High-tech and low-tech solutions for vision impairment
World Sight Day 350 million people worldwide live with severe vision impairment. In high income countries, vision impairment is usually…
Rhythm in the Brain Shapes Language and Literacy
World Dyslexia Day World Dyslexia Day brings attention to a specific learning difficulty that affects people in all languages. Dyslexia…
The rite of cremation began in Iberia 4,800 years ago
When we hear the word cremation, we usually picture the modern funerary rite or perhaps the Greco-Roman practice, with ashes…
Architecture for Resistance
World Architecture Day If architecture deserves to be celebrated, it must be because, in some way, it represents a human…
Teaching as a Social Value
World Teachers’ Day Today, October 5, we celebrate World Teachers’ Day, and UNESCO, UNICEF and Education International send out a…
Honoring Jane Goodall on World Animal Day
World Animal Day “We have the choice to use the gift of our lives to make the world a better…
Switzerland launches a public alternative to commercial AI systems
In early September 2025, ETH Zurich, EPFL and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre presented Apertus, a large language model built…
Zero Violence Brave Club to End Violence
International Day of Non-Violence It is well known that violence destroys lives, and that those who suffer from it in…
60 is the new starting line
Sixty is often seen as a slowdown. The United Nations (UN) wants us to see it as a turning point…
Health and Aging among Immigrants in Western Societies
Overwhelming evidence from The United States, Australia, and Canada, and to some extent, other western countries, suggests that voluntary immigrants…