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Faith and science: the relationship explained by Mark Eyskens in The Question Mark Semer

Faith and science: the relationship explained by Mark Eyskens in The Question Mark Semer

“Science continues to face many question marks, which could point to the limitation of human understanding and the existence of a dimension of being that is not accessible to science. Believers, on the other hand, can move away from an overly physical conception of God, dogmatically expressed in terms of power. Faith is not about measurable or experiential physical phenomena, …

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“I’m ok with you being an hour late”

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At the edge of a passing crowd, a fellow guide nudges 19-year-old Vincent forward. The cheerful third-year psychology student takes small sips from his Desperados 0.0 and is dressed in an orange T-shirt. With another guide, he is the proud interlocutor of fourteen social science students. Why are you guiding? “Last year I was very happy that you were given …

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Microsoft is planning a controversial change to Outlook’s web interface

Microsoft plant controversiële wijziging van Outlook-webinterface

Microsoft wants to change the Outlook web application interface. Mail, Calendar, People and To Do are currently located at the bottom of the dashboard. Soon apps will be visible on the left by default. Microsoft Current Channel users can test the update since March 2022. Until now, users had to enable the setting to view the new design. Microsoft ultimately …

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T. rex likely evolved smaller eyes for a better bite | Science

T. rex likely evolved smaller eyes for a better bite |  Science

15 aug 2022 om 14:59 Large carnivorous dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus rex, evolved smaller eyes to help them bite more firmly. That’s what scientists from the University of Birmingham think. By Lennart ‘t Hart The researchers compared the orbits of 410 different dinosaurs. Over the years, large dinosaurs, like T. rex, developed smaller and smaller eye sockets. It was due …

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Sacred Space – NRC

Sacred Space - NRC

The first time I looked for information on Ayurveda, one of the oldest healing methods and developed in India over 5,000 years ago, was after a friend told me from a retreat in Bali where she had lost eight kilos after two weeks. I was immediately captivated, immersed in the subject, and discovered a plethora of trash stations all over …

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Ten financiers decide on half of future greenhouse gas emissions

Ten financiers decide on half of future greenhouse gas emissions

In a summer that is cracking down on what global warming has in store for us, bleak outlooks can dampen vacation fun. Some scientists then point to studies that illustrate to what extent, at least in theory, it is still possible to intervene. Historian Yuval Harari’s team, for example, has already found that most reports of the cost of temperature …

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Feyenoord make room for selection and let Bassett go

Feyenoord maakt ruimte in selectie en laat Bassett vertrekken

August 13, 2022 – Cole Bassett ends the season in the jersey of Fortuna Sittard. The 21-year-old midfielder comes from Feyenoord, who leased him from American Colorado Rapids for the past six months. Bassett is hoping for more playing time at Fortuna Sittard Stadium than in Rotterdam. “I’m happy to play in the Eredivisie next season,” Bassett …

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Nocturnal behavior of jumping spiders is very similar to REM sleep | Science

Nocturnal behavior of jumping spiders is very similar to REM sleep |  Science

14 aug 2022 om 01:53Update: 2 uur geleden Do spiders fall asleep? That’s what researcher Daniela Roessler, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Konstanz in Germany, and her colleagues wondered. While filming baby jumping spiders at night, they found their eyes blinking and shaking. According to the researchers, this behavior resembles REM sleep. By our news editors REM sleep …

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Uitgeest is in full swing for the realization of the village park and the new sports hall

Uitgeest is in full swing for the realization of the village park and the new sports hall

The College of Mayor and Aldermen has started to implement the agreements made in the Uitgeest 2022-2026 partnership agreement. The realization of a village park and a new sports hall between Geesterweg, Castricummerweg and Populierenlaan will give Uitgeest a quality boost with a varied offer of sports and training facilities. Additionally, the demolition of the outdated sports hall De Meet …

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