Hoes and Schuurman are part of the ABSASVN, the Amicale Belgian SAS Circle of Friends Netherlands, a re-enactment association that commemorates and honors the war liberators in the Netherlands. “We try to keep the story of liberation alive,” says Schuurman. ‘That’s why we also wear original uniforms from that time. Today David is wearing the … Read more
Dec 22, 2023 at 11:01 PM Update: 4 hours ago Flowers increasingly ensure that they are pollinated with pollen. This is because there are fewer and fewer insects that can carry pollen from one plant to another. French scientists call this a worrying development. Biologists from the University of Montpellier compared today’s wild violets with … Read more
Research Press Release Nature December 21, 2023 A paper reports that subjects who were tasked with determining the authenticity of fake news using a search engine were more likely to believe that the information was true.NaturePublished in Follow-up experiments suggested that the reason for these results was that the quality of the information participants obtained … Read more
Dec 19, 2023 at 9:42 AM Update: 38 minutes ago Three quarters of the trees that municipalities plant are good for nature. Amersfoort and Ede top the list. This was evident from research by Nature & Environment on Tuesday. The organization examined almost 2.5 million trees in the 28 largest municipalities. Three quarters of those … Read more
Fryslân must create approximately 38,000 hectares of new nature by 2030. This involves more than 35,000 hectares of ‘agricultural nature’ and almost 2,700 hectares of nature reserve. The plan for the new nature is included in the draft document of the National Rural Area Program (NPLG). The government does not prescribe the number of hectares, … Read more
This year, scientists for the first time successfully detected gravitational waves with mind-bogglingly long wavelengths. It is highly likely that these gravitational waves were created after black holes orbiting each other collided and merged, as shown in the illustration. (ILLUSTRATION BY MARK GARLICK, SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY) It’s been another great year for science. The latest … Read more
Summers are getting drier and winters are getting wetter. This is an effect of climate change that is already noticeable. According to weatherman Roland van der Zwaag, it is even the wettest year ever in some places in the province. But the rainfall has consequences for nature. Where ditches used to be dug to drain … Read more
Eldin Eminovic Today, 7:30 PM Nature is a fascinating and complex system in which different living things are connected. I once believed that the largest living creatures were whales, native to the deep seas where no daylight can penetrate. When I believed this, life was predictable. Recently I became captivated by an intriguing story about … Read more
Scientists have identified the protein that forms the clumps characteristic of a type of early-onset dementia for which no firm suspect was known until now. UK researchers who made the discovery say the breakthrough transforms understanding of the molecular basis of frontotemporal dementia (FTD), the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer’s, with symptoms … Read more
Dec 05, 2023 at 10:02 PM Update: 6 hours ago The saddle locust is doing badly in the Netherlands. The animal is critically endangered and almost extinct. According to De Hoge Veluwe National Park, the locust is mainly found in Gelderland. That is why the park will create new habitat for the saddle locust. Saddle … Read more