We Are ETH-Podcast: Philippe Kahn

Translating research results for society requires resources. Either we pay someone to make it work - or we pay as a society if it turns out not to work. After several years of hard development work and science journalism at the highest level, higgs.ch is closing down due to financial reasons. Donations, foundations and income from subscriptions have not been enough to cover the costs involved. And the universities, the tens of thousands of researchers and the hundreds of thousands of students who have enjoyed a university education? They are silent. Strategies lie mouldering in drawers. Foundations pull out.