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Is the Surveillance Here with Us Right Now?
Tuesday I stopped on the sidewalk today as I approached two teenagers who propped a phone up on a bench and were starting to record a TikTok dance. I stopped, not because I didn’t want to interrupt their…
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A Crisis Care Package
In these times of crisis, I would like to provide some recommendations for media that can keep you entertained, give you some inspiration, or let you laugh about the absurdities around us. So, depending on your mood,…
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Hot or Not?
Body temperature decrease What is the normal temperature of the human body? Most people would probably answer with 37 °C. And a hundred years ago, that answer would…
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Tame the Flame!
About 1.5 to 2.0 million years ago, the first ancestors of Homo sapiens managed to preserve the remains of a natural fire and use it as a campfire.…
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The Surge of ChatGPT in Academia
While AI-powered tools and associated ethical discussions have been around for several decades, the discourse on their use in classrooms, and especially at ETH, have only arisen in…
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A Look into the Future
Fellow students, dear readers, Now that you have hopefully passed your exams and enjoyed the holidays and winter break, it is time for another spring semester at ETH!…
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Turn up the Heat
Welcome to another spring semester. We hope you all had a lovely winter break and are back rested to continue your pursuit of knowledge and learning. A lot…
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Poem
I am really good at putting one foot in front of the other. I am really good at making it look like there`s always another. I know I…
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Ein wehmütiger Rückblick auf den Festivalsommer 2022
Schon zum zweiten Mal darf ich fürs Polykum vom Schweizer Festivalsommer berichten. Das letzte Mal war 2019. Sido fasst es gut zusammen: «Endlich haben wir uns alle wieder.»…
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Unser Zuhause als Maschine
Oft bezeichnet ein ‹gesundes Gebäude› eine künstlich hergestellte Umgebung, die von Lüftungen, Wärmepumpen und Sensoren am Leben erhalten bleibt und einen eigenen Herzschlag zu haben scheint. Fast schon…