PsychologyAugust 19, 2024
The ‘Confetti Illusion’ Makes Fruit Appear Riper Than It Really Is
Fruit seems riper when it is wrapped in a net that matches its optimal color, such as a really orangey orange
Stories by Katharina Menne
Katharina Menne is an editor at Spektrum der Wissenschaft. She likes to write about technology, the environment, nature and quantum physics.
OpinionOctober 25, 2023
Does Humanity Have to Eat Meat?
Meat eating may not have made us human after all, say paleoanthropologists
OpinionJune 22, 2023
The World Rallied to Find Missing Titan Sub but Ignored Shipwrecked Migrants
The massive search for a missing submersible was a stark contrast to the treatment of a ship packed with people fleeing conflict