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It’s not just today that Ukraine has become a disputed territory. Between the world wars, the south-west of this region shifted more often than any other European border. A research team at Historisches Institut Universität Bern is investigating how the local population coped.👇 horizons-mag.ch/2025/03/06/the…

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What happens to your academic self when your access to statistics programs and scholarly literature ceases after #retirement? Annette Tettenborn Anette Tettenborn is researching into this transitional period in the career of academics.👇 horizons-mag.ch/2025/03/06/the…

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Horticulture was established in Oceania 2,800 years ago, according to the findings of a team from Eawag und ETH Zürich 👇 horizons-mag.ch/2025/03/06/the…

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“Truth and trust are fundamental to scientific practice”, says Yves Flückiger, president of Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz. He adds that scientists need to learn how to simplify complex ideas.👇 horizons-mag.ch/2025/03/06/tru…

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In late 2025, the main science programme of Radio SRF 2 will be cancelled, says the SRG. Otfried Jarren, a professor of communication science at IKMZ, says this is a bad idea. 👇 #srfwissen Florian Fisch horizons-mag.ch/2025/06/02/its…

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She has a #blood disease and is investigating how to treat it; he was a gang member and is today examining the dynamics of #gangs. Five insiders and people affected by their own research here talk about how to deal with distance and proximity.👇 horizons-mag.ch/2025/06/05/per…

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✂️⛰️📜✂️⛰️📜 Who’s suited to working in the #police? And who’s best able to predict the behaviour of others? In the Laboratory for Social and Neural Systems Research, the #game rock, paper, scissors is helping researchers to find answers. Unispital_USZ horizons-mag.ch/2025/06/05/pee…

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#Feminists who research into gender. Foreigners who investigate #racism. Being personally involved doesn’t necessarily make you prejudiced. We look at how researchers deal with autoethnography. 👇 horizons-mag.ch/2025/06/05/the…

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In the 15th century, glass beads were used as currency by European traders in West Africa. A systematic characterisation sheds light on this part of history.👇 horizons-mag.ch/2025/06/05/thr…

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🧐🧠🧐🧠🧐🧠 Don’t #science and #scholarship have to be #objective? Jan Sprenger, a philosopher of science, explains why this is a highly complicated topic, and why subjectivity also has its place.👇 Jan Sprenger Judith Hochstrasser horizons-mag.ch/2025/06/05/its…

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“I consider this onslaught against science terrible and illegal, but I also understand where it is coming from”, says Claudia Brühwiler, a professor of political theory at the University of St. Gallen. Read the full interview 👇 horizons-mag.ch/2025/06/05/the…

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How methods and #objectivity arrived in #science, from the early alchemists to the randomised, controlled, blind study. 👇 University of Zurich horizons-mag.ch/2025/06/05/tru…

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⛵🔬 Margot Camus-Romelli has set up a 14-month #lowtech scientific expedition on a sailing boat in the Atlantic and dreams of becoming an ICRC member. She is 22, an EPFL student, and involved in life sciences, freediving, sailing, writing and management. horizons-mag.ch/2025/06/05/the…

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I’ve experienced this myself and now it’s the topic of my research! 🧐🧐🧐 How can this be done objectively? 🤔🤔🤔 For our photo series, Angelika Annen has captured the resultant balancing act between #selfreflection and bewilderment.👇 horizons-mag.ch/2025/06/05/ref…

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#urbex explores itself. The aerial view of a vortex-like ruin submitted to the 2025 SNSF Scientific Images competition by the geographer Aude Le Gallou offers a glimpse of research conducted literally off the beaten track.👇 horizons-mag.ch/2025/06/05/pha…

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😱🧐 What, you’re researching a topic that affects you personally? In fact, this can work out well, finds Judith Hochstrasser, joint Editor-in-Chief of Horizons. But you must utilise one of the core competencies of science: #transparent self-reflection.👇 horizons-mag.ch/2025/06/05/per…

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Rita Sarkis, a Lebanese researcher in AI for tumour diagnosis, points to the obstacles facing non-European scientists in Switzerland: “Restrictions in Switzerland make it difficult to integrate technological advances into hospital environments”.👇 horizons-mag.ch/2025/06/05/swi…

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🕷️🕸️ Spiders aren’t too fond of competition. Tom Ratz of the University of Zurich has been investigating what happens when well-fed and hungry black widows meet up.👇 horizons-mag.ch/2025/06/05/how…