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This content was published on Nov 16, 2011 Swiss photographers Stéphanie Borcard and Nicolas Métraux searched in China for abandoned and empty places and spaces. Each scene appears like a stage where the actors have just left or never appeared. The analogue pictures in black and white impart a timeless atmosphere and encourage the viewer to create his or her own story.

Questions are raised after two dolphins die at a Swiss theme park

This content was published on Nov 15, 2011

Geneva plans futuristic brain and arts complex

This content was published on Nov 13, 2011 On Thursday the government presented a multi-million-franc project to regenerate the 11-hectare Jonction area, which will incorporate a new neuroscience-arts research complex, teaching facilities, accommodation and park. Geneva is keen to expand its extensive neuroscience hub by forming 20 research teams to study the influence of the arts and creative processes on the human brain.…

“Long gone” (ORIGINAL)

This content was published on Nov 10, 2011 Die Schweizer Fotografen Stéphanie Borcard und Nicolas Métraux haben in China Orte der Verlassenheit und Leere aufgesucht. Diese wirken wie Theaterkulissen, in denen die Schauspieler die Bühne bereits verlassen oder noch nicht betreten haben. Die analogen Bilder in Schwarzweiss vermitteln eine zeitlose Atmosphäre und animieren die Zuschauer, selber eine Geschichte zu spinnen.

NAPOLI ILLUSTRATION_ORIGINAL

This content was published on Nov 10, 2011

Bellies don’t shrink for big brains

This content was published on Nov 9, 2011 Their study, which will appear in Nature magazine, has debunked the assumption that humans were able to grow large brains after they began eating meat and cooking their food, which eased digestion. The human brain accounts for just two per cent of a person’s weight, yet uses nearly 20 per cent of the body’s available…

Re-Telling Swiss history

This content was published on Nov 9, 2011 They have their statue in the Swiss parliament, and every year on August 1, Swiss National Day, the alliance they sealed on the Rütli meadow on the shores of Lake Lucerne is celebrated with speeches and bonfires. But suppose it wasn’t really like that? Recent historical research has struck a body blow at the heroic…

Dynamics of dust

This content was published on Nov 9, 2011 Lausanne-based Dudouit has been named one of the winners of the 2011 Swiss Design Awards for his work, Sahel – Dynamics of Dust, a collection of striking photos from the Saharan and Sahel African belt. “With this work, which began in 2008 and is still in progress, I want to show the radical changes in…

Consumers “should question nanotechnology”

This content was published on Nov 6, 2011 What does sun cream have in common with stain-proof fabrics and a refrigerator that kills odours? All of these were manufactured using nanotechnology with substances invisible to the human eye and that have incredible potential but also pose unknown risks. Nanoparticles are already found in more than 1,000 over-the-counter products and there are more than…

DYNAMICS OF DUST _ ORIGINAL

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