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Men behind bars

This content was published on Feb 26, 2013 Before he began filming, Fahrer had a number of long talks with the inmates. He also took photos of this international group of men who are spending years behind bars for the crimes they’ve committed.

When Swiss scientists went to Hollywood

This content was published on Feb 25, 2013

Where there’s smoke, there’s an Oscar

This content was published on Feb 25, 2013 Markus Gross, professor of computer graphics at the Federal Institute of technology in Zurich (ETHZ) and director of Disney Research Zurich, tells swissinfo.ch about mixing science, business and art – and why he didn’t patent his award-winning software. On February 9, Gross, his former post-doc student Nils Thürey and two other scientists from Cornell University…

Switzerland’s only wild bear is shot

This content was published on Feb 20, 2013 The brown bear known as M13 has been killed after it proved impossible to keep him away from human settlements.

Gas fever raises hopes and fears

This content was published on Feb 19, 2013 The world is entering a “golden age of gas”, according to the International Energy Agency. It’s a sentiment echoed by Patrick Lahusen, vice-president of the Swiss Petroleum Company. “We are facing a real revolution,” said Lahusen. “All the theories that said there are reserves of gas and oil for another 20 to 30 years on…

Bear M13 is on the prowl again

This content was published on Feb 18, 2013 A couple out walking in the eastern canton of Graubünden on Saturday afternoon were alarmed to find the three-year-old bear following them as far as the entrance to the village of Miralago near Poschiavo, the local newspaper Il Grigione Italiano reported on its website. At that point they were able to get rid of him,…

Where should a saint rest in peace?

This content was published on Feb 15, 2013 For over 900 years, most of the (presumed) bones of St Nicholas, the 4th-century saint on whom Father Christmas is based, have been in Italy, since sailors from Bari in southern Italy carried them off from Myra – now Demre – in Turkey. The Turkish culture minister said in 2009 that Turkey wants the relics…

Particle accelerator concludes three-year run

This content was published on Feb 14, 2013 “We have every reason to be very satisfied with the LHC’s first three years,” said CERN Director-General Rolf Heuer. “The machine, the experiments, the computing facilities and all infrastructures behaved brilliantly, and we have a major scientific discovery in our pocket.” The discovery of a new particle was announced with great fanfare on July 4,…

Swiss push reconciliation plan for Sri Lanka

This content was published on Feb 14, 2013 Since 2011 South Africa and civil society groups have been leading a multi-pronged peace initiative aimed at restarting Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and Sri Lankan government negotiations and supporting potential reconciliation efforts following the end of 30 years of war. Sri Lankan and South African officials visited each other on several occasions last year and…

The Stone Age people of Oberbipp

This content was published on Feb 9, 2013 A team from Swiss television’s flagship science programme, Einstein, has been following the archaeologists as they continue their research on the so-called dolmen or megalithic tomb. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)

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