From the idea of making science accessible to everyone to the launch of the sonares ScienceHub. Here's how it really happened!
The story of the
ScienceFacts
2017: Dr. Hannes Guhl develops the first interdependent calculation model
sonares began with a vision: to make science a personal experience for everyone. The first milestone was a uniquely accurate calculation model that estimates personal life expectancy using 16 factors, some of which influence each other.
2019: sonares CYL app celebrates its world premiere at the Long Night of the Sciences
As a guest of Beuth University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, sonares presented the ChangeYourLifeApp to the public for the first time in 2019. This scientific application allows users to calculate their personal life expectancy based on 41 international studies. The development period took a total of four years.
2020: Sonar's lifetime calculator reaches the first million users & Google's #1
Due to the continued high level of interest in topics such as life expectancy and self-optimization, the app reached one million users in 2020. The integration of the app on the websites of partner organizations means that it now appears - completely ad-free - at the top of search engine results for various search terms, and continues to do so to this day.
2021: sonares launches the ScienceCommunity & the ScienceLab
More and more scientists, companies, and media outlets are interested in integrating scientific content into their websites. sonares founds the ScienceCommunity and begins developing additional calculation models with its own scientific team, the sonares ScienceLab. The highlight: scientific partners gain access to statistical evaluations of user input for "their" studies - for even more insights.
2023: sonares launches the new Test operation of the first 19 ScienceFacts
Integrating a ScienceFact on a website is easy. Running hundreds of ScienceFacts on thousands of websites on the other hand is a logistical and technical challenge. Our partner Ippen Media helped us to overcome this challenge! During a test run lasting more than a year, the ScienceFacts were tested with more than 250,000 users, measured, optimized and prepared for operation. The results convinced everyone!
2024: sonares launches Sonny AI beta, the scientific guide in ScienceFacts
Sonny, sonares' artificial intelligence, helps the user to better understand the result. To do this, Sonny evaluates the inputs as well as the effects and explains in simple terms how they came about. Sonny also shows what changes could be made to improve the result. AI cannot replace a human expert, but it can provide useful impulses for optimizing one's own behaviour.
2025: sonares launches the ScienceHub with over 100 ScienceFacts
Bam! The ScienceHub is launched. With many new ScienceFacts, the sonares team makes a wide range of topics personally accessible to everyone. These include the right choice of training and career, Vitamin deficiency, Risk of heart attack, real estate value, accident risks, CO2 emissions and much, much more. All ScienceFacts can be integrated into your own website via the ScienceHub.
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What matters to us
As a scientific service, we are committed to high standards. We have firm principles that we always observe in our work:
Compliance with scientific principles
Here at sonares, we work according to the principles of scientific work: Our services are always comprehensible, methodically correct, complete, precise, independent and truthful. You should always be able to rely on the results of our ScienceFacts.
User experience with fun and important insights
At sonares, we provide services that highlight important topics. At the same time, we make sure our services are easy to use and enjoyable. That’s why we pay close attention to keeping the experience entertaining and encouraging visitors to spend more time on the site.
Guaranteed protection of data and privacy
At sonares, the privacy of our users is our top priority. That is why we collect the data entered into our services anonymously and store it on the user's end device. We never pass on personal data to others without permission.
Scientific cooperation
We thank our scientific partners for their outstanding support, for providing studies, and for developing and validating our calculation models.
American Cancer Society - Boston University Medical School - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA - Central Hospital of Augsburg - Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Canada - Copenhagen University Hospital - Danish Cancer Society Research Center - DSM Nutritional Products Limited, Switzerland - Duke University School of Medicine - Duke-NUS Medical School - Emory University - Erasmus University - ETH Zurich - Federal Office for Radiation Protection - Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, USA - Harvard University - Health Canada - Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf - Helmholtz Zentrum München - Helsinki University Central Hospital - Imperial College London - Karolinska Institute - Lazio Regional Health Service - Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - Loyola University Chicago - Ludwig Maximilians University Munich - National Cancer Institute, USA - National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland - National Public Health Institute, USA - National University Hospital of Iceland - Norwegian School of Sport Sciences - Norwegian University of Science and Technology - Princeton University - Robert Koch Institute - Stanford University - Swiss Vitamin Institute - Technical University of Munich - Tokyo Medical University - Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology - University Hospital Copenhagen - University of Bristol - University of California - University of Chicago - University of Copenhagen - University of Duisburg-Essen - University of Eastern Finland - University of Iceland - University of Massachusetts Medical School · University of Oxford - University of Pennsylvania - University of Southern Denmark - University of Southern Maine - University of Toronto - University of Washington - University of Wisconsin-Madison - Utrecht University - Yale University School of Medicine
