Das Nachtleben in Bern erlebt eine Renaissance, angeführt von Generation X. Mit inklusiven Konzepten und neuen Ideen wie Day Partys meistern Clubs in Europa und der Schweiz die Herausforderungen des v...

Animal behaviourists tested 61 gulls in Cornwall to find most effective method of countering feathery threat Some people respond to the unwanted attentions of a gull eyeing up a bag of chips or a Cornish pasty by frantically flapping their hands at the hungry bird while others beat a rapid retreat into the nearest seaside shelter. But researchers have found that a no-nonsense yell – even a relatively quiet one – may be the best way to get rid of a pesky herring gull. Animal behaviourists from the University of Exeter tried to establish the most effective method of countering a feathery threat by placing a portion of chips in a place where gulls were bound to find them. Continue reading...

Will AI stretch our minds—or stunt them?

Officials at Sequoia Park Zoo have no idea how the young bear got into the zoo and went “nose-to-nose” with the three bears there.

Psychische Gesundheit in Schweizer Städten: Epidemiologin Nicole Probst-Hensch erklärt, wie Lärm, Hitze und Stadtplanung unser Wohlbefinden beeinflussen – und fordert ein Umdenken in der Architektur.

City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.

How a public library and a messy second-hand bookshop helped a small girl with no money and big dreams change the face of science.

Dear Alistair, I acknowledge that this may be, to you and your friends, an unhelpful admission, but I’m not entirely sure where I stand on...

The winning and honored images from this year’s contest, designed to “promote the very best landscape photography by digital and film photographers who value realism and authenticity in their work,” selected from more than 11,000 entries

Andreas Kistler sieht in den Marktmechanismen im Gesundheitswesen einen Grund für die Kostenexplosion. Die Spitäler würde er in eine nationale Gesundheitsorganisation integrieren.

Die Lesekompetenz sinkt: Ein Viertel der Schweizer Jugendlichen hat Schwierigkeiten beim Lesen. Studien zeigen, dass Eltern seltener vorlesen, was die Begeisterung für Bücher bei der nächsten Generati...

Code-breaking hero Robert Langdon is back for another conspiracy thriller, featuring underground laboratories and new thoughts on the nature of consciousness

We’d like you to look at one piece of art for 10 minutes, uninterrupted.

Nearly all common garden snails have shells that coil to the right but Ned the snail’s left-spiralling shell results in reversed reproductive organs – a barrier to mating

Read Molly Mary O’Brien’s review of the album.

The stars of the film “Honey Don’t!” visited the New York Times studio kitchen to toss some pizzas.

Die SP-Vizepräsidentin lehnt die Abschaffung des Eigenmietwerts ab. Sie sagt aber auch: «Konsequenterweise müsste ich für den Systemwechsel sein.» Sie sei im Dilemma.

The Oscar winner gets candid about how sobriety saved his life, making the most of second chances and why Jackson Lamb might be the role of his life: “It’s been a real highlight of my career.”

Orange dominiert Sonnencreme-Verpackungen aus praktischen und psychologischen Gründen. Die Farbe signalisiert Schutz und Sommerfreude, erklärt Farbexpertin Marcella Wenger. Orange verbindet Ästhetik m...

Thistle-shaped Depastrum cyathiforme was last seen in France in 1976, but has now been found on South Uist For nearly 50 years, there has been no trace of Depastrum cyathiforme, a stalked jellyfish that resembles a thistle flower. The distinctive jellyfish was feared globally extinct after being last spotted in Roscoff, northern France, in 1976. Continue reading...