Almost an Oil Crunch in Europe
Russia is the most important oil supplier for many countries in Western Europe. Due to a conflict between Russia and its neighbour Belarus (or White Russia), a major oil pipeline to western Europe has been cut off for some days. This demonstration of

Climate Change - how to curb it?
We are the cause for the loss of 100 different species of plants and animals every day. The most dangerous pollution we produce is greenhouse gases. Is there a way out?

Energy - how come we need more and more?
While energy can neither be created nor destroyed, we need constantly more of it. See what happens to it and how we can make better use of it without sacrificing our way of life.

For us it's life - but for most it's science fiction
If you do it right, it's fun. You immerse yourself in that stuff. If it happens to be science, and more specifically physics, you can get slightly off the mainstream thinking and vocabulary. Some situations can become funny then...

Put Physics into Everyday Life
When you have to keep your eyes on what to do for daily survival in the real world, learning abstract problems becomes a pain in the neck. The best solution is to find those concepts in the very daily surroundings which you have to stick to...

Some like it hot - some like physics, how come?
Most hate physics - how come some don't? - Probably just by being spared from widespread adversary circumstances in their learning career...

The Secret of Oscillations
In swinging systems, energy changes form constantly. And contrary to other processes involving energy conversion, it stays in the system 100%.

This is the Season to Care about Temperature
Over the centuries, many different temperature scales have been proposed. Only three of them are actually relevant today: Fahrenheit, Celsius, Kelvin. A fourth one, the Rankine scale, is used in some US engineering bureaus.

What Is All that Talk about Spectral Lines?
A rainbow is pretty spectacular. What is behind its colorful appearance? How do we use this principle? What has energy to do with color of light? What is "spectral analysis"?