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The risk of the new asteroid – with the name 2023 DW and an estimated diameter of 50 meters – ruining Valentine’s Day in 2046 is still minimal at 1 in 607, NASA points out, but still. The second highest risk object, 2001 VB, has only a 1 in 3.34 million chance of impact. 2023 DW was added only ten …

Investing in Groningen Eelde Airport is like beating a dead horse, GroenLinks believes. The party therefore wants to build 4,000 to 5,000 houses on the airport grounds. Stealing is bad for the environment, and keeping “Eelde” open also costs the community tons of money, notes GroenLinks. According to this party, shareholders must therefore make a radical choice. Close the airport …

The launch date is still pending formalities, but all signs point to the new Starship making its test flight from its base in Texas later this month. If successful, it will be more than a boost for owner, eccentric billionaire Elon Musk. Starship is also the vehicle that the American space agency Nasa wants to use for its ambitions to …

MOL– Local and supra-local authorities are joining forces to work on the Grote Nete of the future. And that future looks eerily like the Grote Nete of decades ago. There will be more room for water, nature and people. By aligning their ambitions, partners can achieve much more. For example, they dream aloud of new welcoming gates and a great …

Photo: SGN Two years ago, the former third apartment in the Eisenhowerstraat in Limbrichterveld in Sittard was dismantled and demolished. At the time, a survey was carried out among the inhabitants on the use of the space that had become available, probably by ZOwonen. Local residents were asked about their ideas for using the site. In response to this, the …

Although women are doing very well in science, there are still too few female teachers. And in fact, no one believes that this will change soon, as it turned out at a meeting on International Women’s Day. “Half of the students of the VU are women, half of the teachers as well, but in the upper regions the percentage of …

Today at 8:11 a.m. Photo: Jeron Groeneveld MUNICIPALITY OF ALPHEN AAN DEN RIJN – Under certain conditions, it will be possible for residents of the municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn to place a pre-informal care home. With such a home, residents should be able to prepare thoroughly for a (future) informal care relationship. “Setting up a regular informal care …

About the episode There are two gaping holes in our solar system. The first discrepancy is between the size of Earth-like planets and gas giants. The largest terrestrial planet is Earth. The smallest gas giant is Neptune. If the size of the Earth was between a dime and a quarter, Neptunes would be a baseball, with a mass 17 times …

08 mrt 2023 om 16:13Update: een uur geleden The provincial elections will take place on March 15. Nineteen parties stood for election in the province of Drenthe. In this overview, you will find some spearheads per party. Over de verkiezingen PvdA De PvdA wil het ov goedkoper maken zodat iedereen hiervan gebruik kan maken voor reizen naar school, werk of …

Kirsten Poortier, Erik Myin and Peter-Paul VerbeekWhat makes man? Our physicality in relation to science and technologyBoom Editor; 272 pages. €34.90★★★★★ Tjesse RiemersmaMarch 8, 202301:00 The writers Kirsten Poortier teaches philosophy and art. Erik Myin is a professor of philosophy at the University of Antwerp, specializing in perception, cognition and consciousness. Peter-Paul Verbeek is Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of …