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Facts Science education 22 November 2021 Last updated: November 21, 2021 Many diets aim to lose weight or reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, for example by eating less and adjusting your eating habits. Can Intermittent Fasting Help the Brain and Cognitive Function? Research results are sometimes variable, but some tentative conclusions can be drawn. This is what the researchers …

As space becomes an increasingly commercial affair, more and more space companies are emerging alongside SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic. One of them is Astra, an American space company that was in orbit successfully for the first time the day before yesterday. Astra Astra is run by Chris Kemp and Adam London, but in total around 100 people work …

DUIC attaches great importance to photography. If possible, we make the pictures of the subjects we write about ourselves. Of course, that doesn’t always work. Sometimes provided photos or, for example, images from the Utrecht archive are used. Below is a preview of photos from last week. What is currently a gray, petrified area will soon become a green meeting …

In recent years, our country has been regularly photographed by astronauts and satellites. These are the most beautiful photos. Pearl necklace for the coastOn May 13, 2006, astronaut Jeff Williams photographed the coastline of the Netherlands. The Dutch and German Wadden Islands in particular are eye-catching and stand out like a pearl necklace off the north coast. In addition, various …

Teylingen – Of Municipality of Teylingen has entered into a partnership with the MEERGroen Foundation. The aim is for the foundation, together with Teylingers, to manage more greenery in an ecological way. To announce this collaboration, Teylingen is making land available to plant wild bulbs and is participating in the Meer Bomen Nu campaign. Wild bulbs at De Horsten In …

Shooting tardigrades with cannons doesn’t really sound like scientific research. Yet the researchers did just that. Shoot tardigrades with cannons for science The tardigrade is a rather unsightly animal half a millimeter long. Forget the cockroaches, they are the strongest animals in the whole world. They might be the only ones able to survive in space. But could they also …

LTO Nederland and the sector organization Nefyto recognize the importance of a good risk assessment of plant protection chemicals. This should be done on the basis of current scientific knowledge. The two organizations respond to the report in which the RIVM calls for an adjustment of the risk assessment of plant protection products due to the possible effects on the …

Mercedes turned out to have calculated the rejection. “It’s no surprise. It was all a matter of principle,” was Wolff’s first reaction. “We didn’t expect to gain anything from it. That was not our goal at all. We wanted to start a discussion and spark it. Create clarity. What is allowed and what is what is not? Where is the …

Mercedes turned out to have calculated the rejection. “It’s no surprise. It was all a matter of principle,” was Wolff’s first reaction. “We didn’t expect to gain anything from it. That was not our goal at all. We wanted to start a discussion and spark it. Create clarity. What is allowed and what is what is not? Where is the …

LTO Nederland and the sector organization Nefyto recognize the importance of a good risk assessment of chemical plant protection products on the basis of current scientific knowledge. The two organizations respond to the report in which the RIVM calls for an adjustment of the risk assessment of plant protection products due to the possible effects on the nervous system. After …