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Many domestic and livestock animals can also be fed insects. Dutch Emeritus Professor of Entomology Arnold van Huis (Wageningen University) sees major benefits for animal husbandry. And for you. Phil Schwartz“Food expert. Unapologetic bacon maven. Beer enthusiast. Pop cultureaholic. General travel scholar. Total internet buff.”

The force awakens? With a little imagination you can see a lightsaber in the space photo of the week. In reality, what you see here is a so-called Herbig-Haro object. Herbig-Haro objects are small emission nebulae around young stars, created by newly formed stars ejecting gas. This ionized gas collides with other clouds of gas and dust in the environment …

About the episode A fossil discovered by Virginia Tech paleontologists is reshaping our understanding of the past. It’s a fossil of a salamander worm: an amphibian, without limbs. Animals have smooth skin with rings, like an earthworm, but scales are hidden under it. There is a wide variety of sizes. A small one is about 9 centimeters, but a large …

VALENCIA – The narrowest house or facade in Valencia and Europe is a unique attraction that attracts visitors due to its unusual size and history. The house, also known as ‘La Estrecha’, is only 1 meter and 7 centimeters wide at the front and has a total area of ​​just 9 square meters. However, the house can no longer be …

The toughest questions are often the easiest to ask. But after five centuries, a bubble problem seems largely solved. Joost van EgmondJanuary 28, 202301:00 Anyone who has an aquarium has probably noticed this. If not, you may have seen it in your kettle or in a glass of soda. Bubbles do not always rise directly. But why not? And why …

Photo: rheden.nieuws.nl VELP – Entitled ‘LOOKING DIFFERENTLY’, Nieuwe Ruimte, Rheden’s visual arts scene, presents an exhibition of the artist of the month from February 5 to 26; Jan van Venrooy. Van Venrooy asked his friends and colleagues Rob van Oosten, Jan van IJzendoorn and Eugène Terwindt to make a visual contribution to this exhibition at Oranjestraat 36a in Velp. What …

(Video: Robbert van Cleef). He is not well known, but many people will have seen his drawings. Bas Blankevoort worked for 30 years as a scientific draftsman in Leiden for the LUMC and for Naturalis. Now he is retiring, but he is far from finished. He likes to talk about his job. Science always attracted him, but in the end …

Having a kitchen to live in, also called a kitchen, has become increasingly popular in recent years. Many people dream of creating their own living kitchen in their home. Living kitchen A kitchen to live in is a kitchen where not only one cooks, but which also serves as a living space. In short: a living room or dining room …

News article | 26-01-2023 | 16:14 Minister Hugo de Jonge has sent the political agenda for housing and spatial planning for the Caribbean Netherlands to the House of Representatives. These plans aim to stimulate housing construction, reduce rental costs, better finance owner-occupied housing and better protect the living environment. In this way, the State, in collaboration with public entities, builds …

About a million years ago, we humans lost most of our body hair, a key moment in our evolution. A study has shown that the genes for reactivating vegetation are still present in our gnome. The study, published in eLife magazine, compared our genetic model to that of 62 other mammals, including elephants, manatees and armadillos, and examined how hairlessness …