Does AI Have Prejudices?
Why GPT Thought I Don’t Like Classical Music Who likes being put into a box? That happened to me recently from an unexpected source while I was planning a trip to Rome. The AI’s…
What is Glimpse – The Data Lab?
An independent data-driven publication that explores social, cultural und scientific questions through evidence-based storytelling. We combine research, analytics and narrative writing to make complex topics understandable, relatable and meaningful for a broad audience.
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How AI Predicts Crime
And Why It’s No Longer Science Fiction Predicting crimes before they happen? For many, this immediately evokes the early-2000s film Minority Report. In the movie, so-called “precogs” foresee who will commit a crime next,…
Is Climate Change Real?
And Is It Really Man-Made? Few topics divide public debate as sharply as climate change. Some warn of a global catastrophe, while others dismiss the issue as exaggerated or even as a political invention.…
Mathematics of Love
Why dating apps promise matches but sell subscriptions The logic of the swipe It begins with a small gesture. A swipe to the right, and somewhere out there someone might do the same. That…
How Close Are We to the Warp Core?
Star Trek and the Real Quest for Clean Fusion Energy “Deuterium injection active – plasma flow stable!” – If that line immediately conjures up the image of a vertically mounted warp core glowing with…
Where Does Happiness Come From?
Which factors shape how satisfied we are with our lives Some people are more satisfied with their overall life situation than others. This becomes clear in data from the European Social Survey (ESS), which…
I Descend from Everyone Who Lived 700 Years Ago
Fun with Numbers from the Daily Life of a Hobby Genealogist The other day I was sitting in front of my family tree thinking: things are starting to get out of hand. I’ve managed…
A Gigantic Waterfall in the Ocean
Mighty natural wonders – the world’s largest waterfalls – and why the most spectacular one isn’t really a waterfall at all A waterfall beneath the sea? Yes, it actually exists. And it’s the largest…
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