NeunSieben_digital – Ausgabe #214

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Sven announces the last episode before summer break and shares a tribute to Professor Markus Besenbeck, who is now 'permanently offline'.

The episode opens with Sven announcing it is the last before a summer hiatus, returning in September. He pays tribute to Dr. Markus Besenbeck, a professor who passed away, highlighting his enthusiasm for technology and role as a 'DJ' in academia. The show transitions to news segments, including a warning about the EU's digital service deficit with the US, which grew 36% to 148 billion euros in 2024. It discusses German bureaucracy, where a 132-page report attempts to define 'income', revealing semantic inconsistencies across agencies. Scientific updates follow, covering Röntgen 2.0 advancements in musculoskeletal imaging at Würzburg University and funding for the XR-Hub Würzburg. The startup Andolys is featured for winning multiple awards, including the Medical Valley Award, for its implant technology that targets drug delivery. A segment on 'WASC on Demand' explains a Würzburg team's 3D-printed blood vessel technology with EU funding. The episode then shifts to a detailed narrative about the Würzburg 'Lügensteine' (lying stones), a historical forgery from 1725. Three teenagers presented fake fossils to Professor Johann Behringer, who believed them to be genuine and published a work on them. The hosts describe the stones' implausible features, such as intact mating frogs and Hebrew inscriptions. Behringer eventually realized the hoax, possibly due to his name appearing on a stone, and tried to recall his publications. About 600 stones remain as collectibles, scattered across museums. The episode wraps with job listings, event reminders, and a promo for the 'Entbehrliches Podcast' discussing the Lügensteine story.

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