Organisation / Science Column
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Triple blind
Science - 25 January 2018 10:55 - So how do you know what’s true? Karl Popper declared it to be impossible, and said falsification is as close as we can get: you posit a... 0 -
Showpiece
Organisation - 11 January 2018 09:44 - ‘The Fries-Hollands cattle breed!’ We all had something to say about the preselection for the voting for the ‘Showpiece of the... 0 -
Wey-ghe-nin-gen
Student - 14 December 2017 11:34 - Just as you’re about to give your presentation at a conference, you see the chairperson pondering his programme dubiously. ‘Please welcome... 0 -
Exaggerated
Student - 30 November 2017 09:29 - ‘Here a troika, there a troika.’ In a song called ‘Death ride’ by the Swiss-Dutch songwriter Drs. P, a family is driving... 0 -
Symbolic campaign
Student - 16 November 2017 09:53 - The new Dutch government has just climbed into the saddle. One of its plans is to raise the lower VAT rate, which applies to food among other things.... 0 -
Two new Resource columnists
Organisation - 16 November 2017 09:29 - Guido Camps and Vincent Oostvogels are Resource’s new columnists. Together, they are taking over from ex-PhD researcher Stijn van Gils, who has... 0 -
Nostalgia
Student - 02 November 2017 10:09 - Ting! I jump to attention. The committee is processing solemnly into the hall. This is the first PhD ceremony I have attended since my own. The... 0 -
First-year weekend
Student - 12 October 2017 10:29 - I was never taught by him when I was a student. But he is legendary. Gert Peek is a soil science teacher to the bone. He is so nice, he bagged the... 0 -
Independent
Student - 28 September 2017 10:23 - The man falls silent for a moment and there is no need for me to fill the silence. My thoughts wander. Secretly, yesterday’s ceremony was... 0 -
A fun degree
Student - 14 September 2017 10:54 - I gulp. This is not a good moment to get annoyed. Her comment was frank and no doubt it wasn’t meant personally. In fact, I don’t think... 0