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Let’s set the sails and rails for low-carbon conferencing
It was a hot Sunday, and the air conditioning couldn’t hold up. Car by car, the train got hotter and hotter. By the time the air was...
Making Biological Bandages during Lunch@Lab
One of the Lunch@Lab events at the laboratory of Professor Lee Ann Applegate at the University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV) featured...
What This Meeting Needs is More Cowbell
For the Pitch Slam event, organizer Bethany Brookshire delivered more than just a panel of six editors from The Washington Post, Undark,...
A workshop that left participants wanting more
The Fuse workshop on artificial intelligence was a workshop of two parts, theory and presentations and the practical. The first part...
Beyond flags and footprints: the next 50 years of space exploration
The first panel of WCSJ2019 brings together experts on space travel to discuss what the next fifty years hold for humanity’s endeavour to...
From Lindau to CERN, via Lausanne
Seven years ago, in July 2012, I was in Lindau in Germany to cover the 62nd meeting of Nobel Laureates, which included about 28...
Artificial intelligence in journalism: from baseball fields to ethical concerns
Where are all the baseball fields in the USA? The question may seem silly, but the answer is not easy. There is no official data on it....
Lighting the fuse
The FUSE AI Workshop was truly inspiring. We spent the day with diverse, inspiring speakers, teaching us about how AI can be used in...
Making Neuroscience Child's Play
Prior to the main events of the World Conference of science Journalists, WCSJ2019, an interesting workshop was organized by Jacobs...
What did the early universe smell like?
How did life begin? The answer to this big question may lie in a 17-mile tunnel that spans the border of Switzerland and France, where a...
The absence of India and presence on the moon
A panel of scientists representing space faring nations took the audience on a virtual space ride reminiscing about the past and taking a...
Science journalists: megaphones or watchdogs?
A recurrent theme at WCSJ2019 was the role of science journalists—megaphones or watchdogs? During the opening session, Pulitzer-Prize...
La conférence a boosté mon intérêt pour la science
Journaliste depuis bientôt plus de 9 ans, j'ai toujours été un généraliste. Malgré mon intérêt pour les questions de la santé depuis la...
Tips from science journalism heroes
Joining the World Conference of Science Journalists is always a boost for me. I especially enjoy the sessions in which top-level science...
Climate Change is Already Here
On the road to Lausanne a taxi driver switched on the air conditioning and told us it's too hot nowadays even in the Swiss Alps. A Swiss...