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Without them, smartphones wouldn't really be smart. Apps, the small programs that offer a seemingly infinite variety of games, entertainment, information and productivity tools, are at the heart of today's connected life. After reading about Worm, Shazam and ICQ in the first part of...

Without them, smartphones wouldn’t really be smart. Apps, the small programs that offer a seemingly infinite variety of games, entertainment, information and productivity tools, are at the heart of today's connected life. Since almost three-quarters of the global population aged 10 and older...

Zurich-based entrepreneur Thomas Huber makes furniture, which is manufactured in Asia according to his designs. He recently established an interesting contact with an Indonesian manufacturer and so decides to fly there to establish what he sees as a promising collaboration. At the company, he...

Mellac, in northwestern France, is not a major name on the Brittany tourist trail. With a population of just over 3000 souls, the village is hardly bustling. But it is part of a quiet global revolution to re-shape the way we're living. A new movement - to establish Fifteen Minute Cities -...

Inflation, pandemics, wars – catastrophes are beyond our control. How we respond to them, however, is not. We have to learn to deal with uncertainty.

From sneakers to 27-Million-Euro cabinets: What makes collectors tick?

A number of years ago, four students had an idea: they wanted to build an electric aircraft that can take off and land vertically, flies in an environmentally friendly manner, travels at lightning speed and is ultra-silent. They were all engineers, and they knew a lot about technology. Their...

Whether or not something is exotic depends on the context. For example, when Liechtenstein citizens travel abroad, they are used to being considered exotic. When they tell people where they come from, the revelation is often met with surprise and delight, and a whole series of questions that...

Can you hear the chatter of passersby, or the ringing of church bells, or the whisper of the wind down the avenues? These might be sounds you rarely notice: only 10% of us actually listen effectively, hardly surprising on a planet filled with podcasts and cordless earbuds. Yet if you do, you...