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MonographieAccess status: Open Access ,
Posthumane Körper? : Weshalb wir auch mit Wearables, Prothesen und Implantaten Mensch bleiben
(2026)
Garbe, Toni
Menschen erweitern ihre Körper zunehmend mit Technik. Während Kritiker*innen diskutieren, ob dies zu wachsender Ungleichheit oder gar zur Entfremdung vom Humanen führt, erscheinen Wearables, Prothesen und Implantate im Alltag erstaunlich unspektakulär. Toni Garbe zeigt anhand einer Analyse medialer Darstellungen, wie heterogene Interpretationsangebote Technik entproblematisieren: Je nach Kontext wird sie zur Ko-Akteurin, zum Ersatzkörperteil oder zu einem gleichwertigen menschlichen Körperteil, kaum jedoch zu einem posthumanen Moment. In der Entproblematisierung technisch angereicherter Körper offenbaren sich so Kontinuitäten und Verschiebungen im Verhältnis von Mensch und Technik – und auch Gründe, warum wir trotz Technik am Körper nicht zu Cyborgs werden.
ZeitschriftenaufsatzAccess status: Open Access ,
Human-environmental relationships in the Early Iron Age recorded in a dark buried (anthropo-)soil from Ostrowite archaeological complex in northern Poland
(2026)
Zalinian, Margarita
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Kittel, Piotr
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Leszczyńska, Karolina
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Fiedler, Sabine
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Bach, Annemarie Susanne
This study gives insights into natural factors and human impact that affected a dark soil formation at the Ostrowite Archaeological Complex (northern Poland) during the Early Iron Age (8th–7th centuries BCE). In this period, the area was occupied by settlers of the Early Pomeranian culture (so-called Wielka Wieś Phase). Despite abundant archaeological and paleoenvironmental research in Europe, geoarchaeological investigations on paleosols using palaeoecological analysis, including micromorphology and molecular markers, still remain limited in N Poland. A multidisciplinary approach was applied, combining geochronology, geochemistry, sedimentology, palaeobotany, and soil micromorphology. Results indicate a long-term transition from natural to anthropogenically modified soils. Land use traces are linked to mixed agricultural and farming practices. Multi-proxy data revealed evidence of shifting cultivation, crop cultivation (millet and wheat), and livestock husbandry (cattle, sheep, and goats) supported by a fallow rotation system. Overall, the findings highlight how Early Iron Age communities managed their economic practices in the recently glaciated zone, formed mostly by tilly and sandy relief forms. We deliberate land-use strategies such as forest clearance, crop farming, and pasture management on the surface of an undulating moraine plateau with numerous small, closed depressions after melted ice blocks. This research demonstrates the high interpretative value of buried soils for reconstructing past human-environment interactions and economic practices in N Poland.
ZeitschriftenaufsatzAccess status: Open Access ,
A safety-centric perspective on innovation and risk in the use of artificial intelligence in genomics
(2026)
Hassan, Hassan A.
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Anžel, Aleksandar
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İlgen, Bahar
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Luchner, Marina
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Schramowski, Patrick
Adopting a safety-centric approach, this article explores how generative artificial intelligence (AI), and more specifically, foundation models for biological sequences, can exacerbate data quality issues, technical biases, and dual-use potential, particularly in critical applications such as clinical genetics, precision medicine, and pathogen engineering. This work centres on how misuse risks emerge throughout the innovation pipeline and how these intersect with the growing accessibility of generative genomic models. Particular attention is given to dual-use governance and infrastructure hardening in sequence analysis workflows. The work aims to provide scientists, regulators, and policymakers with a toolkit to discuss beneficial innovation in genomic AI while maintaining robust safeguards against harm and misuse.