December is the month of elaborate Christmas dinners, winter walks in the woods, and Christmas movies. But also an excellent moment to settle down in your favorite chair, with a cup of hot chocolate and a good book. Our editors recommend her favorite books for under the tree. Bold Important By Mar
Pirate channel Veronica, pillarized broadcasters and sports program Langs de Lijn. There will be few people who dont think about the radio right now. This medium is celebrating its centenary this year and a book was inevitable. The title gives it away a bit:The Radio. A cultural history is about th
Many people see Italian politics as the exception within Europe. But the Italians are trendsetters, say Utrecht University scientists. The approach of Mussolini, Berlusconi and Grillo was followed by the rest of the world. Lazily lying on the beach, lounging around a bit and taking a dip every now
Walking through the Groningen villages and fields, you will not only see traces of the battle against the water and special birds, but also high-tech agriculture. That is what the authors of the new book Voorland Groningen show. Occasionally there is a tree and a farm, but otherwise there is mainl
Sometimes they came from far and wide. Poor and often single mothers at the end of their rope. They saw no other way out than to abandon their children on the doorstep of the Amsterdam Almoezeniers orphanage. The moving exhibition about this orphanage and its residents can now be seen in the City Ar
For a long time, research into the origin of language was a faux pas. Pure speculation that respected researchers didnt burn their fingers on. Sverker Johansson shows in The Origin of Language that these times are now – rightly – behind us. A CERN physicist who solves one of the biggest problems in
Were orgies and same-sex relationships the most natural thing in the world for the Romans? That turns out to be quite easy, according to the book Roma Intima. But they were rude. “Your penis, Papylus, is as big as your nose. So you can smell it whenever you have a boner.” These lewd words wrote Mar
The summer holidays have started again. Will it be a campsite in France, a cottage in Italy or a nice stay in your own country this year? The editors of NEMO Kennislink recommend popular science books that are guaranteed to get you through this summer! Why wild nature no longer exists By Emma Marri
Are philosophers people who mainly think a lot from a dusty room in an ivory tower? Well, of course not! Pablo Lamberti shows this convincingly. In his book Combatant Life we meet philosopher warriors such as Socrates, Seneca and the Japanese samurai. There I was on the mat of a taekwondo school
Despite the losses on the Russian side, Putin does not appear to have any intention of giving up the fight. Looking back at Russian warfare in the past fits in with a tradition in which self-sacrifice for the state is seen as a noble goal. The war in Ukraine is almost two months old. With the conce
The European Space Agency (ESA) has suspended lunar missions to Russia for the time being. Russia previously threatened to crash the International Space Station. Former ISS resident André Kuipers looks back and ahead at the Russian-Western cooperation in space. “It is almost inevitable that the ISS
There is a continuous stream of videos, images and reports from the war zone in Ukraine. They influence opinion in the West and ensure the archiving of possible war crimes. Can Russia stop the data flow from Ukraine and what does that mean for the course of the war, NEMO Kennislink reader Jeroen won
Since the end of the Cold War in 1989, both the EU and NATO have expanded further east. Why does this bother the Russians so much? What could the West have done differently, and thus the war could have been prevented? The war in Ukraine is entering its third week. The populations of cities such as
Welcome to the Anthropocene. The era when our influence on the earth is comparable to a geological force such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. Where we once started as hunters and gatherers around a campfire, we are now heating the planet a degree warmer. The stories we tell about our relation
The past week has made it clear that Putin believes in his own view of history. What is Putins historical vision, what is true and what is not, and why is this so deep that in his eyes it justifies a war? In July 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin published a lengthy article on the Kremlins web
Their heroism was often anonymous. They paid for it with their own lives and there is no place for them in anyones memory. The Ukrainians of the time considered them traitors. Poles who survived the slaughter remembered mainly death and unimaginable cruelty ... The Volhynian-Galician slaughter is
Alone and in a group, day and night - they track, pursue and catch the most dangerous criminals. You do not believe in our uniforms and their effectiveness? Here are five proofs that the Polish police are second to none! Anti-terrorists, CBŚ agents and ordinary officers, risking their lives, parti
They control the courts and the police. They kill bankers who ask to pay off a loan. They consider themselves defenders of traditional values. They are not strong in their home country. The origins of the Yakuza date back to the 17th century. As the Tokugawa family reigned, Japan almost complete
They vow to protect the security of the State and its citizens. Even at the risk of his life. Unfortunately, for many officers, the oath was literal. This is the story of the first policeman murdered on duty after 1989. On April 6, 1990, the Police Act was passed. It was a milestone in building de
Calm and restrained Finns, famous primarily for having their home of Nicholas, hide a dark secret. There were some formidable concentration camps in this beautiful country. The statement Polish concentration camps during the Second World War drives Poles to white fever. We can directly say - it
You watch an old Western with Gary Cooper on TV, take a vitamin supplement after breakfast, and get an EEG in the hospital. All this is done by Polish Jews! Not all of them felt Polish. Some were not practicing Jews at all or did not even admit to their cultural heritage. However, all of them we
The explosion of an eleven-story skyscraper in Gdańsk in 1995 shocked Poland. For several days, firefighters searched the rubble for survivors, finding mostly dead bodies. It quickly became apparent that the explosion was not an accident. But who was responsible for it then? On Easter Monday, at
At the beginning of the 20th century, the era of great discoveries was drawing to a close. There were fewer and fewer white spots on the maps, and the travelers redoubled their efforts to reach previously unconquered places ahead of others. The last race turned out to be one of the most unusual. Jus
He wanted to be a Polish philologist and philosopher, but fate had other plans for him. When he took his first steps as a commander, his superiors could not praise him highly enough. He quickly gathered a substantial collection of decorations and medals. And I must admit - he did deserve it! Initi