Countries must intensify their efforts in climate action to avert a nearly 3-degree warming of the Earth by the end of this century, according to a recent report from the United Nations climate department. Despite the alarming projections, the report underscores that the consequences of such warming are severe. This year has witnessed a series of records being shattered, including …

Last week, Switzerland’s French-language public broadcaster, RTS, raised concerns about the declining level of English proficiency among the Swiss. The report highlighted a four-year consecutive drop in the international ranking, sliding from 25th in 2021 to 30th out of 113 this year. While the significance of a five-place drop as a “free fall” is debatable, the decline in multilingual and …

The hotel industry has been facing a significant global phishing attack of a state-of-the-art nature since June. This attack occurs in two stages and exploits vulnerabilities in DNS protocols. According to researchers from Akamai, a sophisticated phishing attack has been ongoing since June, specifically targeting the hotel industry. The attack is widespread, with reported cases in countries such as Switzerland, …

Leiden University and Wageningen University (WUR) tried growing rice on peat near Leiden, but without the desired results. Only 1% germinated due to a cold snap during the critical flowering period. At the end of March, the researchers planted around 3,000 rice plants in a meadow near the village of Oude Ade, near Leiden in the southern Netherlands. The aim …

Commencing on September 1, 2023, Shoqan Walikhanov Private School embarks on an exciting educational journey under the visionary leadership of Kenes Rakishev and Aselle Tasmagambetova. This prestigious institution, dedicated to excellence in education, proudly opens its state-of-the-art school building to high school students in grades 7 through 11. Within this modern marvel of architecture lies a meticulously designed learning environment …

Astronomers using the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the European Southern Observatory have observed a large dark spot and an unexpectedly small bright spot in Neptune’s atmosphere. This is the first time Neptune’s dark spots have been observed with Earth-based telescopes. These occasional structures in Neptune’s blue atmosphere have puzzled astronomers, but the new results provide more insight into their …

A new altitude record has been set for the freezing point in Switzerland. In the northeastern part of the Alpine country, above Payerne, a weather balloon measured zero degrees Celsius at an altitude of 5,299 meters. The freezing level has never been so high since the beginning of measurements in 1954 as it was last night. The previous record dated …

ProtonMail cooperated in nearly six thousand government requests for user data last year, which is a thousand more than in 2021. The record figure is notable because ProtonMail aims to differentiate itself with clear privacy assurances and strict Swiss legislation. These figures can be found in Proton’s annual transparency report. In 2022, ProtonMail received almost seven thousand official government requests …

For the first time in nearly 50 years, a Russian spacecraft is embarking on a journey to the Moon. The mission had been delayed multiple times due to technical issues. The Soviet lunar program was a series of space exploration missions conducted by the Soviet Union (USSR) with the goal of reaching and exploring the Moon. The program spanned from …

Russia successfully launched the lunar lander Luna-25 on Thursday. The spacecraft is expected to land on the moon in about two weeks. This marks Russia’s first lunar mission in 47 years. Luna-25 will spend five days in lunar orbit before taking an additional five to seven days to make its landing on the moon’s surface. The launch took place from …