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An international study published in Nature and led by ETH Zurich has, for the first time, established a direct link between the emissions of the world’s largest fossil fuel and cement producers and the rise of extreme heatwaves worldwide. Shocking findings Researchers analyzed more than 200 heatwaves between 2000 and 2023 and were able to systematically trace them back to the so-called carbon majors . The results show that climate change made heatwaves in the early 2000s twe
On September 4, 2025, philosopher Leo Apostel would have turned one hundred. His legacy remains strikingly relevant — especially in an era where technology and artificial intelligence increasingly shape our lives. Apostel taught us that progress only has meaning when it is guided by justice and a human compass. A philosopher of connection Apostel was never a philosopher confined to abstractions. He built bridges between disciplines, between science and ethics, between analysi
