Articles: Science & Technology
CineGlobe - a free film festival, inspired by science
Mid Morning Mix
Alex Brown from CineGlobe talks to WRS about this free film event from CERN in Geneva.
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Gadget Guru - iOS 13 - a new voice for Siri
Gadget Guru
Introducing dark mode, advanced photo and camera features and a new audio sharing feature through AirPods. Also, Siri's voice has had an upgrade.
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Gadget Guru - Smartphone Under CHF 200-.
Gadget Guru
Have you ever wondered what the best budget smartphone is? Well so do Paul's friends and they ask him a lot. (function(t,e,s,o){var n,a,c;t.SMCX=t.SMCX||[],e.getElementByI...
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Swiss Up! - The Last Famine
Swiss Up!
Over 200 years ago, now, the last famine to ravage Switzerland took place - mostly thanks to a huge volcanic eruption over in Indonesia. Today on the show we're talking about what the effects o...
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Swiss Up! - Women's Strike
Swiss Up!
Today (Friday 14th June) women are striking across the country in protest of the wage gap between men and women in Switzerland. This is not the first strike nor (sadly) will it be the last - find o...
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Swiss Up! - Art Basel
Swiss Up!
It's beginnings are humble, but Art Basel is now an annual event attracting art galleries from all over the globe. Yet not everyone is excited about this. Find out why on today's episode.
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Swiss Up! - The History of Carouge
Swiss Up!
Across the river Arve, the town of Carouge stands just a quick tram ride from Geneva. Its atmosphere, history and architecture, however, is very different and the Ville de Carouge offer guided walk...
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Swiss Up! - Tilo Frey
Swiss Up!
Not only was she the first MP in Switzerland of African descent, but she was also one of the first 10 women elected to Swiss parliament. So she is important in the progression of Switzerland and ev...
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Swiss Up! - Dinosaur Fossils
Swiss Up!
Dinosaur fossils have been found all over Switzerland, but are particularly concetrated in some areas. On today's episodes we discuss why Frick has a high densitiy of dinosaur fossils and where...
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AKKAdemy Sustainable Mobility Hackathon (13-14 June)
Mid Morning Mix
The aim of Sustainable Mobility Hackathon is to gather diverse specialists in one place united with one idea : make mobility more sustainable. Berenger Martin, CEO of AKKA Switzerland, and&...
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Swiss Up! - Mount Pilatus
Swiss Up!
In the Lucerne region, a mountain stands from which people were once forbidden to climb, as superstition led to fear. Originating from a legend surrounding the death of Pontius Pilate, Dario discus...
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Swiss Up! - The Swiss Flag
Swiss Up!
On today's episode we're looking at the iconic Swiss flag - where did it originate, is it ever rectangular, and does it have ties with the Red Cross organisation? Dario will answer all thes...
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Gadget Guru - Laundry Folding Robot
Gadget Guru
What price would you pay to never have to fold laundry ever again? Here's a laundry folding robot...
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Swiss Up! - Worry
Swiss Up!
What do the Swiss worry about? Are they concerned by the quality of their chocolate? How big a bell you can put on a cow before it can no longer lift its head? We are of course joking - Swiss ci...
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Webster Creativity Week (2nd edition)
Mid Morning Mix
Vlad Glaveanu from Webster University explains Webster Creativity Weeks and how to access the free events inluding design challenges, incubators, workshops and panel discussions: ...
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Swiss Up - Nazi Looted Art
Swiss Up!
On today's episode we're talking about the Washington Principles and how Switzerland have helped in recovering Nazi looted art.
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Swiss Up! - The Ice Industry
Swiss Up!
Travel back in time with us to the 19th century when hotels along the shores of Lake Geneva needed ice and the only way to transport it from the mountains was by wagon. We'll even thro...
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Swiss Up - Diplomats
Swiss Up!
WRS is the only mainstream English-language radio station in Switzerland. Listen on DAB+ and, of course, for listeners further afield- on mobile apps, internet radio and at worldradio.ch
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Swiss Up! - What's up with Huawei
Swiss Up!
Have you heard of the Huawei-US national security controversy? If you haven't, that's ok - we'll get into it on this episode of Swiss Up! Huawei, a Chinese tech giant, has been coll...
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Gadget Guru - Robot Pool Cleaner
Gadget Guru
I don't know about you, but I don't have much use for one of these. If I had a swimming pool though, I'd probably get one...
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Swiss Up! - A one-way ticket to Brazil
Swiss Up!
200 years ago, a group of people from Fribourg and Lucerne made the treacherous journey to Brazil, to colonise an area now known as Nova Friburgo. With over 2,000 people leaving Switz...
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Swiss Up! - The Hong Kong plague
Swiss Up!
We're in Hong Kong today! Or at least Alexandre Yersin was in the late 1800s, after he left his home-country of Switzerland. On today's episode we discuss Yersin's life and car...
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Swiss Up! - Sperm
Swiss Up!
This week, the news broke that Swiss men have a low sperm count on average. So on today's episode, Dario talks us through what affects sperm count and busts some urban legends about it. ...
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