Quotes from the creatorsDemme, director of B-movies, music documentaries and Academy Award winner The Silence of the Lambs, enjoys making films about subjects that affect him. In 1998 he said about it in an interview with The Guardian: ‘I had quite strong feelings about different subjects, so having the chance to make films about things you care about so much …
Read More »How dust mites distorted an entire ecosystem
Dust mites are everywhere, even in our own pores. Often they do a good job, in some cases they cause problems. In a population of llama-like animals in Argentina, they created a battlefield. A Yale student had to interrupt her research in a natural park in Argentina due to the covid pandemic. Fortunately, by then she had already collected enough …
Read More »54 states, 1.4 billion inhabitants, 2000 languages: Africa is not a country
Muslim girls at a festival in Lagos, Nigeria.ANP/EPA picture Africa is not a country. Not all children cry with hungry bellies and faces full of flies. Not every African country is under a dictator (only ten percent) and the continent is not meant to be a safari park for Western tourists. Yes, these seemingly entrenched prejudices are sometimes quite high …
Read More »Three elephants died of herpes at Zurich zoo in one month | NOW
An elephant succumbed to the effects of herpes at Zurich Zoo on Saturday. This is the third time in a month that Zürich Zoo an elephant loses to the virus. Five-year-old female Ruwani died from the effects of ElHV-1, a variant of herpes common in elephants. She showed no symptoms until Friday, according to the zoo, but her health deteriorated …
Read More »Analysis: “The Flames have achieved their goal, but this elimination really hurts” | red flames
Still, the Flames can leave the European Championship with their heads held high. In a strong group with Iceland, France and Italy, the Flames finally secured qualification for the quarter-finals against the latter. “Qualifying for the quarter-finals was really not easy,” former Red Flame Heleen Jaques told De Morgen. “It was a difficult group and I think we can be …
Read More »Mewley is the man who makes the ball run with the precision of a Swiss watch
Pro Shots NOS game•Yesterday, 12:01 Luuk Blijboom NOS teacher in Eugene, Oregon Luuk Blijboom NOS teacher in Eugene, Oregon Run the 400m hurdles with the precision of a Swiss watch. Leave that craftsmanship to Laurent Mewley. Last year, the Freiburg-born coach, hired by the athletics union, worked endlessly in the perfect rhythm of his career at the Femke Ball in …
Read More »American parents very angry with Disney and Disney+
In the United States, the two films Deadpool and Logan will now be on Disney+ (here in the Netherlands it has been the case for some time). This makes them the first R-rated movies to be added to Disney+’s offering in that country. Now that all three films are streaming on Disney+, the Parents Television and Media Council (PTC) has …
Read More »The academic year is halfway: Leiden2022 makes a presentation video
(Video: Leiden European City of Science 2022). This year, Leiden is the European City of Science, the European capital of science. In addition to a daily radio show in Key City, Leiden2022 organizes various scientific activities. Halfway through the academic year, the organization that organizes many activities returns in a video compilation. “One of the highlights was the prestigious EuroScience …
Read More »From chip to pole vault final at World Cup, relay teams disappoint | NOW
Pole vaulter Menno Vloon reached the final of a World Cup for the first time in his career overnight from Friday to Saturday. In the 4×100 meters relay, Dutch teams disappointed at Hayward Field Stadium in Eugene. Vloon, 28, was one of twelve athletes who managed to conquer a height of 5.75 meters in qualifying. He reached this height on …
Read More »New California wildfire destroys at least 4,000 acres of wildlife in 9 hours
PA ONS News•today, 12:14 A new wildfire in the US state of California has destroyed more than 4,000 acres of wildlife in less than nine hours. The fire near Yosemite National Park started yesterday and is spreading rapidly. Firefighters have not yet brought the blaze under control. People living near the burning area were evacuated. The cause of the fire …
Read More »South Korea, US resume major field training in combined military exercises
The allies will kick off their annual summer exercises next month, after South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, who took office in May, pledged to “normalize” joint exercises and strengthen deterrence against the North. South Korea and the United States plan to conduct 11 joint field exercises this summer, including one at the brigade level, the ministry said. He said they …
Read More »The ECB must choose between predictability and reliability
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde with a model of the new Croatian euro, depicting both the name of the current national currency and the Croatian word for morten, ‘Kuna’.Image courtesy of Reuters After 101 consecutive interest rate decisions in which the European Central Bank (ECB) did not announce a rate hike, it finally did on Thursday. No one doubts …
Read More »Trailer for new comedy ‘Funny Pages’ promises very dark humor
In the new comedy funny pages of the A24 film studio (Everything everywhere all at once, Midsommar) tries to break into a student and succeed as a cartoonist. Of course, it’s anything but faultless. Watch the trailer and poster below. This coming-of-age comedy, in development for years, is about Robert (Daniel Zolghadri), a young comic book artist who is skipping …
Read More »SpaceX broke the record by sending 46 Starlinks into space on Friday
Update: This article has been updated to reflect the successful launch. SpaceX launched a record 46 satellites in its second attempt Friday, July 22. in two steps falcon 9 A T-46 rocket fired a scrub in seconds on Thursday July 21 and successfully launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Friday. The launch took place at 1:40 p.m. …
Read More »UEFA Women’s Championship: Red Flames simply can’t do stunts against Sweden in quarter-finals
The Red Flames were knocked out of the European Championship in England. On Friday evening, the Belgian women’s football team lost 1-0 to Sweden in the quarter-finals. The adventure of the Red Flames European Championship in England ends in the quarter-finals. Sweden, the big favorite, proved to be too high a hurdle on Friday evening. In Leigh, the Belgians lost …
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