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The EU is Missing its Targets

December 14, 2005

Member nations carrying out their promises poorly more

What we cannot do ourselves, we cannot understand in others

October 05, 2005

Max Planck researchers demonstrate that it is first and foremost our own experiences that make it possible for us to experience sympathy and empathy for others more

"The World Atlas of Language Structures" Published

August 01, 2005

Language

Max Planck scientists in Leipzig unveil one-of-a-kind documentation of world’s linguistic diversity / Surprising degree of grammatical borrowing between languages. more

CyberWalk - Unconstrained Walking in Virtual Worlds

April 27, 2005

European project started for the development of a new platform for walking in virtual worlds more

Natural selection as we speak

February 18, 2005

Shared properties of human languages are not the result of universal grammar but reflect self-organizing properties of language as an evolving system more

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Max Planck Research

MaxPlanckResearch 3/2024: Focus: On Life and Survival

This issue focuses on meeting existential needs, which are becoming increasingly limited due to climate change. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research are trying to preserve the characteristics of high-yielding and robust hybrid plants over several generations. It also looks at the work of the Global Fire Monitoring Center, which collects and communicates knowledge on how to prevent and effectively combat fires in forests, meadows and fields. Finally, a topic is how the water cycles have already changed and will continue to change and how we can adapt to this.