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A fire broke out this morning in a gymnasium in the Phoenixstraat in Haarlem. This is Kenamju, the gymnasium of judo coach Cor van der Geest. No one was injured, but the damage to the technical room is significant. This is where the fire started this morning. NewsPhoto “The electricity is controlled in this room and there are pumps, in …

Lysenko vs. Vavilov The battle between one scientist who really wanted to know and the other who said what the power wanted to hear went down in history as a tragic event for science. The hot air of agronomist Lysenko was welcomed by Stalin, and botanist Vavilov had a rotten end. In his first historical novel The Leningrad Plant Hunter …

Thanks to the measured gravitational waves, we know that there are a number of extremely massive black holes in galaxies. Yet, they cannot be seen with an ordinary telescope. How is it possible? Astronomers now think they know the answer. Our telescopes have a blind spot for massive black holes In this audio you can hear researcher Peter Jonker (SRON …

As part of this program, swans are ringed and fitted with GPS / GSM transmitters, both in Russian breeding grounds and in Belgian wintering grounds. The data thus produced are accessible to the general public. The movements of the marked swans are visualized online on a geographic application. (At the top of the page you have to click on the …

This week Peter and Jacqueline bought a new home with John. They wanted to live in a smaller house in their 400m2 gigia house. Or, especially Jacqueline! It was her dream to live in a small house with only the things you really need. We spoke to the couple and asked them how it was in the little house, which …

In the new Maashorst natural area, large grazers and recreational users will have more space. Work to transform the former agricultural land of Weversweg in Zeeland into a nature reserve will begin on Tuesday. The area the size of sixty football fields is divided. “A part is intended for large grazers. No other animals will be added, but the current …

November 8, 2021 The call for grants “Research program of multidisciplinary consortia on dementia” is open. To participate in one of the consortia on behalf of an organization, you must participate in the preliminary Sandpit stage of this call. The steps in this procedure are explained below and the associated questions are answered. What is a consortium? A multidisciplinary consortium …

Ajax left home on Sunday night points are against Go Ahead Eagles and with Football in studio they think it deserves a lot of compliments for the away team. Analysts Theo Janssen and Pierre van Hooijdonk are full of praise for the Go Ahead Eagles’ play. The visitors prevented Ajax from scoring in the Johan Cruijff ArenA (0-0). Janssen thinks …

HULST – Before the Moerschanscross – and with it the start of the VZA Cross competition – Yunis Stitan of Delta Sport has already announced that he would like to race in front of his own home crowd. Thanks to the encouragement of his wife Sanne, his two children, parents-in-law and sister-in-law, Stitan took the three-round victory quite easily at …

New: in addition to Science Today, now also Science Tonight. One minute of easy-to-digest science to brush your teeth. This time: spaghettification. What is spaghetti with a star? It may sound like something edible, but the spaghetti isn’t exactly tasty. It can in fact be compared to tidal forces on Earth. What is closer to the source of gravity, it …