by Udo Pollmer / January 17, 2021

Shark fins are considered a delicacy in many parts of the world. Europeans find the soup boring because it is completely tasteless. Udo Pollmer explains the different preferences with a drug in the shark fins.

Vegetarians and vegans suffer from a conflict of conscience in this difficult viral time: There is...

by Udo Pollmer / February 22, 2021 – updated Sept. 2023

Hyperactivity or ADHD was once a diagnosis reserved for children. Now it affects all age groups. Udo Pollmer explains why fidgets became calmer during puberty and why they suffer from it today into old age. Of course, they now need - what a miracle! – pills for just as long.

Do you know the German children's story of " Fidgety Philip" [Zappelphilipp], by Heinrich Hoffmann, a 19th century German psychiatrist and...