by Udo Pollmer / June 29, 2019

The Pacific rubbish vortex between California and Hawaii worries people in Germany. Now, as part of the Ocean Cleanup project, young people are allowed to collect all the rubbish again as the cleaning crew of the sea. Impressive videos show plenty of plastic packaging waste being fished out of the water by helpers. Now these very...

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...