In the picture: two minutes of complete darkness through eclipse in Antarctica
In Antarctica, it happened last in 2003, and in the Netherlands in 1715: a total solar eclipse. The sun was completely darkened by the moon for about two …
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New corona variant surfaced in Belgium, WHO stresses lack of knowledge
After Israel, the new coronavirus variant from South Africa has now also been found in Belgium. According to the VRT, it is about a thirtysomething who …
New coronavirus variant in South Africa, travel restrictions set by UK and Israel
A new corona variant has popped up in South Africa. It is called B.1.1.529 and is rapidly spreading in the densely populated province of Gauteng, which …
Space vehicle must bump into space stone on purpose
Today, an exciting space mission from NASA begins. The company has launched an unmanned space vehicle. The vehicle intentionally bumps into an asteroid. That’s a …
A probe as a cosmic cue to tap away an asteroid
Pandemics, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, wars, climate change. There are a whole lot of disasters that can affect us as humanity. But none are potentially as devastating …
Scientists: Every Breath You Take is the ultimate average song
Whats the best song to play at any time of the day? It is a question that cannot answer because of the subjectivity around music. Nevertheless, …
Kaag: D66 must take a lead in the approach of dichotomy in society
D66 leader Kaag calls on party members to take the initiative to end divisions in society. Kaag spoke at the party congress in Den Bosch about …
Glasgow standings: no wonders yet, even small steps
Considerably less methane emissions, an end to deforestation within ten years and no more government support for overseas projects in coal, oil and gas. Halfway through …
Woman swims through floating volcano stones in Japan
In Japan, the sea around the island of Okinawa is full of small grey pebbles. It looks spectacular from the air, but the inhabitants are not …
Acrimonious pill that climate scientists dont penetrate to ministers
“Shamelessly,” says GroenLinks leader Jesse Klaver on a new, comprehensive report on climate policy, including CBS, RIVM, the Environmental Planning Bureau (PBL) and TNO. “The State …
Extraterrestrial life? Still not.. mysterious space signal turns out faltering device
Was it maybe extraterrestrial life or something that could answer one of the big questions about space? None of that shows after thorough research by scientists. …
NASA: ‘First planet outside our galaxy discovered ‘
For the first time, a planet seems to have been discovered in a completely different galaxy, i.e. outside our Milky Way. That’s what the …
Scientists: ‘We see ice sheets and glaciers disappear before our eyes’
If theres one area in the world, where you can see how climate change is going, its Greenland. The freezing island is changing rapidly due to …
Elephants less commonly born with tusks by poachers
Scientists think elephants are less likely to be born with tusks because they can survive better. They write that in an article in a scientific journal.
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Discovered leprosy for the first time in wild chimpanzees
Two groups of chimpanzees in Guinea-Bissau and Côte dIvoire have identified a remarkable diagnosis: they have leprosy among the members. Leprosy has never been discovered …
Actor goes into space for mini vacation
An actor who once played spaceship captain has actually been in space now. William Shatner, known as Captain Kirk from StarTrek, went into the sky with …
Again mysterious Havana syndrome in U.S. Embassy personnel, now in Colombia
The mysterious Havana syndrome has resurfaced with U.S. Embassy personnel. Now five families associated with the embassy in Colombia are victims, US media reports.
Havana …
Study: Pfizer vaccine continues to protect against hospitalization
Pfizer/BioNTechs corona vaccine protects 90 percent from hospitalization after full vaccination, according to researchers in a publication in the scientific journal The Lancet. Even after being …
Unique images: sea drone filming hurricane from within for the first time
American scientists have controlled a camera-equipped sea drone that filmed raging Hurricane Sam from within the Atlantic Ocean, footage released Thursday shows. The conscious images were …
Mont Blanc has shrunk nearly metres
The highest peak in Western Europe, Mont Blanc, has shrunk around a meter since the last measurement in 2017, and the “roof of Europe” in the Alps …
Cocaine river and MDMA by wild-wetting festival-goers
Large amounts of drugs have been found in a river that flows across the grounds of the British music festival Glastonbury. This puts a rare species …
‘Not 16,000, but possibly 23,000 years ago people in North America’
Sixty footprints of prehistoric people may be proof that people have come to America from Asia much earlier than they were assumed to date.
The tracks …
Chinas latest plan: a mile long space station
Chinese scientists are investigating whether it is possible to build a station in space about a kilometre length. The Chinese National Natural Science Foundation considers such …
Resources and reading food at “the mysterious origins of the coronavirus”
The amount of information you can find online about the origin of the coronavirus is enormous. We made a long video about it below, but we …