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Een hond aan de wandel heeft zondagmiddag het verkeer dat door de Drechttunnel tussen Zwijndrecht en Dordrecht wilde rijden een poosje tegengehouden. De politie kwam ter plaatse, maar het beestje vangen bleek nog een hele uitdaging.
Een hond aan de wandel heeft zondagmiddag het verkeer dat door de Drechttunnel tussen Zwijndrecht en Dordrecht wilde rijden een poosje tegengehouden. De politie kwam ter plaatse, maar het beestje vangen bleek nog een hele uitdaging.
Van een willekeurige houtduif tot Bokito: voor de wetenschap worden veel dieren 'geprepareerd’ na hun dood. Voor zeven vrijwilligers van het Natuurhistorisch Museum is dit opzetten haast een hobby en ze komen dan ook elke dinsdagavond samen om dode dieren te prepareren. “Het is therapeutisch en we doen het voor de wetenschap.”
Bioloog Patrick van Veen werkte met en bestudeerde apen in de Apenheul in Apeldoorn.
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New analysis by the Guardian has revealed the disturbing extent of these firms’ influence in highly sensitive areas
Children’s homes and care placements are not ordinary commodities. Yet Britain has allowed some of its most sensitive public services to become assets in private equity portfolios: bought, loaded with debt, restructured and sold, while the state continues to fund the contracts and vulnerable people carry the risk when things go wrong.
Private equity’s role in public services is not notional. The year after Compass Community was sold by its owner, Graphite Capital, to another private equity group, Cap10, the poor state of some of its children’s homes was made plain by Ofsted reports. Inspectors who visited two homes in England – which had previously been rated good and outstanding – found “high levels of distress” and staff as well as children feeling unsafe. Cap10 denies that standards fell following the change of ownership.
Continue reading...Polling shows that the public supports this new technology, but the conversation must move beyond simple questions of safety
Ever since Crispr-Cas9 gene-editing technology emerged in the early 2010s, ethical questions around genetically altered humans, so-called designer babies, have become increasingly urgent. There is already a worldwide legal prohibition. No country currently allows human germline editing (meaning genetic changes to an embryo that could also be passed on to its children), and 70 have laws against it, including the UK. But a series of recent discoveries and a new poll suggest that scientists and the public believe gene-edited humans are likely – even desirable – in the near future.
Two new studies use base editing – a more precise next-generation Crispr tool – on human embryos to study early development or disease (this research is legal in the UK and US as long as the embryos are destroyed within 14 days). The lead author of one study, Dieter Egli, said that the technology wasn’t yet ready for the clinic, but the advances would “guide responsible research to achieve its ultimate safe and effective use”. This encapsulates the view of many scientists, who believe the regulated use of germline editing to eradicate hereditary conditions is inevitable, and the main objection is around safety.
Continue reading...Russell second; Hamilton third after safety car finish
Antonelli back in 16th after mechanical problem
Charles Leclerc won the British Grand Prix after a dramatic finish at Silverstone that saw the championship leader Kimi Antonelli dropping from contention for the lead to 16th after a mechanical problem. Leclerc ultimately won under the safety car from Mercedes’ George Russell and Lewis Hamilton in third. The defending world champion, Lando Norris, was in fourth for McLaren.
Hamilton was under investigation for a yellow flag infringement, but was cleared.
Continue reading...Sweat has important functions, including cooling you down when it’s hot outside. Here’s what science says about using antiperspirants and deodorants
Every day, 5 billion people around the world reach for deodorant. Many of us assume that managing, modifying and hiding sweat is an absolute necessity – and not just in your armpits.
Routine underarm antiperspirant and deodorant use are unlikely to cause harm. But do you know what sweat is actually for, and what these products actually do?
Continue reading...What ORMs have taught me: just learn SQL (2014): https://wozniak.ca/blog/2014/08/03/1/index.html
Discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48742175
The full official starting order for Sunday's 2026 British Grand Prix.
These ten breathtaking images from the 2026 Milky Way Photographer of the Year Contest capture the beauty of our galaxy. The gorgeous astrophotographs highlight the dazzling night sky and remind viewers what we risk losing to light pollution.
SILVERSTONE (ANP) - Charles Leclerc heeft bij de Grote Prijs van Groot-Brittannië zijn eerste zege in de Formule 1 sinds 2024 geboekt. De Monegask van Ferrari won op het circuit van Silverstone voor de Britse coureurs George Russell (Mercedes) en Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari). Max Verstappen viel in de slotfase uit, nadat zijn Red Bull van de baan was gegleden.