Peru is going through a political turmoil after Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigned to the Presidency. He was accused of involvement in a corruption scheme and stepped down a day before the Senate voted his impeachment. The details of this shake up and what may come next in this South American country is the focus of this week’s Slow News.

(Mário Braga and Jacinta Molina, www.planetmundus.com)

Peru is going through a political turmoil after Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigned to the Presidency. He was accused of involvement in a corruption scheme and stepped down a day before the Senate voted his impeachment. The details of this shake up and what may come next in this South American country is the focus of this week’s Slow News.

(Mário Braga and Jacinta Molina, www.planetmundus.com)

The Danish society is pretty liberal when it comes to body culture.

If you have ever taken a shower in a public swimming pool, you might have observed something different: People in Denmark don’t seem to have a problem with nudity. Why?

(Anne-Kirstine Berger, www.planetmundus.com)

The Danish society is pretty liberal when it comes to body culture.

If you have ever taken a shower in a public swimming pool, you might have observed something different: People in Denmark don’t seem to have a problem with nudity. Why?

(Anne-Kirstine Berger, www.planetmundus.com)

The Danish society is pretty liberal when it comes to body culture.

If you have ever taken a shower in a public swimming pool, you might have observed something different: People in Denmark don’t seem to have a problem with nudity. Why?

(Anne-Kirstine Berger, www.planetmundus.com)

Derek Gripper, a South African guitarist, made the impossible possible: He transcribed and translated West African Kora tunes from Mali. The Kora has originally 21 strings whereas a classical Western guitar only has 6! It sounds like at least two guitars are playing at the same time, but it’s only one man and his magical hands! Tune in to find out how Derek Gripper’s interpretation of African music and also Western classical composer Bach sound like on a “normal” guitar! Author: Miriam Karout, www.planetmundus.com

Derek Gripper, a South African guitarist, made the impossible possible: He transcribed and translated West African Kora tunes from Mali. The Kora has originally 21 strings whereas a classical Western guitar only has 6! It sounds like at least two guitars are playing at the same time, but it’s only one man and his magical hands! Tune in to find out how Derek Gripper’s interpretation of African music and also Western classical composer Bach sound like on a “normal” guitar! Author: Miriam Karout, www.planetmundus.com

Derek Gripper, a South African guitarist, made the impossible possible: He transcribed and translated West African Kora tunes from Mali. The Kora has originally 21 strings whereas a classical Western guitar only has 6! It sounds like at least two guitars are playing at the same time, but it’s only one man and his magical hands! Tune in to find out how Derek Gripper’s interpretation of African music and also Western classical composer Bach sound like on a “normal” guitar! Author: Miriam Karout, www.planetmundus.com

Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic, most of them invisible for the human eye. Scientists from Germany examined 25 rivers and found microplastics in every single one of them. The study is the first profound data set on microplastics in rivers worldwide. How do the tiny plastic particles affect our health and what can we do to reduce the pollution? Author: Pia Behme, www.planetmundus.com

Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic, most of them invisible for the human eye. Scientists from Germany examined 25 rivers and found microplastics in every single one of them. The study is the first profound data set on microplastics in rivers worldwide. How do the tiny plastic particles affect our health and what can we do to reduce the pollution? Author: Pia Behme, www.planetmundus.com