · 5–8 min readAntimatter: why didn’t it destroy us at the birth of the universe?What antimatter is, why matter came to dominate the universe, and what experiments reveal about our origins.Read the article Space · 6–8 min readA star that would shine green: how its atmosphere changes its colourWhy can the white dwarf WD J1330+6435 appear greenish, and what does its light reveal about its atmosphere and a vanished planetary system?Read the article Energy · 6–8 minutes to readCan we heat a home with cold air?What refrigerant does, why it can boil below zero, and how a heat pump moves energy from the air into a home.Read the article Energy · 7-minute readWhile China built, Germany closed. What does that mean for electricity and industry?Why China and Germany took different nuclear paths, where electricity flows from, and what its price means for industry.Read the article Space · 6–8 min readThe telescope that sees a past older than Earth. How does Webb work?Why Webb sees billions of years into the past, how it reads the atmospheres of distant planets, and how early galaxies surprised astronomers.Read the article Housing and wages · 7-minute readHave house prices really outpaced wages?Czechia and Slovakia in 2005–2025: what prices, wages and mortgages reveal — and why rising pay alone is not enough.Read the article Energy · 7–8 min readHow does a nuclear power plant work — and is it really that dangerous?Why does water at 300 °C not boil, what happens after a reactor shuts down, and what are the real benefits and risks of nuclear power?Read the article Society · 9 minutes to readThe world's religious map is changing. Why does Europe tell a different story?Christian affiliation is declining in Europe, but global trends differ. What the data can tell us about religion, atheism, and the striking gap between Czechia and Slovakia.Read the article Space · 6 min readA year in 23 hours. The lava world that surprised astronomersHD 3167 b orbits its star in less than a day. How did Webb uncover signs of an atmosphere from its radiation, 154 light-years away?Read the article Housing · 7–8 minutes to readHow much does a home cost in Europe?25 countries, apartment prices and net incomes. Why do similar prices in Czechia and Germany mean very different housing affordability?Read the article Industry · 6-minute readThe raw materials that make us dependent on ChinaTwelve raw materials: where China dominates mining or processing, and what it means for our factories, energy systems and electronics.Read the article Science · 5–7 minute readIg Nobel Prizes 2026: science that first makes you laughKissing animals, a mosquito as a printer nozzle and buried underwear. Ten studies and a snake experiment that raises questions about scientific ethics.Read the article Space · 6–8 min readEnceladus: could life be hiding beneath the ice?A salty ocean lies beneath the ice of Saturn’s moon. What did Cassini and a new laboratory experiment reveal — and why is this not yet a discovery of alien life?Read the article Security in numbers · 5-minute readNATO vs. Russia: what do the numbers show?Even without the US, NATO leads in five measures. Nuclear warheads tell a different story. Explore the data, sources and explanation.Read the article Global trade · 10-minute read6 critical places that could make your life more expensiveHormuz, Malacca, Bab el-Mandeb, Suez, the Bosporus and Panama: how they affect fuel, food and manufacturing.Read the article Economics made simple · 10-minute read Who does the world owe? Governments owe $107 trillion. To whom — and why do they not have to repay it all at once? Read the article