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Skin deep

You can’t force someone to feel something, right? Wrong. At least sometimes... For those living without physical sensation recent developments in the field of...

Sunny prospects

Isn’t it lovely when the sun shines through the window? Except when it’s too warm and bright inside. Instead of letting down the blinds...

Plucked from thin air

One solution for climate change? Vodka. No, seriously – and contrary to what you might expect, the key ingredient is not potatoes, but carbon...

Good vibrations

Earlier this year two scientists were the source of much amusement for their research involving earthworms and a loudspeaker. They even received the Ig...

Moving pictures

In recent months many business meetings, seminars and lectures have been transferred to the home office – hello, self-study. Still, it takes discipline to...

Sustainable tolerance

Washing, showering, drinking – fresh water is needed for everything. Yet it only accounts for 2% of all water on Earth. It's also needed...

It’s the yeast we can do

Who invented it? The Swiss, of course. Say hello to ‘Brauer AI’ (pronounced Brauerei – Brewery), an artificial intelligence devoted to helping its inventor...

Party piece

For many, the island of Ibiza is synonymous with party culture. But as one twenty-four year old local entrepreneur has shown, there’s a lot...

Help from above

Knowing how to make fire catapulted mankind to the top of the food chain. And now, from our evolutionary summit, we find ourselves confronted...

What price?

When it comes to making savings for the environment, the textile industry is way out in front. Right now very few manufacturers have an...