"Rock Bottom": Navigating the Corona Crisis with Pianist Extraordinaire Igor Levit
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In March, pianist Igor Levit agreed to allow DER SPIEGEL to follow him during his corona-lockdown house concerts and beyond․ He didn't know at the time that his living room performances would both boost his career and weigh on his psyche․

German Zoo Fire: The Life and Death of Massa the Gorilla
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When Massa the gorilla died at age 49 in a tragic fire earlier this year at the zoo in Krefeld, Germany, he was one of the oldest gorillas in Europe․ His offspring live in zoos across the continent․

Mushroom Expert Merlin Sheldrake: "Fungi Can Teach Us a New Way of Looking at the World"
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Fungi's role in our world has been vastly underestimated, says biologist Merlin Sheldrake․ They can even make decisions, just like us․

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Nobel Prize in Physics Winner: "It's Unbelievable All That's Going On at the Moment in Astronomy"
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German astrophysicist Reinhard Genzel was just awarded the Nobel Prize in physics․ In an interview, he talks about how he discovered the black hole at the center of the Milky Way․