Medicine

The world's largest study on the subject proves that sport helps against depression. The researchers can even say exactly how much it has to be.

A pill that sends information from the stomach. A tracker that warns you of nearby flu epidemics. Athletes will soon be able to make use of these trends to get better training results, thinks expert Christian Stammel.

They are virtuosi when handling a joystick or computer mouse, but too stiff to bend over to tie their shoe laces. Pediatric cardiologist Stefan Renz warns that children are no longer getting enough exercise even at a kindergarten age.

Kids have a natural urge to move, which is as elementary for their development as eating and drinking. Before a child can begin to comprehend it has to be able to touch its environment, before it can begin to understand it has to physically grasp.