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Is an objective image of the wolf still possible? – Argos – Human

Is an objective image of the wolf still possible?  - Argos - Human

The question is who is now the victim of this media framework. Maybe it’s the wolf himself. of research in Spain it turned out that a misleading image appeared in social discussion due to media attention with direct effect. Compared to bears, newspapers, television and radio broadcasts have spoken of wolves thirty times more often. As a result, financial compensation …

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Chinese rocket successfully launched to space station | Science & Planet

Chinese rocket successfully launched to space station |  Science & Planet

The three taikonauts, as Chinese astronauts are called, could be seen through a camera in the cockpit. They appeared silent during the launch, despite the high G-force. A camera was also placed outside the Shenzhou-13, which clearly showed the launch. Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng attended the launch. The three astronauts will return to Earth in April of next year. …

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A Literary Research for Night and Nature – Writer Kester Freriks on Silence, Space and Darkness | The Swollenaer

A Literary Research for Night and Nature - Writer Kester Freriks on Silence, Space and Darkness |  The Swollenaer

Wednesday evening October 27, Kester Freriks will be the guest of the Zwolle and Surroundings department of the Humanist Association. Kester Freriks (1954) is an award-winning and versatile writer of nature novels, essays and books. With richly illustrated books such as Bird Watching. The three hundred Dutch bird species (2009), De valk (2010), Along the IJssel. Nature and culture in …

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Pedestrian area – PvdA Leiden

Pedestrian area - PvdA Leiden

As the third largest city in the Netherlands, Leiden has a pedestrian policy! The city council recently approved it. Good news, we think, because this way it will be more pleasant and safer to walk and run in the city. An improvement for all of us! Because everyone walks every day: from home to your bike or car, to a …

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Carillonneur wanted for Academy Tower: “It’s a job for life”

Carillonneur wanted for Academy Tower: "It's a job for life"

Photo: Wutsje / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17987351 The University of Groningen is looking for a new carillonneur for the Academy Tower carillon. The future Carillonneur must have the necessary diplomas. “I will indeed stop,” said Carillonneur Auke de Boer. Last summer De Boer performed the carillon for the last time at the Martinitoren, in December he performed for …

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Climatologists: zero emissions by 2050, it’s too late

Climatologists: zero emissions by 2050, it's too late

Leading climatologists warn that 2050 is too late to reduce CO2 emissions to virtually zero. The year mentioned in the European Green Deal and the Dutch climate law should actually be brought forward by ten years, to 2040 at the latest, scientists involved in the Climate Expert Group told NOS. ‘UN, IPCC. In two weeks, a global climate conference will …

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With his well-known flair, Vincent Icke shows that science is uncertainty, research and guesswork.

With his well-known flair, Vincent Icke shows that science is uncertainty, research and guesswork.

Vincent Icke takes up the thread that Christiaan Huygens woven three centuries ago and describes the true nature of science. Willem SchoonenOctober 16, 2021, 01:00 “We will see here such demonstrations, which do not offer as much certainty as those of geometry, and which differ greatly from it; for where the geometers prove their propositions on certain and indisputable premises, …

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VMBO students suspected five times more often

VMBO students suspected five times more often

In recent years, much attention has been paid to ethnic profiling by the police. But it is certainly not only the migratory origin of a person that can lead the police to identify certain people as suspects. This is what emerges from a report by the Police and Science research program. What about the level of education, for example? Research …

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