In the media
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'Legislation to reveal identity internet troll also conceivable in the Netherlands' 03 December 2021
Australia wants to introduce a law that makes it possible to demand the identity of anonymous internet trolls. Is this be conceivable in the Netherlands?
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Aart Hendriks not ruling out compulsory vaccination 01 December 2021
Now the number of people with COVID-19 is increasing and we are faced with stricter measures once again, the question arises whether compulsory vaccin...
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Bart Custers on EenVandaag about investigative powers of civilians 26 November 2021
Social media are playing a key role in calling for resistance to the corona measures. Online, agreements are made about where and when people will gat...
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Leiden research into corona waste ends up in New York Times 18 November 2021
Face masks and plastic gloves are supposed to protect us from corona, but they are becoming an increasing problem for the environment. In a special se...
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Simone van der Hof in online talk show about Behavioral Design in Video Games 14 October 2021
On 7 October 2021 Simone van der Hof participated in an online talk show as part of the Dutch Media Week. The theme was the research project she is wo...
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Faculty excavation featured on Cypriot news channel 23 August 2021
The Chlorakas Palloures Excavation on Cyprus, run by Dr Bleda Düring, was featured on Cypriot national television. In the item Düring had the chance t...
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Colourful prehistoric ‘Chanel dress’ goes on show 13 August 2021
The reconstruction of a dress worn in the Netherlands nearly 3000 years ago has gone on display in Oss, and shows that, contrary to popular opinion, w...
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Research by Leiden archaeologists in The Jordan Times 11 August 2021
Recent fieldwork at the vast desert region in north-eastern Jordan has revealed an immensely rich heritage of an area that is difficult to access and ...
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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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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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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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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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Bashir Azizi: ‘Not war or civil war, but a global civil war’ 28 May 2021
These days we do not just have wars and civil wars – more of a global civil war, says Bashir Azizi, who received a PhD in April 2020 for his thesis on...