If I asked you: »Do you know someone who has been diagnosed with cancer? Have you been affected yourself?« Chances are high that you would say »Yes.« to one of these questions. New insights from molecular biology show why this trend is growing stronger every year. But research also leaves us with a positive note: There is something we can do about (most of) it.

Design in public transportation is so fascinating because it can shine a light on a variety of issues in current public discourse: Usually deployed in large-scale projects, design choices often reflect careful consideration of the Zeitgeist, public norms of aesthetics, changes in transportation infrastructure and avant-gardist glimpses or concepts of what an imagined general public space might look like.

The steep rise of artificial intelligence applications and the ever-progressing miniaturization trend in chip-manufacturing make you think of a linear development: The future seems completely digitized. But there are downsides to the increasingly heavy reliance on sensors, LLMs and smart devices. Some can be counterbalanced by intelligently designed low-tech solutions.

Soon, spring and summer will arrive and you will start hearing that buzzing sound again when you go into the garden, walk across a field or meadow with lots of flowers. Every year anew I am fascinated by the small, fluffy and (almost) tireless workers that swarm around the lavender bushes at home.