In the media
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Ministry’s appeal against WOB ruling: 'Sabotaging the law' 22 July 2021
The Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport is to appeal against a recent court ruling on the Public Access to Government Information Act (Wet ope...
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A 51,000-year-old carved bone is one of the world's oldest works of art, researchers say 15 July 2021
The toe bone of a prehistoric deer carved with lines by Neanderthals 51,000 years ago is one of the oldest works of art ever found, according to a stu...
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Reijer Passchier on radio about Big Tech 06 July 2021
Last Saturday, Reijer Passchier was a guest on one of his favourite radio programmes: Dr. Kelder en Co.
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Dr. Kuijpers in Science Magazine: 'This is a blow to the idea that elites were running the show' 30 June 2021
A new study sugggests that through informal networks, Mesopotamian merchants established a standardized system of weights that later spread across Eur...
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Interview with Christa Tobler in de “Hofvijver” (Montesquieu Instituut) 30 June 2021
On Monday 28 June 2021, a text based on an interview with Christa Tobler appeared in the Hofvijver (Montesquieu Instituut) on the relationship between...
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Dr. Henry in Nature: How Ancient People Fell in Love with Carbs 30 June 2021
In 2011, Dr. Amanda Henry published her findings from dental plaque picked from the teeth of Neanderthals who were buried in Iran and Belgium between ...
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Skeletal Evidence for Malaria in the Medieval Netherlands 30 June 2021
Until very recently malaria was an impactful disease in the Netherlands. While currently mainly regarded as a tropical disease, references to symptoms...
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'Hesitancy in implementing what is already meagre asylum policy’ 25 June 2021
The Moria deal has been marked as a controversial issue in the formation process for a new Dutch government – a development that fits with the governm...
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Carsten Stahn: 'New ICC prosecutor can bring new momentum' 18 June 2021
On Wednesday 16 June 2021, Karim Khan was sworn in at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Experts say this is no easy time to join th...
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Tanja Masson-Zwaan: 'Rules in space are to everyone’s advantage' 15 June 2021
Space is of enormous strategic value. Having rules in space therefore is to everyone’s advantage.
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Podcast Finally Friday with ancient-fire expert Femke Reidsma 02 June 2021
Pyrotechnology – the manipulation and control of fire – is one of the defining characteristics of humanity, and has impacted nearly every technology t...
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Karsten Lambers in Vice: 'Whoever built those geoglyphs was unaware of their relative size on a global scale' 02 June 2021
Geoglyphs decorate the ground near the town of Boha, India, and add up a total distance of about 30 miles. They were discovered by Carlo and Yohann Oe...
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Steven Truxal on aviation incident with Belarus 28 May 2021
Government leaders have been searching for words to condemn the actions of Belarus which intercepted a passenger aircraft flying from Athens to Vilniu...
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Eric De Brabandere: 'Ruling against Shell will inspire other cases' 28 May 2021
For the first time, a court has ordered a company to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions. Lawyers see it as a landmark ruling that will have far-reach...
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Dr. Andrew Sorensen at University of the Netherlands: Lecture on Ancient Fire-Use 27 May 2021
When is the last time you made a fire? Not light a candle with a match, but an actual fire from scratch. Thousands of years ago, humans already made f...