The surprising boom of Switzerland’s least-loved coin
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Switzerland’s five-centime/Rappen coin is one of the least popular coins in Swiss wallets, so why is the number in circulation shooting up?
Biodiversity initiative: Reactions to the rejection
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Our reporters, Zeno Zoccatelli and Christian Raaflaub, have been speaking to both the initiative committee and the group opposing the referendum.
A Swiss Ig Nobel laureate talks about side effects and placebo effects
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SWI swissinfo.ch speaks to the Swiss laureate of the 2024 Ig Nobel prize for medicine, who explains how his “winning” study is far from irrelevant.
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Former Swiss diplomat Claudio Mazzucchelli tells the incredible story of the discovery in Egypt of the mummy of his illustrious great-grandfather.
Swiss research uses VR to reduce pre-surgery anxiety
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The use of virtual reality (VR) in medicine is becoming increasingly popular. For example, to reduce preoperative anxiety.
Drones capture DNA in cutting-edge biodiversity research
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Robotics and genetics researchers team up to develop a technique that could change our understanding of the Earth's biodiversity.
Extracting DNA traces of biodiversity in water, air and soil
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Swiss scientists are experimenting with drones and a mobile laboratory to collect and analyse traces of animal and plant DNA at Zurich Zoo.
COP 15, a summit to halt the mass extinction of species
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The UN Conference on Biodiversity, opening this week in Montreal, hopes to reach an agreement to stem the ongoing disappearance of fauna and flora.
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A Swiss-led mission is working to safeguard one of the richest marine ecosystems and is emblematic of Swiss efforts in scientific diplomacy.
Key Swiss sanctuary reveals challenges, opportunities in biodiversity protection
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How can animal and plant species be best protected? We visit the Bolle di Magadino, a nature preserve of international importance.
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An interview with the head of a project to safeguard and study corals in the Red Sea, which are particularly resistant to climate change.
Swiss scientific diplomacy sets sail to save corals
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What makes the corals in the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea resistant to rising temperatures? A Swiss project aims to find out.
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Producing and selling hemp inflorescences with low THC content has been legal in Switzerland since 2017. But the market hasn't been a gold mine.
Swiss reach for comic relief to beat the lockdown blues
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The Covid-19 confinement measures have changed and slowed down the lives of many people, but Swiss cartoonists are busier than ever.
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William England's Alpine pictures, made using an innovative photographic technique, were a resounding success. Today, they're being re-created.
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The race for the moon continues to fascinate. Several astronauts came to Zurich for the European premiere of a new documentary on the 1969 mission.
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