Organisation / Science Column
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Bee-free
- A colleague of mine recently pointed out a new scientific innovation: bee-free honey produced by a bacterium, bacillus subtilis (ISAAA, November 27,... 0 -
Cat crisis
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Wageningen UMC
- I was at a meeting with an interdisciplinary group about setting up a research project. The usual arguments went to and fro across the table: it had... 0 -
Badly informed
- I spent quite a lot of time in the water meadows of the Lower Rhine last summer doing research for my thesis. It was in the middle of the holiday... 0 -
Van Rijn Committee
- Our very own Board chair Louise Fresco let out a cry of empathy on Twitter recently: more money for science and technology universities is a good... 0 -
Doping!?
- I always thought the study drug — a pill that helps you concentrate — was a mythical product. A bit like the anti-hangover drip: a nice... 0 -
Supertick
- The opening of the academic year in Wageningen in Monday 2 September was all about dialogue, with an emphasis on the role of framing. Good framing can... 0 -
Worse off than our parents?
- The Social and Economic Council and various youth organizations published a joint report in the final week of August entitled High Expectations:... 0 -
On cycling dramas and becoming a citizen of the world
- Where to start? That’s what I’ve asked myself when I began writing this column, and it’s also what I was wondering when I first... -
On too many choices and the best time of your life
- AID week is full of marketing clichés. On the first day, you will be given one of those tacky bags brimming with bumf, with loads more... 0