The Boeing Starliner is ready for launch. (Photo: Joel KOWSKY / NASA / AFP) After almost two years, Boeing is once again trying to launch its Starliner into space. In 2019, the test flight failed again and had to be aborted. When you think of the battle for space, you probably immediately think of SpaceX and Blue Origin. However, the …

Marcia LuytenAugust 3, 2021, 17:30 The black and white horizontal and vertical lines represent current town planning. Colorful round shapes in between, symbolizing the desired diversity. The fabric labyrinth is intended to answer the question: Who are we? There was little to do in the Dutch pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. The grounds for the biennale were already quiet …

In the area where the earthquake occurred, the Pacific plate is moving north at a rate of over six centimeters per year, pushing under the lighter and thus covering the North American plate. During this slow subduction process, long mountain ranges were pushed upward and the volcanoes that left the Aleutian Islands chain behind also formed. But these tectonic plates …

The authors of the article Rivalry is no good for science (7/27) are not, I suppose, practitioners of the natural or exact sciences. These sciences indeed have many similarities to top-level sport – a comparison that NWO President Marcel Levi made and which is criticized by the authors mentioned in their article. Just as in sport merit is given to …

(Image: Unsplash / Daniel Korpai) Apple wants to make room for bigger batteries in the iPhone, iPad, and Macbook, among others. The company manufactures smaller parts. While Apple products like the iPhone and Macbook have good battery life, it can never be enough. However, a battery takes up a lot of space. Increasing a battery is therefore not that simple. …

Light is so paramount to human lives. Not only does it enable us to see things and direct our paths as we run our day-to-day activities but also helps our bodies in one way or another. It would be awkward if one would easily find their way in a dark space. When we wake up, we test our sense of …

Philosophers analyze the way we use words. Words change our perception of reality. How many friends can you expect if you invite them on Saturday night to “a gathering in a positive atmosphere of an indefinite number of people”? Yet, it means exactly the same as “party”. Words also matter for the climate. Global warming was discovered by climatologists. As …

Fernando Alonso not only helped his teammate Esteban Ocon, but also Max Verstappen. And the Spaniard himself knows it all too well after the race. Alonso was fighting for the laps with Lewis Hamilton who failed to overtake the Alpine in a much faster Mercedes. In the end, it worked, but Hamilton didn’t have enough time to fight for the …

It UNESCO World Heritage Committee (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) inscribed the frescoes of the Italian city of Padua (Padua) on the World Heritage List during its international convention in Fuzhou (China). The frescoes can be found in eight religious and civic buildings in the historic walled city. They were painted between 1302 and 1397 by various artists …

Water is vital, but it can also be very threatening. We have experienced this in recent weeks. It is terrible what happened to the inhabitants of Germany and Belgium. Fortunately, to our knowledge, there are no deaths in the Netherlands. But the disaster that struck Limburg is enormous. The LLTB made recordings with a drone. It is only in these …