Issue
Nature
15 articles
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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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Der Mensch funkt dazwischen
Wie bewahrt und schützt man eine Naturlandschaft? Die Antwort darauf scheint einfach: Man überlässt sie sich selbst und unterlässt sämtliche menschliche Eingriffe. Doch gerade kleine Gebiete haben oft…
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Publishing between Prestige and Peer Review
There are many ways to announce a scholarly discovery. Shouting “Eureka!” in the street. Making a podcast episode on Spotify. Buying a space in ”20 Minuten”. Tweeting. However,…
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The Graveyard of Houseplants
Cause of death There are three main causes of houseplant death. First, overwatering. What a surprise! Yes, we all love the effort of watering our plants regularly, but…
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Decolonising Environmental Sciences
Take a moment and try to think of a person who has changed the world. Have you got one? Great! Now try to think of an East-Asian, a…
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Who Cares about Sustainability?
Among my circle of friends who started studying at ETH five years ago, hardly anyone knew what the journey would be like afterwards. How could we? After all,…
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Where Are You REALLY from?
The term microaggressions was coined in 1970 by Harvard University psychiatrist Chester M. Pierce to describe insults and dismissals which he regularly witnessed non-black Americans inflicting on African…