The Swiss Federal Statistical Office recently published the results of its survey on the religious landscape in Switzerland up to 2024. The data show that the “gradual secularisation” continues, with more people identifying as ‘nones’, or “without religion”. This group now represents 36.8% of the Swiss population, compared to 23% in 2014. (Evangelical Focus)
Read MoreHere's a look at some of the most interesting commercials unveiled in advance and during the Super Bowl broadcast, showing the bold swings marketers took on the biggest stage in media. (Deggans, NPR)
Read MoreWhat is it with our National Football League obsession—especially the televised version of it? How and why did pro football become such an integral part of the American experience? (Serwer, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreLast year, a team of researchers from Belgium, the United States and Denmark launched an ambitious effort to explain these experiences on a neurobiological level — work that is now being contested by a pair of researchers in Virginia. (Johnson, The Washington Post)
Read MoreEncyclopaedia Britannica has been accused of erasing Israel from its educational material for children. Supporters of Israel say the Jewish state was removed and replaced with Palestine on a map of the region published by the encyclopaedia’s Britannica Kids edition. (Sawer, The Telegraph)
Read MoreElon Musk has lifted the lid on the computer code fuelling aggressive public discourse on X. If not rewritten it will continue to stoke division and extremism. (Nelson, The Times)
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