-
Everything can be cleaner: Ecology and technology go hand in hand
Dirk Draulans's report on how technology and ecology go hand in hand. There is also a fill-in for the students about the report.
Translated by
Video (8)Teacher -
Is the fermentation hype healthy?
Fermenwadde ?? Fermentation, that is putting vegetables in pots and actually allowing them to rot. Or that is how we can best describe the hipster fermenation hype. A somewhat more scientific description of fermentation is preserving or even …
Translated by
Video -
Is the hour change unhealthy?
Tonight we turn the clock back an hour. So this time we are lucky, because that means an hour more sleep! But is it healthy to change the clock twice a year? Are you just a little more rested or a little tired? Or are there also long-term …
Translated by
Video -
Do you get sick faster from vaccines?
The measles are on the rise again. Because fewer people get vaccinated. According to some, children get autism from it, others believe that all that vaccination would not be good for your immune system. However, it is not a matter of believing in …
Translated by
Video -
Do brooks need turns?
A winding stream is ambitious: if you want to kayak, you are stuck in a bend every 10 meters, boats have to steer and you cannot build your house neatly on the banks. And yet the Hasselt biologist Alain De Vocht argues for more curves in streams! …
Translated by
Video -
Why aren't fungi so bad yet?
A leftover food in the kitchen has turned into a hairy monster or you have itchy toes after your last swim. Seeing fungi rarely makes you happy. Someone who is completely happy to hear the word fungus is Jan Colpaert from UHasselt. Fungi, he …
Translated by
Video (3) -
Why do people with dementia only remember their childhood?
Why do people with dementia often remember details from their childhood, but not that you came to visit yesterday? Or is that a myth? Neurologist Sebastiaan Engelborghs (UAntwerpen & VUB) is investigating whether we cannot detect dementia …
Translated by
Video -
Can we store CO₂ in the ocean?
We emit too much CO₂, we don't have to tell you that anymore. Wouldn't it be great if we could just fish that CO₂ out of the air? Well, that's what they're working on at the VUB. Through plankton! It can be said that plankton …
Translated by
Video -
Why are fish more depressed than before?
Fish depressed? They don't have feelings, do they? Anyway! And yes, just like people, they can feel bad or lonely. Now even more so than in the past ... Biologist Gudrun De Boeck (UAntwerpen) dives into Belgian streams and tropical coral …
Translated by
Video -
Do you become more creative if you train your right hemisphere?
The left brain is more developed in rational people. On the other hand, if you use your right hemisphere more, you are more creative, sensitive and intuitive. That is at least a statement that you often hear. But is that correct too? …
Translated by
Video -
Are people descended from the monkeys?
"No, people don't descend from monkeys!" That is the amazing answer from biologist Patrick Reygel. Is Professor Reygel a creationist, completely crazy or does he have the perfect scientific explanation for this? He opens the skull …
Translated by
Video (3) -
Why can't you sit on a coral?
Do you like it when someone stands on your toe? No? Corals either! So do not sit on it, because corals are not stones or plants, as the misunderstanding wants. They are animals! Marine biologist Marc Kochzius (VUB) comes to talk about the beauty, …
Translated by
Video