Switzerland is concentrating on equal pay, women's economic independence, sexual and reproductive health rights, and the fight against sexism and abuse at this year's UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) session. The 65th CSW, which began on Monday in New York, is focused on
According to scientists, the division of labor in ant colonies has nothing to do with age and is apparently dictated by random factors. Female ants either remain in the nest to look after the queen and larvae or go out in search of food. Researchers at
Metalor, one of the world's largest gold refiners, has established a method for easily confirming where gold was extracted, potentially preventing the entry of illicit gold into supply chains. The Swiss company revealed that it developed the system in collaboration with the University of Lausanne over
Primary shares of a Swiss confectioner can be had for around $88,000. That may seem prohibitive, but there’s a compelling logic to it. If you were thinking of companies that might want to increase the value of their shares by buying back stock, Lindt & Sprungli AG would likely come near
Herbert Diess’s electric-vehicle strategy might just work for Volkswagen. Volkswagen AG’s boss Herbert Diess is realistic about the threat posed by software-savvy and richly valued rivals such as Tesla Inc., but he’s adamant that VW can prevail. On current form, he may be right. The German car giant
A simple, daily gesture like charging an iPhone turned into a life-threatening task for Andrea Stroppa, a cybersecurity researcher. The charger that exploded after he borrowed it from a friend, Stroppa discovered, was a counterfeit Apple Inc. product bought through an unofficial channel on Instagram. Stroppa and his colleagues at
Google’s Nest unit is expanding into health technology with a feature that tracks sleep patterns, offering a potential new revenue stream but also raising privacy concerns. The company unveiled the second-generation model of its Nest Hub smart display in a blog post Tuesday, and this time
Curious about the cryptocurrency’s recent spike in value? Here’s a primer for latecomers just now tuning in. Chances are you’re feeling behind. You probably know that Bitcoin has been surging. You also probably know that it’s a cryptocurrency, that it suddenly becomes everybody’s favorite subject when its value spikes
It’s a question of when, not if, the global economy will shift away from fossil fuels. Researchers are gaming out what that means for international politics. The Rand Corporation’s been designing war games with the Pentagon since the 1950s, modelling such hard-nosed security scenarios as
The grub-like larvae tap their cocoons in a strange chorus inside a plant stem with calluses. In late summer, a light crackling sound floats over a field in northern Switzerland. It comes from a dozen larval mason bees hitting the inner walls of their herbaceous
