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Negatively Hot
As a physics student, I have been described as “negatively hot” more often than I will publicly admit to in this article. We, the community of geeks, should…
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«Smash or Pass?»
Ein kurzer Blick auf das Gesicht, das auf dem Handy vorgeschlagen wird, genügt, um die Gesichtszüge analysieren zu können. Ohne bewusst die einzelnen Merkmale zu studieren, urteilt unser…
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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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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…
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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…