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Train your own artificial intelligence!

Have you ever wondered how your smartphone recognizes your face or how voice assistants like Alexa and Siri work? They use artificial intelligence (AI) to learn from experience!
©(c) ISTA
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The First World Day for Glaciers

Glaciers are rapidly melting, a warning sign of the impact of climate change. On the occasion of the first World Day for Glaciers, we spoke with ISTA Professor Francesca Pellicciotti. She uses models to study the interactions of the changing climate, glaciers, snow, and water resources.
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Does practice make perfect?

Have you ever wondered whether practice really helps you get better at something? In this experiment, you can measure for yourself how much practice helps you to memorize movement sequences better.
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Floating pictures

What if you could turn a two-dimensional video into an impressive 3D spectacle?
©Stefanie Santer
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"Ask the Science Grandma!"

“Ask the Science Grandma!” - an initiative that brings women 60+ and children together to explore the world of science. With interactive workshops, lectures and exciting experiments, the project not only promotes intergenerational learning, but also gives women aged 60+ the opportunity to play an active role in science education.
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The Christmas Egg

Have you ever wondered what sparklers are made of? Imagine that a sparkler is a small factory for bright stars.
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Lava lamp

Have you ever wondered how a hurricane forms? Warm water evaporates and causes warm, humid air masses to rise fast and high. Cold air is heavier and sinks. The cold and warm air masses begin to rotate in a spiral due to the Earth’s rotation (Coriolis force).
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Underwater Lightshow

Did you know that animals and plants also need to protect themselves from too much sun? Fur, feathers, scales or even a mud bath offer protection to many animals. Plants have hair, scales or a layer of wax on their leaves to shield them from too much sunlight.
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Predict the weather!

Can you predict today whether it will rain tomorrow? With this homemade device, you can become a weather researcher and observe how air pressure changes along with the weather!
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Exploring chaos with a homemade pendulum

Have you ever wondered why it is so difficult to accurately predict the weather, earthquakes, traffic, asteroid orbits or the next pandemic?
In this experiment, we look at the unpredictable behavior of a supposedly simple system: a magnetic pendulum.
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Acid or Base? Make your own pH-indicator!

Did you know that chemical substances such as acids and bases are not only found in the laboratory? We produce our own pH indicator to determine acids and bases ourselves.
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Wanted! On the trail of yeast

Yeast is a fungus and consists of individual living cells. It is a microorganism that is so tiny that we cannot even see it with the naked eye.
But how can you show that yeast fungi are also alive without a microscope? Do the yeast balloon experiment and find out!
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VISTA Christmas Science Show

Can a cucumber be a light bulb? Why do fireworks light up in different colors? And how do sparklers actually work? The first VISTA Christmas Science Show for you to watch.
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Aspirator: Catching Insects Easily

Want to explore animals in your garden? It helps to build a catching instrument! Researchers use the aspirator to catch small insects.
©Mia Meus
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The Cloud Scientists

The ISTA scientists Yi-Ling Hwong and Andrea Stoellner are cloud scientists
©Astrid Rampula
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Selma is curious! - How are prostheses built?

How do prosthetic hands actually work and how are they made?
©ADFilm
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Super Smart! How Hot Is Cold?

Quantum computers like really low temperatures. That's why it's down to -273 degrees Celsius in the laboratory of Andrea Hofmann, a physicist in Klosterneuburg. That's colder than in outer space! But why is that?
©ADFilm
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Super Smart! How Strong Is Air?

Blowing out birthday candles is really easy. But how much distance is needed to ensure that no viruses land on the cake? But is it still possible to blow out candles from a distance of 3 meters?
©ADFilm
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Super Smart! How Bright Is Darkness?

Bernhard Weingartner explores the phenomenon of light with the help of neuroscientist Julia Michalska.
©Anna Stöcher
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Virus Alarm in Stayhompton

By re-enacting the spread of a fictional virus in a city, explore and understand how viruses spread - and what can be done about it. This Content is available in German.