The Earth is losing its colours

Science
Nature & environment
The planet is becoming greener, literally. But certain areas have in fact become browner. Climate change is a major cause.

How ‘gibberish’ got into our genes

Science
Biology
The handbook on life also contains - besides useful information - 'gibberish'.…

Dioxins affect young soles more

Science
Nature & environment
Baby fishes are more affected than adult fishes by water polluted with…

Battle of the Leeuwarden universities

Student
A fierce battle raged at Van Hall Larenstein in Leeuwarden on 30…

Symbiosis with bacteria and fungi similar

Science
Plant
Nitrogen fixation by leguminous plants presumably takes place when plants and mycorrhizal…
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Rio + 20 back to square one

Science
Vision
Twenty years of talking about sustainable development at top international conferences has…

Skimping on sheep

Science
Background
Shepherds in the Netherlands fall between two stools. They are neither seen…
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Pieter Walstra, the man who founded dairy science

Organisation
News
In the past milk was either full fat or semi-skimmed, but these…
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‘It’s not salad days – it’s tomato days’

Organisation
Mini-interview
Who? Rene Klein Lankhorst, researcher at Plant Research InternationalWhat? Unravelled the secret…

Ode to the planet

Organisation
News
An ode to the planet at the country's greenest university - some…