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Einige der giftigsten Schlangenarten haben ihre Heimat in Südafrika. Ihr Gift tötet auch Menschen. Dennoch ist lebensrettendes Antiserum Mangelware in Südafrika. Die Gründe sind hausgemacht, berichtet Stephan Ueberbach. 

In Deutschland wird es Alleinerziehenden schwer gemacht: Sie müssen prozentual mehr Steuern zahlen als verheiratete Paare. Die Hälfte der Alleinerziehenden erhält zu wenig Unterhalt und für viele ist es kaum möglich, Vermögen oder eine Altersabsicherung aufzubauen, berichtet Moni ... Show More

"La Fleur en Papier Doré" heißt eine nahezu unscheinbare Bar in Brüssel. Sie ist aber 2025 zur besten Europas gekürt worden. Die Bar hat eine bewegte Vergangenheit und strahlt eine urige, leicht mystische Atmosphäre aus, berichtet Lena Bergmann. 

<p>Concrete is all around us: we use it to build our roads, buildings, bridges and much more. Yet over the last 2,000 years, the art of mixing cement and using it to bind concrete hasn't changed very much -- and it remains one of the world's biggest emitters of carbon. Entreprene ... Show More

<p>If we're going to solve the climate crisis, we need to talk about construction. The four main building materials that humans currently use -- concrete, steel, masonry and wood -- have a heavy environmental impact, but what if we had a fifth option? Architect Michael Green prop ... Show More

<p>From London to Tokyo, climate change is causing cities to sink -- and our modern concrete infrastructure is making us even more vulnerable to severe flooding, says landscape architect and TED Fellow Kotchakorn Voraakhom. But what if we could design cities to help fight floods? ... Show More

<p>What if we could use waste to create resilient and sustainable buildings? Bringing out the beauty of the dirt beneath our feet, climate-responsive architect Vinu Daniel shares how he and his team are giving local and discarded materials (think: mud, plastic and used tires) a s ... Show More

Wood is strong enough to build skyscrapers, and bamboo - the fastest growing plant in the world - can also be used for building. Both suck up large amounts of greenhouse gas. We find out what would happen if we used these materials instead of concrete in construction. Produced an ... Show More

<p>Buildings are bad news for the climate -- but they don't have to be. While our structures are currently responsible for a third of global energy consumption and emissions, a future where they create more energy than they consume is possible. Energy policy analyst Ksenia Petric ... Show More

<p>Architecture can't ignore the realities of climate change. For time-tested solutions that perform under extreme conditions, designer Alyssa-Amor Gibbons says we should look to traditional buildings. Taking us to her home of Barbados, where the hurricane season is unforgiving a ... Show More

<p>Why are we still demolishing buildings when we can design for deconstruction? In this episode, Arup structural engineer Grace Di Benedetto explains that we need to change our mindset and recognise buildings as valuable sources of materials rather than rubble.</p><p>Together, w ... Show More

<p>L’architecture contemporaine peut-elle nous faire trembler de joie ? Dans son travail, devenu un art, Tadao Andō&nbsp;réconcilie ce que l’on croyait inconciliable&nbsp;: le béton et la lumière, le passé et le présent, le bouillonnement de la modernité et la terre. Né dans le O ... Show More