Switzerland’s National Postal Service is working to bridge the gap between physical stamps and the digital cryptocurrency industry by introducing tradable digital stamps. On September 20, the Swiss Post officially announced the launch of the “Swiss crypto stamp”. This is a digital collector’s item linked to a physical stamp issued by the postal service that is worth 8.9 Swiss francs. …

The US government wants to declare 23 animals, including the great ivory-billed woodpecker, extinct. The federal wildlife and Fisheries Agency has submitted a proposal to this effect. Most species, including birds and fish, have not been observed for a long time. The government will cease its search for the 23 animals on the list of endangered species. “As climate change …

Two years ago, Ukraine welcomed a new charitable educational project STEM is FEM. It was aimed at combatting gender bias in technical industries and promoting STEM specialties among female high school students. Sergey Tokarev, an investor and a co-founder of the project, explains why the project managed to be so successful and what is its ambitions are. Immersing in STEM …

The seas of the world are getting free of ice. This is reflected in the fifth report of the European observation Copernicus program. In the report, published annually, 150 scientists commissioned by the European Commission indicate how rapidly the oceans are changing as a result of man. According to the report, Arctic ice continues to shrink: between 1979 and 2020, …

The number of days per year that it got 50 degrees Celsius or warmer anywhere on Earth has almost doubled since the 1980s, the BBC reports on the basis of its own research. The extremely high temperatures are also reached in more and more places on Earth. Between 1980 and 2009, it grew on average 14 days a year somewhere …

Switzerland needs 387 billion francs (361 billion euros) of investment to be climate neutral by 2050. This is stated in a report by the Swiss Bankers Association (SBA) and the Boston Consulting Group. The amount corresponds to about 2 percent of the annual production of the Swiss economy. The UN climate panel IPCC reported earlier this month that the Earth …

The floods in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany this summer have been made possible by climate change. Humans have increased the risk of such floods by 20 to 80%. This is the conclusion of a joint study of 39 researchers from various European climate institutes and universities. The researchers analysed historical precipitation data from Western Europe and used newly developed …

New technologies such as autonomous cars require a huge increase in the computing power of computers. A new computer chip is about to offer a solution to that. Smart cities, 5G and autonomous driving should improve the quality of life in the future. But these technologies also require a huge increase in the computing power of computers. Today’s microprocessors cannot …

The coronavirus vaccine is on its way to becoming one of the best-selling drugs ever. BioNTech, which is the largest supplier together with Pfizer, plans to sell US $ 15.9 billion (almost € 13.5 billion) in vaccines this year. Earlier, the German pharmaceutical company assumed several billion dollars less. Pfizer said last month that the vaccines against COVID-19 will generate …

The Brussels government will raise the current radiation standard to 14.5 V/m, making it finally possible to roll out 5G in Brussels. The Brussels Minister of Leemenvironment Céline Fremault (cdH) refused to raise radiation standards in 2019 out of concern for radiation. For the government, the health of the people of Brussels remains paramount. This is why the region still …