The turtle is named after the Roman God with two faces, although if you’re feeling philosophical, you could argue that, rather than being one turtle with two heads, Janus is in fact two turtles with one body. What do you think?
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Consumer group files legal complaint against Swiss shoemaker On
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The consumer affairs bureau of French-speaking Switzerland has filed a legal complaint against On accusing it of greenwashing.
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Thomas Schinecker, CEO of Swiss pharma firm Roche, has dismissed fears that sales targets would be under threat by US tariffs.
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Researchers are asking the Swiss public for help in naming two newly discovered Swiss fish species of the genus Barbatula.
Science alliance warns against Swiss government’s cost-cutting plans
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An alliance of research and science institutions have warned of dire consequences if the Swiss government goes ahead with its austerity package.
Accidents during leisure time on the rise in Switzerland
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IN 2024 more people had accidents during leisure time than in the previous year. Some 26% of all sports accidents happened playing football.
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Apple's iPhones have gained further market share in Switzerland. Around half of all smartphone owners used a model from the US tech giant last year.
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Battling to preserve the Great Barrier Reef
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While Europe is preparing to hibernate through the winter, tropical north-eastern Australia is already warming up under a hot spring sun. Katia Nicolet, 27, picks me up from the airport and takes me to the city centre, passing Castle Hill, the 300-metre-high red granite mass that dominates the skyline. Sitting outside a downtown café, Katia…
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Basel Zoo – known affectionately to locals as the “Zolli” – is looking to expand further into the city, by building what it calls an Ozeanium in an area of town which is ripe for renovation. While such centres can be found in a number of countries, they are generally on the coast. There is…
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Documentary maker Marianne Pletscher spent two and a half years at the zoo observing its efforts to encourage orang-utans and snow leopards to produce babies. Love, death – and, of course, sex – all feature in the film, which also has a serious message about animal conservation. One of the stars of the two-part documentary,…
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