Science & Technology
Inside the U.S. Pentagon’s Funding for Foundational Research in Austria – and the Fight to End It
The U.S. Pentagon funds critical studies in medicine and quantum physics in Austria. Does this threaten the country’s neutrality or academic freedom?
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People
Meet Nuno Maulide, Star Chemist & Learned Concert Pianist With a Mission
“I tell my students, ‘I can get your foot in the door, but then you have to open it.’ I’m the kind of person who once I get my foot in, I will bang that door down.”
Science & Technology
Women in the Natural Sciences, from Lise Meitner to Today
Amid Austria’s glowing record of scientific enterprise, women’s involvement in the natural sciences has grown, albeit far too slowly. That may be changing.
City Life
In the 250th Year of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Death, Here’s How to Find Him
For the 250th anniversary of the great composer’s birth, Vienna has pulled out all the stops; join us in tracing his footsteps.
People
Meet Jenny Reddish, Storyteller of Our Age
“You could attach significance to any moment in history. Right now people are saying ‘Things are really changing’ – it’s about a search for meaning.”
How To
How to Raise Your Kid to be a Scientist in Vienna
STEM-tastic opportunities await Vienna’s children, even before their first science class at school.
Melange
Meet Gerhard Hirczi, Vienna’s Head Hunter
No stranger to challenges, the general manager of the Vienna Business Agency, Gerhard Hirczi is placing the city’s assets front and center.
People
Meet Herbert Störi, Vienna’s Master of the Supercomputer
“A [spending] limit for supercomputers? Well, it was unthinkable to fly to the moon before they managed to – but it wasn’t cheap!”
Op-Ed
Opinion | What if Foreigners Had Voting Rights?
Having two homes is confusing, and the choice between convenience and (fragile) ideology, even more so.
Publisher's Letter
Let the Great Minds of Vienna Stay Humble
Our publisher Margaret Childs introduces our spring issue, which is all about research, development, innovation and science – we present the Minds of Vienna.
Special Report
A New Way to Do Good Promises to Provide the Data to Make the Biggest Impact – Effective Altruism
There is a new way to do good that promises to provide the tools to have the most impact – Effective Altruism.
