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According to Arthur Jaschke, a researcher in the fields of clinical neuromusicology and cognitive neuroscience in music, there is a false sense of improvisation that many people think they cannot do. “But you can also make a nice surprise, which involves a lot of improvisation.” If you want to improvise, you better not think it’s difficult. “We are stuck precisely …

“The charitable sector gains credibility when charities dare to say that they have already received enough money for a certain problem,” writes Stijn Bruers of Effective Altruism Belgium after the revelations about the flow of money to Poverello. “This incident is bad for the image of the sector. Hence the importance of emphasizing once again: most charities are good. ‘ …

Computer scientists, as well as historians and music scientists, have attempted to write Beethoven’s unfinished Tenth Symphony. Beethoven’s tenth symphony completed by algorithm When Ludwig van Beethoven died at the age of 56, he left his Tenth Symphony unfinished. Not much more than a few handwritten notes containing his plans for the play have survived. The incomplete theme and melody …

For the second year in a row, the best Belgian clubs performed well below the norm in European competitions. Royal Antwerp FC, KRC Genk and Club Brugge have already finished ahead of the New Year, after RSC Anderlecht failed to even survive the Conference League preliminary rounds. Only KAA Gent kept the honor a bit high, although in the lesser …

On the first day of the IBOP in Velddriel, Gelderland, three dressage mares exceeded 80 points. Everdale left his calling card: two of the three mares who have passed 80 points are daughters of the Olympic stallion. Both mares belong to Van Olst Horses and were expertly presented by stable rider Charlotte Fry. With a total of 87 points was …

The Flemish Youth Film Festival JEF will focus on science in its next edition, from February 19 to March 6, 2022. The theme will be reflected in the film’s programming as well as in peripheral activities such as the “XL Medialab” . In its headquarters at the Zuiderpershuis in Antwerp, JEF offers four large audiovisual spaces where visitors can play …

The Young Academy will welcome ten new members. They are researchers from various disciplines who have scientifically proven themselves and who obtained their doctorate less than ten years ago. One of them is Dr Irene Dedoussi, senior lecturer on the climate impact of aviation. Environmental challenges in aviation How can technology and policy contribute to meeting the environmental challenges of …

Between 50,000 and 6,000 years ago, many large grazers – such as mammoths, large bison and the earliest species of horses – died out. It also meant there was a lot more vegetation left, which Yale researchers have now linked to a dramatic increase in fires. Less grazers, more fire South America lost the most grazers, according to the study. …

The Zeestraat is undergoing a major redevelopment that will link the street to the cycle path of the stars village of Scheveningen, a route that goes through the Scheveningseweg. This means that the current street scene will undergo a metamorphosis in which much of the asphalt will disappear, according to the town hall plans. The area should also be more …

Yusaku Maezawa before departure (Image: Getty) You go on vacation with friends with a tent and a few cases of beer. Later it became a hotel on the Spanish coast. And so you slowly built it up to the Four Seasons Hotel in the Maldives. But billionaires go even further. Among them, space vacations are crap right now. Japanese billionaire …