Call for a counterproposal to the pesticide initiatives
Agriculture pollutes our drinking water There’s no doubt that those driving the initiatives are tackling a very real and serious…
The National Medical Commission Act: Travesty of reform
ON August 8, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan hailed the passage of the National Medical Commission…
Wong Po-keung on a quest to purify contaminated water
Would you drink waste water? Thanks to the work of microbiologist Wong Po-keung, such an advance would be possible, by…
Partnerships to protect the forest
Though Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro seeks to pit agricultural development against Amazonian protection, farmers stand to benefit substantially from choosing…
Instilling information literacy | ETH Zurich
Of course, one can take the view that researchers are responsible for their own information literacy. But should we teach…
Paediatrician Emily Hung on Parenting
Bristling with confidence and composure, Dr. Emily Hung is the archetypal practising physician whose contributions extend beyond the clinical front…
Why we need new climate models
Yet achieving these smaller scales requires enormous computing power, the likes of which is found more and more frequently only…
Catherine McBride seeks to integrate more fun for young language learners
While seemingly innocuous, the dictionary’s definition of education— ‘the process of receiving or giving systematic instruction’—reflects a regimented, suspect arrangement….
Anthropophilic technology: the human touch?
I therefore adopt a different approach from the two classic narratives of dystopia or utopia. I believe the problem no…
Tricky interfaces | ETH Zurich
There are many reasons for the limited transfer of BCIs into routine applications. Invasive BCI systems with implanted electrodes, for…
