Zur Rolle von Bürger:innenräten in der Schweiz Bürger:innenräte sind in der Schweiz ein etabliertes Format – nicht trotz, sondern gerade wegen der direkten Demokratie. Es gibt thematisch ausgerichtete Formate zur Deliberation einer aktuellen politischen Frage wie die „Bürgerpanels für mehr Klimaschutz“ in verschiedenen Gemeinden des Kantons Zürich oder die schweizweiten Gremien wie der Bürger:innenrat für … Read more
In 2012, clinicians at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia treated Emily Whitehead, a 6-year-old with leukemia, with altered immune cells from her own body. At the time, the treatment was experimental, but it worked: The cells targeted the cancer and eradicated it. Thirteen years later, Whitehead is still cancer-free. The modified cells, called CAR-T cells, … Read more
Over the course of his long career, magician and endurance performer David Blaine has taken on all kinds of death-defying feats: catching a bullet in his teeth, fasting for 44 days, or holding his breath for a record-breaking 17 minutes and 4 seconds, to name a few. Viewers will get to see a different side … Read more
Biohybrid robots work by combining biological components like muscles, plant material, and even fungi with non-biological materials. While we are pretty good at making the non-biological parts work, we’ve always had a problem with keeping the organic components alive and well. This is why machines driven by biological muscles have always been rather small and … Read more