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Tiere vor dem Spiegel
Wie kann man die Intelligenz von Tieren messen? Forschende haben für dieses schwierige Problem verschiedene Tests entwickelt. Einer davon ist der Spiegeltest, der untersucht, ob ein Tier sein…
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Polykum im Wandel der Zeit
Zusammen mit dem VSU, dem damaligen VSUZH, brachte der VSETH bis 1992 wöchentlich die ZS zu den Studierenden der beiden Hochschulen. Da sich die ZS in den Vorjahren…
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Change
You are holding the final issue of Polykum for this semester in your hands. Much has changed behind the scenes since you last received our magazine. As the…
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Where did our millions go?
In the wake of these announcements, headlines like “ETH prüft Beschränkung der Studienplätze” (“ETH explores restrictions on student enrollment”) (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 19.04.2024) have become very prominent. So…
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Craft your own Pallet Sofa
?3h for your first one, then 2h ?~CHF 5.- if you have all the equipment and if you get secondhand pallets for free. Otherwise, 3 new pallets cost…
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What is your secret to success?
Successfully finishing a degree at ETH certainly does not come easy to most people, at least it does not to me. Whether it be a challenging series of…
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Is it time to reclaim the dunce cap?
Gabrielle Vance, 34, Earth Sciences Doctorate, embodies both the dunce and the Doctor Subtilis.The background information for this cartoon is courtesy of https://www.straightdope.com/21342933/what-s-the-origin-of-the-dunce-cap. See more cartoons on Instagram…
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Word of the President
Dear Readers, It’s been an eventful period since our last issue of Polykum! Let me share some highlights of what we’ve been up to at VSETH. In early…
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Flawed Intellectual Women
Lesen als Gefahr Wie jedem Medium stand man vor der allgemeinen Alphabetisierung auch dem Lesen kritisch gegenüber. In der Gesellschaft des 17. Jahrhunderts war man kritisch gegenüber einer…
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Coming Soon: Summer holidays!
There is just one thing standing in between those fun summer days and us: the study and exam phase which stretches from early June to the start of…