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Gilze – The new district of Wendel-Zuid in Gilze will not have nine micro-houses, but only six. Otherwise, the layout of the neighborhood would become too messy. To serve this target group, four departure houses will be added. This will reduce the number of dwellings from 52 to 53. Construction must begin before the construction holidays. B and W write …

Climatologists from the VU University in Amsterdam have discovered a rather peculiar phenomenon in the fires in Alaska and other areas in the north. They found that some fires, which start in hot summers, can burn underground during winter. Even under a thick layer of snow at temperatures as low as -40 degrees. “When the hot, dry weather returns in …

Memory technology used by Aboriginal people for thousands of years has also proven effective for students. They get better results with this technique than with the memory palaces technique, which the ancient Greeks already used. A group of medical students from Australia must have tried to remember 20 names of butterflies in the study. After practicing the native technique, they …

The vaccination campaign in the Netherlands is now well underway.Image Marcel van den Bergh / from Volkskrant On April 26, outgoing minister Hugo de Jonge requested a new age recommendation for the vaccine. Due to very rare but serious side effects, the Health Council previously indicated that the AstraZeneca vaccine should only be given to people over 60 years of …

The Turkish association ATIB and the pop venue Paco Plumtrek in Almelo are due to leave the Kolkschool in two weeks. The municipality had initiated a preliminary reorganization procedure to quickly get the current tenants out of the building. Paco Plumtrek and ATIB are then in the street, for lack of replacement space. According to the judge, the municipality offered …

Stadswerk Nederland formulated 32 action points “for an attractive public space”. The intention is that the suggestions be incorporated into electoral programs and local politics. The organization sent the Guidelines for the 2022 municipal elections to the 352 municipal councils. The recommendations are spread across eight social themes, such as circularity and public health promotion. “These points can be included …

Scientists caught young hammerhead sharks and placed them in a pool surrounded by copper wire. This allowed researchers to simulate magnetic signals. They reproduced the signals from where the animals were captured, in Saint George Sound, and from positions 375 miles (600 km) north and south of that location. Shark reaction When the signals came from the south, the animals …

The renovated Stationsplein. Photo: Erik Van Eycken Bonheiden / Rijmenam – Rijmenam is one of the nominated (sub) municipalities competing for the 2021 Public Space Prize. The center of the village has been meticulously addressed, for example the renovation of Stationsplein and the ovond at the church. The Prix de l’Espace Public, an organization of the Point Info Espace Public, …

I thought: this is my path for decades to come, ”says Hans Plets (1968). But the Flemish astronomer moved from university to the Belgian KNMI and recently became CEO of a company that trains air traffic controllers. “My parents laughed: your gaze descends from the stars to the ozone layer and now finally to the ground.” Somewhere along the way, …

Why does a seal swim with its abdomen and a sea lion with its front fins? Go forward! Very funny, intelligent, but where does this difference in swimming technique come from in very similar animals? The difference is so remarkable that biologists have long suspected that seals and sea lions had different ancestors. But genetics refuted that: the species are …