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The quiet contender of Switzerland hosts Euro 2025
Health, Sports & Psychology

The quiet contender of Switzerland hosts Euro 2025

...become a vital tool for social integration; helping foster community, develop language skills, and build connections, especially among immigrant women (Zwahlen et al., 2018; Bartosik, 2018). Euro 2025, then, is more than just a tournament. It’s planning to be a platform for promoting inclusion, belonging and civic engagement (UEFA, 2025). To reflect this inclusive...
In-car technology: are we being sold a false sense of security?
Digital & Computing

In-car technology: are we being sold a false sense of security?

...becoming more common. It’s likely that Beckham’s Bentley has (at the very least) ABS, parking-assist, reversing sensors and lane-keeping technology. Such technology has led to a trend in advertising that encourages a belief that our modern cars can pretty much drive themselves. The European parliament has announced from 2022, all new cars should be fitted with...
How do we learn language?
Education & Development

How do we learn language?

...becoming sensitive to language before birth, to the time they string their first words together; from when they use language playfully, to when they tell stories, hold conversations, and share complex ideas. It is a remarkable skill that they will carry with them for the rest of their lives and is part of the normal development of only one in 8.7 million species. It gives...
Influential women scientists in chemistry
Science, Maths & Technology

Influential women scientists in chemistry

...become famous as both an author and researcher. Her later work, for which she is most famous, focussed on environmental issues in particular the overuse of artificial pesticides, such as DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane). Her concerns were highlighted in her book, Silent Spring, which has significantly influenced the subsequent development of the chemical industry....
10 tips to beat the January blues
Health, Sports & Psychology

10 tips to beat the January blues

...become so popular, and this course might just help you see and feel the benefits of changing your drinking habits. Free Course: The science of alcohol 5: Practice self-care [self care isn't selfish sign] Consciously do things that can improve your mental health. What that looks like will be different for all of us. It could be having a bath, meditating, singing, enjoying...
The Dates of the Buddha
History & The Arts

The Dates of the Buddha

...becomes more specific in different areas, we come across the paradox of scholars knowing more and more about less and less. The Controversy on Dates of the Buddha [Dates of the Buddha] Reading “The Cambridge History of India”, vol. 1 (1922), we find the following statement: There is now a general agreement among scholars that Buddha died within a few years of 480 B.C....
What are the challenges and opportunities of urban artificial intelligence and robotics?
Science, Maths & Technology

What are the challenges and opportunities of urban artificial intelligence and robotics?

...become a little like factories. [A driverless shuttle bus on the street.]Show descriptionFigure 2: Autonomous shuttle test. Although a driver had to be present during the demonstration for purposes of safety, this was a hands-free role as AI was in control of the shuttle. Also, if AI is embedded in so-called ‘city brains’ which manage key aspects of cities such as...
How to keep your kidneys healthy
Health, Sports & Psychology

How to keep your kidneys healthy

...becoming highly concentrated and at risk of kidney stones formation, which can impair kidney function. Fluid intake should be between 2-3 litres per day, the majority of which should be plain water. You should be observant of the colour of your urine and aim to have paler or straw-coloured urine, as opposed to darker coloured urine which is more concentrated. You should...