By Vincent Kramer You may know it; you’ve been to the gym to work on your muscles and you want to regain strength. Some people will then eat everything they can, while others eat a little more specifically and focus mainly on the proteins for muscle recovery. Anyone who is somewhat at home in the…

Written by Mirte Linthorst Since the beginning of 2020, the coronavirus has gripped the world. Everyone knows someone who has had the coronavirus or has been sick from it themselves. The major impact of the virus also drew a lot of attention from researchers. Vaccines were developed in record time, but other fields of research…

-Hester Smit On January 22, 2021, the first passenger plane partly flying on renewable fuel took off. Developed by Shell, the fuel was supposed to be a new green start in aviation. But according to critics, it was a start far too small start. After a long corona period, “normal life” seems to be slowly…

You probably know it, someone else stubs their toe and not only she but you too are shocked by the pain. Or when Mufasa dies in ‘The Lion King’, you as a viewer immediately feel sad. How come? Our empathic capacity is responsible for this, which ensures that we humans can empathize with others around…

Imagine this: it’s the year 2035, and it has been raining for 5 weeks in a row (maybe climate change is real after all?). You think back to the times when rain still bothered you and laugh. Now, you just walk through the rain, and it does not make you wet. Even better: you are…

Have you ever had a plant-based meat substitute? It seems that more and more people prefer this to a piece of meat. The exact number of vegans in the Netherlands is unknown, but according to an estimate by the Dutch Vegan Association, it was about 45,000 people in 2014 and 150,000 people in 2020. And…

The pumping of your blood, digesting your food and breathing in a breath of fresh air: your organs live a busy life. It is therefore not so surprising that they sometimes suffer some damage or can no longer perform their function properly. Fortunately, in such cases we have sufficient medicines, excellent surgeons and an extensive…

You know, your friend stubs his toe against the table and he cringes in pain…and so do you! How? We will try to explain that to you in this blog! The main ones responsible for this are our mirror neurons, cells in our brain. Mirror neurons make it possible to empathize with others, so their…

Developments in the industry are most often based on sustainability. However, most people in general don’t see the process of these changes, only the end result. And while the end result might be a different product, they don’t exactly know what is different about it. It could be the processing, transport, recycling, CO2, output, etc.  Our…

We spend approximately a third of our whole lives sleeping. Have you ever wondered why our bodies need to shut down for a few hours every single day? Scientists all over the world have been asking that exact question and have learned quite a lot over the years. Here we will explore the big questions…