Gambling rates in young men soar as betting becomes ticket into social circles
Australians spend an eye-watering $30 billion each year on gambling. We are, comfortably, the world’s most profligate punters.…
The drug-pricing problem no one wants to talk about
Some pharmaceutical companies are gaming the patent system to extend their monopoly, keeping prices high for patients. Amelie-Benoist…
Cash, cuckoo clocks and confusion with Sweden – Switzerland as seen abroad
How much of the world imagines the average Swiss person out for a stroll. Keystone / Gian Ehrenzeller…
How Lebanon grapples with depression, anxiety and trauma
Dahieh is considered a stronghold of Hezbollah and was heavily attacked in the last war. Houssam Shbaro /…
Swiss science seeks answers to climate change in Antarctic ice
Researcher Florian Krauss stores Antarctic ice in a -50°C room at the University of Bern. Luigi Jorio /…