Toniebox, Tiptoi, and Tamagotchi are smart toys, offering interactive play through software and internet access. However, several of these toys raise privacy concerns, and some even collect extensive behavioral data about children, report researchers at the University of Basel.
Switzerland and China have maintained economic relations and cultural contacts for centuries, sometimes during critical periods. Historian Ariane Knüsel has co-authored a new publication on the relationship between the two countries.
The cultural significance of radio is the subject of the research project “Radiophonic Cultures”, the second volume of which was recently published. In an interview, media scientist Professor Ute Holl explains the cultural and social forms that radio has produced, and why it remains an essential medium in the digital world.
The President’s Board of the University of Basel has appointed Dr. Dominik Meier assistant professor of global philanthropy at the Faculty of Business and Economics and the Center for Philanthropy Studies.
The shark has survived numerous environmental disasters, but now it may be losing the battle against its most dangerous rival: the human being. A new economic analysis shows the conditions under which high demand can lead not only to the extinction of a single species, but also to a progressive, accelerating mass extinction.
A new study now published in Science reveals that the memory for a specific experience is stored in multiple parallel “copies”. These are preserved for varying durations, modified to certain degrees, and sometimes deleted over time, report researchers at the University of Basel.
While most people find grammar a yawn, Sofian Bouaouina found it a source of fascination. This led him from the village of Diegten to the University of Basel, where he initially studied to be a secondary school teacher in French and history, before developing a taste for linguistics.
A new class of fat cells makes people healthier. The cells consume energy and produce heat through seemingly pointless biochemical reactions.
Food, feed, fiber, and bioenergy: The demand for agricultural raw materials is rising. How can additional cultivation areas be reconciled with nature conservation? Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a land-use model that provides answers.
