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Discovered a new species of dinosaur that lived in Catalonia 70 million years ago
It is a herbivore 18 meters long and 14 tons in weight, the largest discovered in southern Europe Everything indicates that this animal would have migrated from South America or…
Mauritshuis celebrates 200th anniversary with an eye for women in art and science
On Thursday 10 February, the Mauritshuis in The Hague will open an exhibition of 17th-century paintings, a third of which are painted by women. They are all flower still lifes,…
“This one goes back to the gold rush of 1896“: the only sourdough bread in the world is in our country | Science
The company Puratos from the province of Liège owns a special library. A sourdough library, and also the only one in the world. Bread was baked with leaven for centuries,…
Five good news on Cancer Day
Immunotherapies and biomarker findings are revolutionizing the fight against tumors The pandemic has highlighted the importance of research and science. Vaccines against covid save thousands of lives every day because…
New variant of HIV: more contagious and virulent
The magazine ‘Science’ announces the discovery of a lineage of the virus that has been in circulation for at least two decades “It does not represent a public health crisis,”…
Dying stars may also produce planets | Science
Dying stars may also still produce planets, according to research by international scientists led by KU Leuven. Until now it was only known that planets form around young stars. The…
Swedish city trains crows to pick up cigarette butts | Science
The Swedish town of Södertälje near Stockholm uses a special weapon against cigarette butts on the street: crows. The birds are trained to pick up the polluting butts and dump…
Maarten Keulemans named Journalist of the Year: ‘Science was broadly right about corona’
Maarten Keulemans: ‘My view is correct: science journalism is not science communication.’Statue Ines Vansteenkiste-Muylle ‘As a science journalist he may have worked in the shadows in the past, but now…
Treasure map shows where meteorites may lie in Antarctica | Science
A Belgian-Dutch scientific team with researchers from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) has developed for the first time a “treasure map” that reveals…
From jobless refugees to data science and technology experts in the company: the Techfugees project
TOrrivate in Italy from refugees without a job, alone or with their children, without knowing what awaits them. More often than not, then, having educational qualifications not recognized in our…