“What real impact means? I can pick you up now and drive to a place in Bergen op Zoom where a factory breeds millions of insects. And say: before we got into this fourteen years ago, this wasn’t there,” begins…
Europe’s approach to energy is a mosaic of different strategies and outcomes. The EU relies on nuclear power for a quarter of its electricity, with France being the largest producer. Yet, divergent views exist within the EU, with countries like…
The artificial intelligence (AI) resurrection of the late Brazilian singer Elis Regina has sparked a cocktail of emotions and ethical debates. Featured in a Volkswagen ad, the AI-generated Elis performs a duet with her daughter, a spectacle that took 2,400…
Earlier, the band Coldplay announced they would no longer go on a world tour, due to the major impact on the climate. They came back to that: with their World Spheres tour, they are playing 133 shows around the world.…
The living world is made up of an astonishing variety of cells, and much of this diversity remains invisible unless one really goes looking. While identifying the characteristics of different cells has become easier and easier with advances in microscopy,…
Jos Vankan is a principal scientist at the Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR). When he’s not at work, you’ll often find him on the water with his kite. “That’s when it all comes together, you know? I sometimes say that…
Climate change is no longer an abstract concept seen only in news reports or scientific studies. Its effects are tangible and they’re impacting our wallets. The insurance sector is feeling the pressure as traditional risk assessment models become unreliable due…
Dutch startup Kitepower has developed a large kite to generate electricity for about 100 households. The start-up claims this can be achieved with significantly less building and construction costs than a conventional wind turbine and a much smaller CO2 footprint.…
VW brand manager Thomas Schäfer’s incendiary speech to many managers is currently making the rounds on social media. The content: Schäfer is very worried about the electric vehicle business because once the backlog of the last months is cleared, sales…
As the world pursues decarbonization, hydrogen has emerged as a potential key player, but its viability is hotly contested. While hydrogen burns cleanly, its production is energy-intensive, and infrastructure costs could be exorbitant. Countries like Japan, China, the EU, and…