Tick season is in full swing. How to prevent tick bites and the associated risk of Lyme disease? Are you in danger in the garden? And what do you do if you find a tick on your body? ✦Exclusively for subscribers byDevi smitsJuly 24, 2021, 03:00 Almost 10,000 tick bites were reported in Belgium last year. This is worrying, because …
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Expansion of distribution center gives Jumbo more room for growing fruits and vegetables
Jumbo considerably enlarges the central mechanized distribution center (CDC) of Nieuwegein, opened in 2020. In addition to an extension of the processing capacity of non-perishable products with more than 6,000 m2 of mechanization, including 11 robotic lines, a new mechanized CDC for the Fresh category, with an area of approximately 40,000 m2, will also be built on the site. The …
Read More »First: robotic seismologist InSight reveals deep secrets of Mars
The InSight “seismic robot” monitors the surface of MarsImage NASA / JPL-Caltech The seismic robot InSight has been on the Martian surface since 2018, observing the chills and tremors of the planet, called earthquakes, which can reveal the inner state of our cosmic neighbor. In the past two years, more than five hundred have passed under his proverbial feet. By …
Read More »Lionesses vs. Brazil goal show does not result in a winner | Netherlands at the Olympics
The Orange Lionesses have a point in addition to the meeting with Brazil. The goal show at Miyagi Stadium ultimately ended in a draw: 3-3. Only in theory can the Lionesses still miss a ticket to the quarter-finals. When Dominique Janssen takes his place behind the ball for a free kick ten minutes from time, the injured Sherida Spitse will …
Read More »“Won’t there soon be ten identical 2022 cars on the grid” |
Formula 1 sporting director Ross Brawn isn’t afraid there will be ten identical cars on the grid by 2022. This despite the fact that new technical regulations, critics say, leave little behind. room for creativity. Formula 1 presented a kind of prototype car of what the 2022 cars will look like. Aside from the fact that the color may not …
Read More »Does gluten (in bread, pasta and cookies) cause dementia?
A few years ago, a gluten-free diet suddenly became very popular. From the books it appeared that gluten was the cause of many different complaints. From complaints such as diarrhea and a feeling of swelling to many other complaints and illnesses. In America even the book “Grain Brain” by David Perlmutter was published, a book which was published in the …
Read More »More space: “Governments must work together” | 1Limburg
Delta Commissioner Peter Glas visited the affected area of South Limburg on Thursday, a week after the huge floods. He was impressed with what he found and called it a flood disaster. Glas wanted to get impressions for his work at the national level as Commissioner of Delta and Flood Risk Management. provide“All extremes come to us, from major shortages …
Read More »Wildfires in US and Siberia after extreme drought and heat: “Extremely disturbing and no one has a good answer”
A volunteer goes to try to contain a forest fire in the eastern region of Russia in Yakutia.AP Image In the United States, such a large conflagration occurred in some places that the hot air currents create their own weather forecast, with the risk of lightning igniting new areas. Serious fires in Russia are also raging in a relatively sparsely …
Read More »Jeff Bezos proposes to send polluting industries into space
It looks like Jeff Bezos is very inspired by Jeff Bezos Small rice in the space. Is it for good? Here is what I propose to the group:CBS this morning : Get rid of industries that pollute the earth by sending them into space. “What I’m about to tell you sounds good to you, but it will happen.” We can …
Read More »“Dutch” robot arm after successful launch en route to the ISS
The ISS in a 2018 photo.Image REUTERS The European robotic arm (ERA) left with Nauka, the new module of the Russian part of the International Space Station. The two will not be matched with their new home for a few days. ERA will then become the first robotic arm on the Russian side, and the third in total on the …
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