Polykum
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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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The Big, Fat Prejudices
Fat stereotypes While many people can confidently say that they are not explicitly biased against obese individuals, they may not be aware of their implicit biases. Fat stereotypes fall…
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Mentale Gesundheit & Social Media
Gesundheit wird nach der Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) wie folgt definiert: «Gesundheit ist ein Zustand des vollständigen körperlichen, geistigen und sozialen Wohlergehens – und nicht nur das Fehlen von Krankheit…
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Haaatschii!!!
Niesen ist etwas völlig Natürliches und dient der Nase dazu, Schleimhäute von Staub, Pollen oder Krankheitserregern zu reinigen, indem diese mit einem Luftschwall aus der Nase geschleudert werden.…
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Normalising the Conversation about Mental Health
The latest data from the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) “World Mental Health Report 2022” shows that we are living in the most depressed, anxious, overstimulated and medicated society…
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Through the Woods
A powerful man chops down the last trees in a bleak landscape: Swiss painter Ferdinand Hodler’s famous “Woodcutter“ opens up the temporary exhibition “In the Forest. A Cultural…
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Natur pur?!?
Sämtliche Spatzen pfeifen es von den Dächern: Die Stadtflucht hat eingesetzt und die gemeinen Städter*innen suchen heutzutage Zuflucht in der Natur. Verständlich, wir leben in einer schnelllebigen Welt:…
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Nature and Young Minds against Resistant Bugs
An antibiotic compound provided by nature Long before Fleming’s famous discovery of penicillin in 1928, many organisms were already using antimicrobial agents for survival. For example, small worms…
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One too many
We all need to give our life a reason, a motive, in one way or another, to make it meaningful. But what makes a life worthwhile? Obviously, such…