two decades of taking the mickey

Rounding up the science journalism published in German in March and April we have biodegradable plastics, molecular Ferris wheels, and the completion of my second decade of making scientifically-minded fun of things:

Umwelt: Biologie gegen Plastikmüll
Nachrichten aus der Chemie Volume 68, Issue 3, March 2020, Pages 76-78
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Ausgeforscht: Erkenne deine Grenzen
Nachrichten aus der Chemie Volume 68, Issue 3, March 2020, Page 106
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(peer review helps authors to appreciate the limitations of their findings)

20 Jahre Ausgeforscht: Auf der Suche nach dem verlorenen Sinn
Nachrichten aus der Chemie Volume 68, Issue 4, April 2020, Page 14-15
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This is my regular column celebrating its 20th birthday in the context of the April pages which are generally in the spirit of advanced tongue-in-cheekery; the second decade's worth of the column is collected in the Tabakschwärmer book, out now.

Aromaten: Ein Hückelsches Riesenrad
Chemie in unserer Zeit Volume 54, Issue, 2 April 2020, Page 76-77
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Hey, I haven't done enough trumpet-blowing for the Tabakschwärmer book so I'll re-use it as illustration here ...