Category: science

Polina Lazauskaite / Peels When faced with a difficult choice, there is often no choice but to look at us Gut feeling To listen. But how reliable is this intuition? Especially when your feelings are underdeveloped, it is difficult to listen to them. However, according to scientists, it is a…

“More than 2,000 doctoral degrees are completed in Flanders every year. There is a lot of fantastic, high-quality research, but unfortunately we don't hear enough about it. Researchers often share these studies only with fellow scientists. Arno Zondermann from organizer SciMingo vzw says: “With the Flemish Doctoral Cup, we encourage…

Where does this news come from? In Belgium, approximately 11,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year. Most breast cancers are sensitive to hormones, but a minority, about 15%, are not. Those are the so-called Triple negative breast cancers. These breast cancers often grow faster and spread faster than…

During various studies carried out in the waters of the Dutch delta, a gill nematode was observed that was not immediately reminiscent of an already known species. Although this animal resembles a species from the Mediterranean, it turns out to be a different worm, which has not yet been described.…

You can read everywhere that PFAs, or polyfluoroalkyl substances, can be found in every corner of the world and enter our bodies through our food, but how bad can it really be? According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (International Agency for Research on Cancer) PFAs can most…

About the episode What we would like to know: If there is life on other planets, what does it look like? We now see more creative depictions of aliens in films, for example, compared to the green figures that have been around for a long time, but they remain a…

Healthy Eating: This is how you do it! Healthy eating is essential for a vibrant and energetic life. In this guide, we will discuss the basic principles of healthy eating and provide practical tips for making healthy eating an integral part of your lifestyle. The importance of healthy eating A…

Players who called it glitches Using this to their advantage can help software engineers better understand bugs in software and improve them. No matter how hard developers try to make their games perfect, some bugs always creep in, such as “bugs” or “glitches” (to know the difference: see box). So…

Many people during pregnancy are afraid that they will do something that may lead to a miscarriage. Did you have a miscarriage? Then some feel a great sense of guilt. But is this true? Can you induce a miscarriage yourself? We asked gynecologist Nora Van Mello. Spoiler: There's nothing you…

About the episode What's the best thing to do when something makes you really angry and you want to get rid of that anger quickly? Yelling into a pillow? Break something? Want to practice everything? According to this study, it's better not to. Scientists compared more than 150 studies to…