Creating factories in space is not a whim of billionaires detached from reality, but rather projects that develop and materialize little by little. Like Jeff Bezos, president of Blue Origin, which aims to send polluting industries into space, the space research company Varda Space aims to be the first to build a factory in space by teaming up at SpaceX, …

The risk of young people with an immigrant background being suspected of a crime is two to three times higher than for young people of Dutch origin. This emerges from research carried out by sociologists from Erasmus University commissioned by the police, police and science research program. “There are a lot of young people who have done something wrong, but …

Today, 08:30 • 3 minutes to read Midwolde Church Cemetery © Jan Been / RTV Noord It was an emotional discussion on Wednesday evening at the town council meeting at the town hall of Zuidhorn. And this was not surprising given the item on the agenda, the cemetery policy of the municipality of Westerkwartier. The debate focused on the municipal …

Ask vtwonenQuite often, the advertisements show the most amazing sofas and other furniture in a large space. But if your house is smaller, it will be very different. How do you always furnish a small or narrow living room nicely? Stylist Liza Wassenaar van vtwonen Explain. Is it as easy as using light colors?,, I think light colors always help …

Walking through the Ramon crater in the Israeli Negev desert, one has the impression of having left this sublunar valley. In the inhospitable landscape, there is hardly any human trace … Walking through the Ramon crater in the Israeli Negev desert, one has the impression of having left this sublunar valley. Virtually no trace of human presence can be recognized …

The City Council is wondering if student associations should organize events in public spaces. This emerges from a letter from the council that Mayor Koen Schuiling sent to city council on Tuesday.In the letter from the board, Schuiling cites events outside the association building. “Is it desirable that student associations organize events in the public space, if this is only …

In the search for the origin of the pandemic, groups of animals are often examined to determine which viruses are carrying them. For this study, a group of bats from Laos, one of China’s neighboring countries, was examined. “We know which bat species contain these SARS-like viruses and so they are also located beyond the borders of China, because their …

For the third time in history, a born Dutchman today received a Nobel Prize. The Nobel Prize in economics was awarded to three scientists, including the Dutch-American economist Guido Imbens. He shares the award with Joshua Angrist and David Card. Imbens learned the good news during a phone call last night. After that, it quickly became chaotic, he tells BNR. …

read more A month ago, the Follow the Money research platform and RTL Nieuws reported that scientific journals had two studies took of. The studies used DNA material from Uyghurs, a persecuted minority in China, and may not have been donated voluntarily. Two researchers from the Erasmus Medical Center were involved in the investigations, but the board saw no reason …

In the Flemish periphery, around 70 football pitches will be added with additional accessible green spaces. About 22,000 new trees will be planted. This is what the Flemish Minister for the Flemish Periphery Ben Weyts (N-VA) and the Flemish Minister for Nature Zuhal Demir (N-VA) report. At the start of Forest Week, they will invest 2 million euros in nine …