Imidacloprid or not?

Science
Nature & environment
Are bee deaths due to neonicotinoids? There are many who say yes. They think the neonics are directly responsible for the high mortality among bees.…

Going for Growth

Organisation
Background
Wageningen University is going through a massive growth in student numbers. The…

Consultative bodies ripe for overhaul?

Organisation
IMO
The elections for the university’s consultative bodies are coming around again. But…

Improved site RAF aerial photos

Organisation
Wageningen UR’s historic collection of aerial photos from World War II has…

A life with brent geese

Science
For 40 years Bart Ebbinge (Alterra) has studied brent geese. Here in…

No life without soil

Organisation
What exactly is the use of a soil museum? Jantiene Baartman can…

eWallet replaces chipknip

Student
News
Two weeks from now the only way students will be able to…

KNAW: no such thing as ‘self-plagiarism’

Organisation
Scientists should use their common sense when they cite or paraphrase themselves.…

Vegetables more lucrative than rice

Science
Plant
Vietnamese farmers near Hanoi would do well to grow melons rather than…

Blog: A bubble squared

Student
Blog
Joshu Christian
Droevendaal is a pretty cool place with an interesting reputation. To a…