Pretty much as soon as the coronavirus pandemic started, it became clear that countries could not handle contact tracing; they did not have the capacity to call all the people that had been in contact with an infected person. In order to apply contact tracing more efficiently, many countries started to develop their own corona…

Over the last 2 years, there have been a lot of climate strikes globally. Maybe you participated in one yourself! Roughly half of the protest signs contain exclamations about CO2, the most important greenhouse gas. The protests are about decreasing the amount of CO2 in the air. What you learn at school about the greenhouse…

On May 31 of this year, the “Crew Dragon” docked with the ISS. For the first time in history, people had been launched into space in a rocket belonging to a company, not a government. The Crew Dragon is owned by SpaceX, while the astronauts belong to NASA. SpaceX has shown with this that they…

There is something going on under the ocean’s surface. Something is making the reef weaker. What is going on? It is up to the CSI team to find out. With their cutting-edge science, they will get to the bottom of this. Come with them and find out about coral skeletons, sponges and the threats to…

My little brother was born with a heart defect. Fortunately, the doctors quickly found out what the problem was and surgery was enough to safe him. Unfortunately, surgery alone is not always enough. There are people who even need a whole new heart. You probably know someone as well who could even use a whole…

About the developments and the future of cultured meat. An animal-friendly piece of meat might sound futuristic, but nothing could be further from the truth. It is expected that within five years, different types of meat will be available in the supermarket for which no animal has suffered. In 2013, the world’s first cultured meat…

In 2013 the first piece of cultured meat was made and eaten. Pieces of meat grown in the lab are becoming cheaper to make and are well on their way to the supermarket. The creators of cultured meat want to solve the problems caused by livestock farming. For example, livestock farming increases the risk of…

Every spring, the Clean Rivers organization, together with a large group of volunteers, counts the number of pieces of waste along the Dutch rivers. At the beginning of this month (October 2020) the results of the spring 2020 cleanup were announced. During this action more than 80,000 pieces of waste were found, that is 450…

The thought of cultured meat stimulates the discussion about eating meat We need to eat less meat to help the environment. We hear this on the news, in the classrooms and at the kitchen table. Nevertheless, the Dutch have not started eating less meat in recent years. And research at Wageningen University shows that the…

Electric robot animals can be found everywhere, and they come in all shapes and sizes. There are robotic animals such as a robotic dog, cat, seal, monkey, or dinosaur. Robot animals now mainly serve as pets for people at home or for lonely and anxious people in the hospital or retirement home. Future robotic animals…