{"title": "Kein perfektes Design", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Academic Gateway", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/neuroscience"], "description": "\"Kein perfektes Design\" is a talk about how human colour vision came about and why our seeing is far from perfect. It is hosted by the Forum für kritisches Denken, which has invited Prof. Dr. Stephan C. F. Neuhauss, Professor of Neurobiology and Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Zurich. He shows how our colour vision evolved – with impressive abilities but also limitations and compromises. The very imperfections of our visual system offer clues to its origins; afterwards there is time for questions and discussion.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/kein-perfektes-design-73778/", "official_url": "https://kritisch-denken.ch/veranstaltungen/referate/kein-perfektes-design-was-das-menschliche-farbensehen-ueber-evolution-verraet", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5fe94829b741ef6a4291c28935a273e19215e222af92d343a0cb86fb2bf0682a-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Academic Gateway", "address": "", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "KEIN KINO mit Dennis Vugts", "start": "2026-11-09T18:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "ZHdK Zürcher Hochschule der Künste", "address": "Pfingstweidstrasse 96, 8005 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/design"], "description": "KEIN KINO is an interdisciplinary lecture series at ZHdK whose current edition runs under the theme of «Design Realities – Future Technologies». 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It addresses pressing topics from game design, video art, social media, immersive arts, dance, theatre and composition for film and new media, inviting an open discussion.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/kein-kino-mit-dennis-vugts-59495/", "official_url": "https://design.zhdk.ch/en/special-formats/kein-kino/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/358c3a2883e9aad982c270505aea66ff60d3a357030b7470a5e3c0652ab52718-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Good, the Bad and the B Cell: Immunology in Cancer and Neurodegeneration", "start": "2026-11-03T16:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "ETH OAT", "address": "Andreasstrasse 5, 8050 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/medicine/immunology"], "description": "A seminar talk from the series 'Cutting Edge Topics: Seminars in Immunology & Infection Biology'. The series is run by the Institute of Microbiology at ETH Zurich. 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It is organised by the Computer Science Students' Association (VIS) at ETH Zurich, with Jonas He as main organiser and Roberto Oliveira Pais as co-organiser. Find out first-hand what the teams are working on, what challenges drive them and what it is like to work at one of the world's leading AI companies. Come along with curiosity and questions and get to know NVIDIA from a personal perspective.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/vis-x-nvidia-tech-talk-40741/", "official_url": "https://vis.ethz.ch/de/events/1176/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1bb835c746ed3d2258b4031b9b9fe0877fde71f68d5dba08add09c0eb229903e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Mensch und Klima seit der Neuzeit", "start": "2026-11-03T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Universität Zürich", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "125.00", "price_to": "125.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/earth-sciences/climate", "society/sustainability"], "description": "'Mensch und Klima seit der Neuzeit' is a lecture series at the University of Zurich. It traces how climate became a question of society's future, how industrialization ushered in the fossil age, and why in the twentieth century a belief arose in a climate that could be technically controlled. The series concludes by discussing the idea of a post-growth society as an answer to today's social, economic and ecological challenges. It shows how ideas of progress, growth and control continue to shape our relationship with the climate.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/mensch-und-klima-seit-der-neuzeit-59879/", "official_url": "https://vhszh.ch/kursangebot/detail/mensch-und-klima-seit-der-neuzeit/26W-0350-37/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/563c904ea67e0f4a0dd0833359e049fa0ee7d97aa6c468be4d4981b17a8e30d5-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Kooperatives Kolloquium Fachdidaktik", "start": "2026-09-15T00:00:00+02:00", "end": "2026-12-08T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": [], "description": "Kooperatives Kolloquium Fachdidaktik is a public research colloquium on subject didactics that people can attend in person or online ([ife.uzh.ch](https://www.ife.uzh.ch/dam/jcr:33e458a2-4411-492c-83b9-95d246bdf827/Kooperatives_KOL_FD_HS2026_def.pdf)). It is run jointly by subject didactics researchers at the PH Zurich and the University of Zurich, with Stefan Keller, Stefan Hauser, Kai Niebert and Martina Rau as the responsible team ([phzh.ch](https://phzh.ch/forschung-und-entwicklung/veranstaltungen/vortraege-und-kolloquien/)). The sessions put current scholarly work on teaching and learning in subject areas up for discussion from a didactics perspective, above all research and development work coming out of doctoral and master's programmes. Guest speakers from other universities add to the programme.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/kooperatives-kolloquium-fachdidaktik-1009/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/57e124911c92801ba4b2e239dcf0fce416b7fa087a89079622f053b97382fd6f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Kinder-Uni Winterthur - Wieso kann der Computer eigentlich mit mir reden?", "start": "2026-11-04T14:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "ZHAW School of Engineering", "address": "Lagerstrasse 41, 8021 Zürich", "price": "kostenlos", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["science/ai"], "description": "The Kinder-Uni Winterthur offers a lecture every two weeks for children in grades 4 to 6. It is run by the Naturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Winterthur (NGW) in cooperation with the ZHAW School of Engineering. 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