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Maths lessons add up for teenagers

This content was published on Dec 4, 2013 Many schools are solely for primary or secondary level pupils, but it’s a sign of the numerous differences in the Swiss education system that this institution has children from kindergarten up to the end of obligatory schooling – and some of them took part in the 2012 Programme in International Student Assessment (PISA), organised by the…

Workplace harassment victims belong to both sexes

This content was published on Dec 4, 2013 Around half of the 2,420 employees that were polled across the country for one survey used for the study said they experienced at least one occurrence of unwanted and potentially harassing behaviour. Women are more likely to feel they have been harassed, which is considered a benchmark for sexual harassment under Swiss gender equality legislation.…

What can smartwatches do?

This content was published on Dec 3, 2013

Going, going, gone

This content was published on Dec 2, 2013

Minds over matter … and antimatter

This content was published on Nov 30, 2013 Almost 10,000 scientists from around the world work at CERN. There is nothing very flashy about the hundreds of grey, utilitarian buildings and offices scattered across the huge site on the French-Swiss border north of the city. Inside, blackboards hang on office walls covered with endless scribblings and mathematical equations. Outside, a sign hangs on…

Many Swiss feel stressed but few take drugs

This content was published on Nov 27, 2013 Although this percentage was small, more than a third of respondents said they had felt stressed or very stressed during the previous 12 months. Those who reported taking substances also reported higher levels of stress at work or in their studies. The representative online survey, conducted by the Swiss Research Institute of Public Health and Addiction…

Experts talk about dealing with stress

This content was published on Nov 27, 2013 Experts talk about dealing with stress

Striving for a life without stress

This content was published on Nov 23, 2013

Visit to the core of a Swiss nuclear plant

This content was published on Nov 22, 2013 At some point during my time inside the dome-shaped structure containing the reactor of Switzerland’s most powerful nuclear plant I became contaminated – perhaps a grain of radioactive dust had settled on my back and mingled with a bead of sweat. I was one of a dozen journalists to visit the open reactor at Kraftwerk…

Alpine permaculture catches on

This content was published on Nov 21, 2013

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