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Thiam sees tech as answer to inequality

This content was published on Jan 20, 2016 The theme of the 46th WEF annual meeting in Davos is: Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Thiam, who is a co-chair of the annual Davos conference this year, drew on his experiences in government in Ivory Coast to make his point. In 1995 he witnessed an Ivory Coast citizen tell a World Bank delegation that…

Soaring renewables – hope for the climate

This content was published on Jan 20, 2016 Regular attendee Al Gore, former US Vice President turned environmental campaigner, gave an upbeat address to delegates on Wednesday. If the message from the Paris COP21 climate summit is being taken so seriously in Davos, then there is a greater chance that targets will be implemented, he said. Swiss adventurer Betrand Piccard, initiator of the…

And now…?

This content was published on Jan 19, 2016 What happens when intelligent robots start making a more noticeable impact on our everyday lives? What happens after the Paris COP21 climate accord? What happens when migrants and refugees move from one place to another in increasing numbers? What happens when democratic states have to take further steps against terrorism? And what happens when all…

Research sheds light on post-Big Bang Universe

This content was published on Jan 13, 2016 After the Big Bang, the Universe expanded and, by cooling down, matter began to take shape progressively. The first stars and galaxies formed several hundred thousand years later. Around one billion years after the Big Bang, the Universe entered what is known as the Epoch of Reionization, in which the Universe was reheated and hydrogen,…

12 Zurich Nobel winners

This content was published on Jan 13, 2016 Many illustrious academics have associations with Zurich. But what did they do in their free time when they were in the city? This gallery shows some of the favourite places of 12 Nobel Prize winners, all featured in the Hall of Fame at the Einstein & Co – Zurich and the Nobel Prize exhibition. Text:…

Zurich, a magnet for Nobel winners

This content was published on Jan 13, 2016 When Albert Einstein lived in Zurich, he used to prepare the groundwork for his revolutionary theories while sitting in a café. Many other Nobel Prize winners chose to spend time in the city for work, as an exhibition shows. A past laureate takes a guess at why.

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Plastic particles are contaminating the Rhine

This content was published on Jan 7, 2016

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This content was published on Jan 1, 2016 Meet the international students taking science class to the next level by performing real research, and presenting their results at the Leysin American School Alpine Institute's annual GLOBE Day.

Swiss architects go wild over zoo design

This content was published on Dec 31, 2015 Markus Schietsch clearly remembers his first encounter with a wild bull elephant. He was in the back of an open pickup truck when the elephant repeatedly mock charged the vehicle in the Kaeng Krachan national park in Thailand. The adrenalin-packed experience was courtesy of a study trip organised by the Zurich zoo, as the Zurich…

Swiss zoo architecture

This content was published on Dec 31, 2015

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