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Can we better understand the universe with a particle accelerator?
There were those who thought that the world would explode if scientists in the particle accelerator at Cern, near Geneva, collided with particles of enormous energy. The clashes have since happened, the world has not exploded, and Prof. Jorgen …
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Why should you be more afraid of your own mobile phone than of a mobile phone mast?
We already knew Nimby: not a mobile phone mast in my backyard! Do you also want to know what Alata means? Then watch and listen carefully to Prof. Dr. Guy Vandenbosch. Then you immediately know why you should not sleep with your mobile phone.
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Why can't you leave Ikea without buying anything?
You went to IKEA for a mattress, but you also came out with a cupboard, new pillows, a plant and a lamp. In addition, you stayed for dinner in the restaurant and afterwards you bought some Swedish meatballs in the shop to take home? Well, what we …
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What Does Science Say: How can a municipal council tackle poverty?
In Belgium, 16 percent of people with an income below the poverty line live. Everyone seems to find it a disgrace and politicians of all parties want to reduce poverty. But the increasing number of children growing up in deprivation …
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Why are you going to bed late again tonight?
Who doesn't know it: watching TV for too long in the evening, waking up way too tired in the morning and being determined to go to bed extra early in the evening and then you go to bed too late at night. How is it possible that we fail to carry …
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How will you be able to tell from your skeleton whether you are rich or poor in 500 years?
A skeleton reveals more than you think. For example, we can find out the social status or dietary patterns of that person from a skeleton from the Middle Ages. And from that archaeologists also draw conclusions about whether the skeleton belonged …
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Was Early Christianity a Mystery Cult?
Was Jesus Christ a superstar? Or was he one of the many superstars of his time and did the Christian promo machine work just a little better in the early centuries of our era, which spread Christianity? Religious historian Dr Annelies Lannoy, …
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What Does Science Say: Is a climate neutral municipality possible?
The earth is warming, that's for sure. Preventing further damage requires structural solutions. If you want to contribute at a local level, you can go for a climate neutral municipality. That is to say: net no greenhouse gas emissions. But is that …
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Why is my WiFi not working?
It's a question that everyone asks (frustrated) every day: "Why is my WiFi not working again?". We can already reveal that it has something to do with the American army and also with that famous internet of things. After 15 minutes of listening to …
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How do you become a world market leader with your young company?
Are you an ambitious entrepreneur and want to conquer the world with your company? How do you ensure that the entire world only buys your products from now on? Forget the gap in the market, forget money-consuming marketing campaigns... All you …
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Can you die from too much sugar?
How many cream cakes, chocolate bars, kilos of chips (because they also contain sugar) can you eat until you literally drop? Prof. dr. Dr Chantal Mathieu is visited every day at the University Hospital of Leuven who suffer from the consequences of …
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Can we make people invisible?
An invisibility cloak actually already exists: it is a cloak that absorbs all light and is therefore invisible. But uh... what you see is a black spot. And that's not what Professor Vincent Ginis has in mind. He is working on an invisibility cloak …
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