German publications in April

in the monthly round-up of German publications, this time there is a rant about the unstoppable rankings epidemic and the Hirsch index, a feature about red blood cells, and a more medically oriented treatment of the recent gecko adhesive stories:


Groß M:
Nachrichten aus der Chemie 56, Nr 4, 410
Ausgeforscht: Am Fuß der Ranking-Leiter

Groß M:
Nachrichten aus der Chemie 56, Nr 4, 447
Blickpunkt Biowissenschaften: Rund ums rote Blutkörperchen


Groß M:
Spektrum der Wissenschaft Nr 4, 19-20
Gecko im Operationssaal

The last one appears to be available as podcast as well. Haven't dared to listen to these as yet -- the idea of somebody reading my texts to me is a bit scary and needs getting used to.