Philip Bethge

Author: Philip Bethge

The Changing Virus

Scientists are suspiciously tracking every change in SARS-CoV-2, with dangerous looking mutations regularly appearing. On the long term, though, experts hope that the pathogen could prove less aggressive.

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August 7, 2020
Coronavirus Heaven: Why Meatpacking Plants Are Superspreaders

As the recent outbreak in Germany shows, meat processing facilities offer perfect conditions for the transmission of coronaviruses, with cool temperatures and people cramped in close quarters. Additional changes are needed to protect workers – and theoretically even consumers.

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June 27, 2020
What the Coronavirus Does Inside the Body

SARS-CoV-2 does much more damage to the human body than initially assumed. It can attack any number of organs and even penetrates the brain. But why do some people experience worse symptoms than others?

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May 15, 2020
Can Nuclear Power Offer a Way Out of the Climate Crisis?

Billionaires and leading researchers in the United States are developing next-generation nuclear reactors that are small, reputedly safe and suitable to modern power grids. They could be part of the climate change solution.

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January 8, 2020
A Former Military Operative Sets Sights on Poachers

Faye Cuevas worked in U.S. military intelligence for 17 years and has hunted terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now, as part of a conservation program, she’s turning her skills to fighting poachers in Kenya and saving protected species in the region.

By Philip Bethge

How do you kill an elephant without a gun, if all you’ve got is a spear, and your 20 centimeters (8 inches) of sharpened metal is going up against five tons of thick-skinned beast?

January 8, 2020
Video: Artenschutz in Afrika

Einst jagte sie Terroristen, heute Wilderer

Philip erklärt, wie eine ehemalige Aufklärerin der US-Armee in Kenia Wilderer zur Strecke bringen will – und wie die Artenschützer es geschafft haben, dabei die Massai-Anwohner des Amboseli-Nationalparks einzubinden. Hier die Reportage aus Kenia.

May 24, 2019
‘Never Good News Having Particles in Your Brain’

Microplastics are everywhere, but nobody really knows what dangers they might present once they enter the human body. British toxicologist Rosemary Waring warns our oceans will be inundated with the stuff.

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February 3, 2019
Reportage: Am Gold klebt Blut

Am Gold klebt Blut – Reportage über illegale Goldsucher aus dem Regenwald Perus; die Spiegel-Geschichte dazu ist hier. Text und Fotos von Philip Bethge.

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July 6, 2018