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Switzerland to introduce Europe’s first drone traffic control system

A large agricultural drone flies over a Swiss vineyard

This content was published on Mar 5, 2018 The system aims to prevent accidents involving drones in Swiss skies. A tests phase will start in June 2018, reported the Swiss News Agency on Monday.

A referee consults a video during a Bundesliga match in Germany

Video replays set to be used at football World Cup

This content was published on Mar 3, 2018 The use of video replays to help referees make key decisions has been approved by football’s Zurich-based rule-making body.

A cover image for a Nouvo video about lowering IQ in the western world.

Will we all soon be idiots?

This content was published on Mar 1, 2018 The average IQ in the western world is dropping. What’s going on?

Monetas rescue deal collapses acrimoniously

This content was published on Feb 28, 2018 In late January, Artillery One stepped in to take a controlling stake in the embattled Monetas. Now, a letter from lawyers representing Artillery One, seen by swissinfo.ch, alleges that Gevers failed to transfer his majority stake despite payment being made for the shares. Artillery One has demanded a full refund, plus damages and CHF1 million ($1.06…

Tezos foundation completes board revamp

This content was published on Feb 27, 2018 The embattled Tezos Foundation has taken a step closer to resolving its governance issues with a raft of new appointments – all of whom have jumped ship from the rival T2 foundationExternal link, which was set up earlier this month to put pressure on the dysfunctional original body. Following the resignation of founder and former…

Nächtlicher Sternenhimmel über Schweizer Bergen

The phantom at the edge of our solar system

This content was published on Feb 26, 2018 Swiss astrophysicist Christoph Mordasini believes we will soon know for sure whether there are eight planets in our solar system…or nine.

New planets, legalised immigrants, and boiled lobsters

This content was published on Feb 25, 2018 These are the stories out of Switzerland we’ll be following the week of February 26, 2018.

Zurich University to launch breast-feeding research centre

This content was published on Feb 23, 2018 Thanks to a CHF10 million donation, the faculty of science at the University of Zurich is to launch a “unique” centre for breast-feeding research.

Petition demands a halt to cocaine tests on monkeys

This content was published on Feb 23, 2018 The online petition was launched by the Swiss League Against Animal Testing LSCVExternal link and gathered 19,000 signatures in two weeks from citizens demanding an end to tests that involve giving cocaine to primates. The initiative follows recent reports in Swiss media of experiments using live monkeys at two Swiss universities. According to the reports, primates at the University of…

A lab mouse being held by a scientist at the university in Muenster, Germany.

Lab collaboration could boost reproducibility of animal experiments

This content was published on Feb 22, 2018 Involving a diversity of labs and conditions in experiments using animals could improve study reproducibility and reduce the number of animals used.

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