”I think there is still a lot of work to be done worldwide to respect women and treat them as they should. A woman is not a subordinate to man. A girl should have the same opportunities for development as a boy.” ”In our country (I think/hope) this is already well arranged. But there are … Read more
When we want to know whether we have a healthy body weight, we often look at our BMI. NU.nl readers wondered how useful that is. Your BMI gives a good indication, but does not say everything about your health, experts tell NU.nl. The Body Mass Index (BMI) shows whether you have a healthy weight in … Read more
When NU.nl writes about discoveries in space, you often read how many light-years away something is happening or is located. Readers on NUjij asked how those distances are calculated. That is complicated matter, but we will give you a small introduction. Speed of light There is nothing in the universe that travels faster than light. … Read more
The recommended retail price for a liter of petrol has risen to 2.17 euros. This means that it can really pay off to drive more economically. We asked NU.nl readers and the ANWB how best to do this. Most of the tips we received from our readers were about moving to Belgium for refueling. Highly … Read more
Feb 14, 2024 at 8:50 PM Update: 2 hours ago Today is Valentine’s Day. We therefore asked you for your nicest, most beautiful or funniest date stories. From finding a man in a tiger thong to rediscovering a childhood sweetheart: readers shared their experiences on our response platform NUjij. Reader Corine1966 thought I would take … Read more
After two weeks of relative peace, the Russians fired deadly missiles into Ukraine on Wednesday. NU.nl reporters Matthijs le Loux and Bas Scharwachter noticed in Kyiv that not every Ukrainian goes into the shelter when the air raid siren goes off. We called Matthijs about that decision. You were woken up just before six this … Read more
Feb 6, 2024 at 5:01 AM Update: 2 hours ago Turkey commemorates its earthquake victims on Tuesday. A year after the devastating earthquakes, our reporter Nick Augusteijn visited the disaster area for the third time. Account of his journey through a country full of scars. Twenty square meters: that is the ‘living space’ that Ayse … Read more
06 Feb 2024 at 05:01 Turkey commemorates its earthquake victims on Tuesday. A year after the devastating earthquakes, our reporter Nick Augusteijn visited the disaster area for the third time. Account of his journey through a country full of scars. Twenty square meters: that is the ‘living space’ that Ayse and Menderes Simsek and their … Read more
The annual flu epidemic has started, conclude the Nivel research institute, the Erasmus MC and the RIVM. On our response platform NUjij you regularly read that men suffer more from the flu than women. Does the so-called man flu really exist? According to flu expert and former GP Ted van Essen, the man flu is … Read more
From this year onwards, mobile phones will no longer be allowed into the classroom in secondary schools. The telephone ban is not laid down in law as such, but is embraced by schools. Are you a teacher? Then we are curious about how you deal with the ban. Has the school you work for set … Read more