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Chinese computer scientist accused of large-scale theft of trade secrets at Google
A 38-year-old Chinese IT employee was arrested and charged in California on Wednesday. He is alleged to have stolen trade secrets from Google and now faces a maximum of 40…
US scientist: This is how you manage to implement new habits
There is often a world of difference between goals and their implementation – many people quickly forget New Year’s resolutions. However, US scientist Katy Milkman has some tips on how…
American scientist: “Cup of tea tastes best with salt”, British shocked
A cup of tea with salt literally causes a storm in a glass of (hot) water in Britain. An American scientist claims to have found the best recipe for a…
Brain scientist Margriet Sitskoorn: ‘Nagging makes you whine’
Margriet Sitskoorn is professor of neuropsychology at Tilburg University. Her main topic is neuroplasticity: the fact that our brains can highly adapt to their environment. “It’s a hopeful science,” she…
“2 in 10 people experience it after a heart attack.” We know more about near-death experiences, thanks to this Belgian scientist | Science & Planet
Near-death experiences remain mysterious, but Charlotte Martial and her team at the University of Liège are revealing more and more clues with their groundbreaking research. She has already established that…
Climate scientist Joyeeta Gupta: ‘Who do we hold liable if a piece of land dries up somewhere?’
A cracking cold wind blows through a typical Dutch residential area with red pointed roofs in Wateringen, but inside Joyeeta Gupta it feels warm through the walls in pink earth…
The return of Claes, Tobback and Vogels: is that political innovation? Political scientist Carl Devos explains | Domestic
It’s raining political comebacks. Socialist veterans Willy Claes (85) and Louis Tobback (85) return to a Hasselt and Flemish list. At Groen, Mieke Vogels (69) pushes the Antwerp parliamentary list…
Political scientist Paul Lucardie from Groningen: ‘Wilders gave an almost Trumpian victory speech’
Political scientist Paul Lucardie, who wrote a book about populism, could not have foreseen that Wilders’ victory would reach such proportions. Paul Lucardie is also surprised by the PVV’s enormous…
Dutch scientist amazes geologists all over the world: “Never expected to make such a sensational find” | Science & Planet
Suzanna van de Lagemaat puzzles with earth plates. And not that of today, but that of tens of millions of years ago. And in doing so, the scientist made a…
Russian scientist gets 12 years in penal colony for leaks to the Netherlands | Abroad
66-year-old Anatoli Gubanov was arrested in 2020 for passing on confidential documents about the Russian aviation industry. He worked at a physics institute in Moscow and specialized in the aerodynamics…