About the episode In our search for love, we look more and more at someone’s personality and less and less at someone’s financial situation. At least: in prosperous countries. The researchers studied personal ads placed in newspapers between 1950 and 1995 in Canada, the United States, France and India. They analyzed the choice of words and identified four themes that …

Finally a boost in the very sad file of nitrogen – this is how the cabinet will have received Wednesday morning the decree of summary of the Council of State. The highest administrative court ruled that the minister’s set “cut-off limit” for nitrogen rainfall of 25 kilometers for individual projects could stand. This is particularly good news for the government …

Groningen high-energy astrophysics professor Mariano Méndez receives the 2023 Jocelyn Bell Burnell Medal of Inspiration. Méndez receives the award for his decades-long efforts in astronomy education in developing countries. This was announced by the European Astronomical Society. Mariano Mendez (1960) grew up in Argentina. He studied astronomy at the University of La Plata. In 1989, he received his doctorate cum …

Samsung has the Galaxy Z Fold 4 successor in the works. However, it is rumored to be a stylus-less smartphone. The Galaxy Z Fold 5 reportedly has no room in the device to store the S Pen. S-stylus The South Korean website ET News writes that Samsung is primarily looking to make the device considerably thinner and that there is …

Compare apples and pears DasKap Van Wensen explains it once again Social Hihihi hahaha hohoho how funny the government can’t charge 0% VAT on fruits and vegetables. Yes, we laugh too, but anyone who knows money and taxes can you explain that conducting a policy via VAT in general is a disaster and in this case even more reckless (apart …

It is a special mission: after more than half a century, man will finally set foot on the moon. NASA announced on Monday who will be the lucky ones who will make a first test run in this direction with Artemis II. At Ellington Field, near NASA’s large Johnson Space Center in Houston, the US space agency and the Canadian …

About the episode The European eel population is doing very badly. The EU therefore banned the import and export of animals, but this created a veritable eel mafia. A lucrative illegal eel trade in which billions circulate. In June last year, 49 people were arrested for being part of a smuggling ring trying to move eels in trunks. Now researchers …

Nowadays, there is sometimes a lot to do against corrupt or false science. Discussions that can add up, in part because all sorts of ulterior motives are smuggled ideologically hidden. Science as a product of crisis, based on uncertainty? Luckily, there’s also amateur science that’s not fake at all, testable, and, on top of that, just a lot of fun. …

It was a dramatic weekend for FC Groningen. Lost 3-1 at Fortuna Sittard and saw their competitor FC Emmen win 2-1 in stoppage time at the last SC Cambuur. As a result, Groningen saw the gap to a safe place in the Eredivisie increase to seven points. Seven games from the end, the curtain seems to have fallen. This section …

If we ever want to be able to live comfortably in a space colony, our bodies must first become more resistant to weightlessness and cosmic radiation. The SUMO peptide may offer a solution. SUMO peptides are essential in living cells. They bind to proteins and thus guide all kinds of chemical processes in our body in the right direction. It …