Faces of Science has three new bloggers:Janna de Boer, Jorrit Steehouder and Uzume Zoë Wijnsma. Janna analyzes the language use of patients with psychosis, Jorrit examines the early years of European cooperation after the Second World War, such as the Marshall Plan. And Uzume delves even further bac
A 22-storey apartment building for which all energy is generated by humans? No problem, according to Utrecht research. But then you have to work out for hours a day, you are not allowed to take a hot shower so often and you have to like the smell of sweat. On the Utrecht Uithof, the striking Wille
Irish monks alternated between Irish and Latin in their writings. “A bit like Dutch managers regularly switch to English,” says Nike Stam. She obtained her doctorate this month for a special medieval manuscript. In modern Irish she doesnt get much further than a chat about the weather or a request
The philosopher Kant and psychology do not go through one door, is the prevailing opinion. This is an incorrect image, partly due to a method struggle in the nineteenth century. Peter Sperber gives the losers their place in the history books with his dissertation. Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) is one o
Everyone knows gravity, which ensures that we keep our feet on the ground. As well-known as it may be, physicists have struggled with it for centuries. Science journalist Martijn van Calmthout wrote an excellent book about it. In the Panthéon in Paris, Foucaults pendulum swings back and forth. A we
What could be nicer this summer than slumped in a beach chair and reading a good book about science? A lot of beautiful things appeared this year. All editors of NEMO Kennislink therefore recommend their favorite popular science book from the past year. Under the tunnel. The history of 75 years of M
Fossils of Homo sapiens, . have been found in a cave in Morocco with an age of about 300,000 years. The find calls into question the most common theory about the emergence of our species. The oldest remains of Homo sapiens found so far were 200,000 years, and came from Ethiopia. Until now, scientis
We owe our current medical knowledge, among other things, to experiments on people that we do not like to be reminded of. The ethical awareness of the risky actions seemed far-fetched. Until bizarre abuses during the Second World War forced everyone to face the facts again. However, this did not im
On June 16, 1990, a frenzied crowd cheered ANC leader Nelson Mandela, who had been released that year, from Leidseplein. For years, Dutch movements had campaigned for the abolition of apartheid in South Africa. In South Africa, in 1948, the government introduced apartheid, a legal system of racial
Beautifully detailed maps, unparalleled 3D constructions and excellent accompanying texts. Archaeologist Andrea Carandini and colleagues deliver a masterpiece with their two-volume atlas of ancient Rome. Did you know that cows used to graze on the Roman Forum, the ancient political center of Rome?
In Lienden, Gelderland, the gold coins kept coming up. Never before have so many Roman coins been found in one location, a total of 41 pieces. And also important:they were never this young. This gives a different view of the late Roman period in the Netherlands. It is the summer of 2016, when the F
Religion in antiquity is the theme of the Week of the Classics. But what do we know about the gods of the Germanic inhabitants of the Netherlands at the beginning of our era? Little, for the Germans made no statues of their gods. They did adopt all kinds of customs from the Romans, as we learn from
Comedians like to make fun of religions and their adherents. Nothing new under the sun here. Lucian made fun of Christians, seers, philosophers and literati in the second century. The Week of the Classics with the theme Religion is a great time to dive into that. The Roman Empire in the second cent
Russian women demonstrated against the lack of bread on the table on March 8, 1917, on International Womens Day. This day marked the beginning of the Russian Revolution and led to the assassination of the Tsar and his family, and the Communist rule. How could that happen? To understand how it was a
More than 350 years ago, Christiaan Huygens proudly stated that his telescopes were the best on earth. He discovered Saturns moon Titan with it, but Italian scientists were hot on his heels with their own telescopes. Research by Museum Boerhaave on the oldest lenses now sheds light on the grinding p
The VOC was the first multinational in the world. He sailed the worlds seas between 1602 and 1798 and kept a detailed administration about this. A new exhibition in the National Archives shows that this is less dusty than it sounds. Kennislink follows the VOC servants on the basis of personal storie
We commemorate the February strike of 1941:one of the greatest acts of resistance of the Second World War. But what was the actual result? The strikers did not stop the occupation, the persecution of the Jews even increased. However, the strike also strengthened solidarity among Amsterdammers – Jews
Whose is the Wilhelmus? This question is central to the book of the same name by researchers Mike Kestemont, Els Stronks, Martine de Bruin and Tim de Winkel. They show that modern computer analyzes take us in a whole new direction in researching the origin of the current Dutch national anthem. The c
Artist Jasmijn Visser has a thing for landmines. And with conflict. These two topics came together in a project on the Falkland Islands. The result is a book and an exhibition of map material in the Allard Pierson Museum. An exhibition of a few maps is not what the usual visitor expects in the Alla
At the end of World War II, scientist Sam Goudmsit led a secret search for a German atomic bomb. His life sounds like an exciting boys book. Journalist Martijn van Calmthout wrote an excellent biography of the physicist. Adolf Hitler with an atomic bomb was a terrifying image to the Allies during W
He was born in Venice. The most dissolute city in the world at that time. As a child, he was considered to be retarded in development and there were no signs that he would become a writer, inventor, spy and ... the most famous seducer of his time. He loved women most of all. And trouble. It was
In September 1939, when the time of trial came, the French government forgot about its treaty obligations and did not support Poland in the fight against Hitler. To this day, it is believed that this French society - made up of apathetic and fearful people - did not want to die for Gdańsk. In fact i
Irma Grese went down in history as a beautiful beast from the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp. With her sadistic tendencies, she led countless female prisoners to death in agony, whose suffering was water to the mill for her sick desire. And she did all of this before she was 22 years old. Irma was born
Poland and Moscow have never been able to get along. Tried with a sword and a good word, but to no avail. Finally, heavy matrimonial guns were launched. With a view to establishing lasting peace, Jagiełłos grandson was bonded with the daughter of Ivan III Srogy. A quite successful group emerged from