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What vision reveals about the seat of consciousness

Researchers at the University of Graz are using vision experiments to investigate how our brain constructs reality. The results offer insights into individual perception, are a piece of the puzzle in the search for the “consciousness” and offer new approaches to understanding neurodiversity.

Cigarette butts endanger insects: Biologists prove high risk for ants

Nicotine consumption is harmful to health. Not only for humans. The poison from carelessly discarded cigarette butts is also absorbed by plants. From there, it enters the food chain of ants, for which the substance can even be fatal. This is especially true when the animals are weakened by a pathogen. Biologists at the University of Graz are drawing attention to the high risk with a new study.

Conclave: rituals, questions of power and cinematic interpretations

With the start of the conclave on 7 May 2025, the eyes of the world will once again be on the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. However, the office of Peter's successor and the head of around 1.4 billion Catholic Christians worldwide requires a great deal of sensitivity, diplomacy and openness to change. Church historian Michaela Sohn-Kronthaler and fundamental theologian Christian Wessely talk about the background to the ritual.

It crawls and flies: The campus as a valuable place of biodiversity

It is a living and recreational space for students, for people who work at the university and for those who live in the neighbourhood: the green campus of the University of Graz. Many plants and animals also feel at home here. For example, the sand lizard, which has now become rare in Graz, and more than 150 tree species. To ensure that the diversity of flora and fauna continues to grow, the University of Graz is taking targeted measures to promote biodiversity.

Events

EUropa: Unsere Welt von gestern?

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Die Pflanzenwelt am Mittelmeer – artenreich und bedroht

Elisabeth Reichart liest aus: Komm über den See

Literarische Jugend-Soirée

Masterprämierung aus den UMWELTSYSTEMWISSENSCHAFTEN, CIRCULAR ECONOMY und SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Elisabeth Harnik: Art, the Public Sphere and Media Change

Fakultätsgottesdienst

TRIBUNA: Caribe – Tag 1

TRIBUNA: Caribe – Tag 2

FINISSAGE Frühlingserwachen

Erschöpft-Sein. Pastoralpsychologische Perspektiven