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A Strange, Steep Journey Into The Heart Of A Swiss Mountain
Worldcrunch.com / LE TEMPS MIEVILLE — The Swiss citizen is more than a hard-working, pragmatic and materialistic homo economicus. His second personality, lauded by the national mythology, is that of...
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Public Lighting Revisited In Switzerland
Worldcrunch.com / LE TEMPS GENEVA — The specks of green and blue light splashing down from above alter the atmosphere along this riverside walkway completely. The illumination is smooth and complex,...
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One Tech Founder’s Quest To Make Technology Disappear
Worldcrunch.com / LE MONDE PARIS — Even before our first handshake, it's clear that Rand Hindi, with his ripped jeans and grey scoop-neck T-shirt, oozes coolness. And when it comes to his crazy...
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The Coming "Glass Age," Where Transparency Is Everywhere
Worldcrunch.com / CALCALIST TEL AVIV — Historians tend to associate human epochs with the dominant raw materials of these eras: the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. Accordingly, our contemporary...
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Ocean Micronations, The Libertarian Floating Utopia
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS In the early 16th century, humanist Thomas More envisioned Utopia as a fictional island whose organization principles could inspire the world. Now, at a time when all the...
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10 Misconceptions About The Theory Of Evolution
Worldcrunch.com / LE TEMPS LAUSANNE — Of all the scientific fields, evolution probably carries the most common misconceptions. Who, for instance, has never heard that humans descend from apes? Or that...
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Smart Cities International: Accessible Sweden, Costa Rican Dreams, Li-Fi
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH It’s obvious that different cultures will approach concepts differently, but there is a fundamental chasm between the way that the term “smart cities” is understood in...
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How 2015 Mass Surveillance Compares To Orwell’s 1984 Big Brother
Worldcrunch.com / LES ECHOS -Essay- PARIS — George Orwell’s masterwork, 1984, depicts life in England 30 years after a nuclear war between the East and the West, under a totalitarian regime symbolized...
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Payal Parekh, An Environmental Activist With The Science To Back It Up
Worldcrunch.com / LE TEMPS BERN — Payal Parekh bears a bright smile and a look that seems to promise hope. At 42, she is the global managing director for 350.org, a U.S. non-govermental organization...
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Italy’s Unlikely Chess Superstar Exposed As Webcam Cheat
Worldcrunch.com / LA STAMPA IMPERIA — Arcangelo Ricciardi was a rising star among Italy's chess players after a string of victories. The 37-year-old had gone from obscure amateur to defeating renowned...
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Nir Kalkstein: My Algorithms Can Make Cash Or Detect Cancer
Worldcrunch.com / CALCALIST [The following is a summary of a Calcalist cover story last month] TEL AVIV — Nir Kalkstein, one of Israel's most successful high-tech entrepreneurs, prefers to fly below...
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Google Crashes Frankfurt Auto Show, Fuels German Carmakers’ Tech Fears
Worldcrunch.com / SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG FRANKFURT — For some time, only a few got to come, the rest stayed home: Automotive executives went to the massive CES electronics trade fair in Las Vegas in...
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Spy At Your Own Risk, Why Most Amateur Espionage Is Illegal
Worldcrunch.com / L'OBS PARIS — There was a verbal altercation, a dozen stab wounds, blood and shouts. The scene happened in a parking lot in northern France earlier this year. The list of characters...
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The Desalination Fix: Inside Israel’s Water Revolution
Worldcrunch.com / LE MONDE TEL AVIV — From the beautiful beach of Palmachim, on the Israeli coast, it’s hard to picture what's happening below your feet, where 624,000 cubic meters of sea water are...
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Is China Ready To Take The Big Data Plunge?
Worldcrunch.com / CAIXINMEDIA -Analysis- BEIJING — China has been woefully behind its Western counterparts in the use and sharing of big data. A recent proposal by the government's State Council aims...
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"Water On Mars" Front Pages From Planet Earth
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH Water ahoy! NASA has confirmed the existence of flowing salty water on present-day Mars, fueling hopes — and worries? — of possible life on the red planet. NASA’s Mars...
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Big Pharma, Low Libido And The Rise Of Disease Mongering
Worldcrunch.com / DIE WELT MUNICH — A woman doesn’t want to sleep with her husband anymore. She still loves him, and she once enjoyed having sex with him. But now, she's never in the mood. What sounds...
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Not So Pretty In Norway, Victim Of Plummeting Oil Prices
Worldcrunch.com / LE TEMPS STAVANGER — Of course, you can find small souvenir bottles of crude oil. But there are also model offshore platforms, a quiz on Norway's energy resources and a simulated...
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For Israel, Cyber War Is Existential And Economic Priority
Worldcrunch.com / CALCALIST TEL AVIV — Israeli Defense Forces are turning their attention to a new front: the war raging in cyberspace. And in an attempt to coordinate what up to now have been...
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Smart Cities International: Vienna Data, Tahiti Tech, Berlin Bins
Worldcrunch.com / WORLDCRUNCH Cities collect data about everything, from economic trends to pollution to the daily habits of their citizens. As our tools for collecting information become increasingly...
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