Tomorrow Today: The Science Magazine

Smart farming in Bangladesh: Digital technology is starting to change how farming is done. Many farmers use mobile apps for advice on solving problems, like treating diseased plants.

The current trends in automation known as Industry 4.0 are dependent on robots with artificial intelligence. Mohammad Wasil, an AI researcher from Indonesia, is helping to develop intelligent industrial robots in Germany.

This week’s viewer question comes from Chris Humfreez. He asks why the earth has an atmosphere.

Botond Roska wants to restore eyesight to people who are blind. The Hungarian-born neuroscientist has developed a gene therapy that makes damaged retinas light-sensitive again. He’s just received the 2020 Körber European Science Prize for his work.

What do water fleas reveal about how well a body of water is doing? A scientist from Indonesia is studying the tiny creatures in Lake Constance and observing how they adapt to their environment – meaning also to human influence.

The Tomorrow Today question of the week comes from Brown Mbadiwe from Owerri, Nigeria.

One million plastic bottles are sold worldwide every minute. The vast majority of them are not recycled. So what happens to the packaging after we’ve finished a drink? And how can we change that?

Whether it’s COVID-19, HIV or Ebola, viruses can be invisible killers. You can’t see, smell or touch them. Even under the microscope they’re not easy to identify. But scientific illustrator and animator Thomas Splettstößer shows what they look like.

Tomorrow Today viewer Dave Mazzeo wants to know: After so long in space, why doesn’t the ISS fall down to Earth?

DW viewer Murray M'c Musonda has a question about genes.