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The little Prince
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry is the story of a pilot who meets a special boy, the Little Prince, after an emergency landing in the desert. He tells the pilot about the planet he lives on, other planets he visited and their …
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Parlangi: Practicing languages through video chat
Learn languages by video chatting with native speakers.
There are 3 options:
- You want to become a mentor yourself and connect with people from other generations, cultures and nationalities. As a Parlangi mentor you will have interesting and inspiring …
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Is Organic Really Better?
When you think of organic farming, you might think of green pastures, full flavors and cows that look just a little happier. But not everything that is organic is really better. Crop protection expert Pieter Spanoghe (UGent) shows that the grass …
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Is terrorism inherent in Islam?
Are all Muslims possible terrorists? Does the Quran say violence is allowed? And apparently also against Muslims, because most victims of terror are Muslims? For once no fierce debate about this, but Prof. Dr. Sami Zemni, who as a political …
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How do you stop feeling dizzy in bed when you're drunk?
Do you remember how you used to get so terribly nauseous on the bus on a school trip? Or in the back seat of the car? Have you ever wondered if that was normal? Prof. dr. Dr Floris Wuyts does. He specializes in the human balance system and he …
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How can the municipality ensure that new and old Flemish people feel at home
About a fifth of Flemish people are of foreign descent. But a country does not automatically become a cheerful, colorful multicultural mix… Old Flemish people often no longer feel at home in their own city and new Flemish people do not feel …
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Can you die from too much sugar?
How many cream cakes, chocolate bars, kilos of chips (because they also contain sugar) can you eat until you literally drop? Prof. dr. Dr Chantal Mathieu is visited every day at the University Hospital of Leuven who suffer from the consequences of …
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Can Turbo Bacteria Beat Pesticides?
Every water molecule in urine ends up in a tap again. And before you wrinkle your nose… there's really nothing wrong with that. In nature, water is purified with bacteria and in water treatment plants we mimic nature in the same way. But …
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Is pencil stronger than steel?
Of course pencil is not stronger than steel! Because you can easily break a pencil and a steel rod of the same thickness absolutely not. And why this question? Because a pencil can become very strong if you have a very thin layer of it. que?? dr. …
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Why are you allowed to drink snake venom?
In some languages, a distinction is made between two types of poison: in English people speak of 'venom' when poison enters the body through a wound, 'poison' refers to poison that is absorbed through the digestive system. Snake venom is venom and …
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How do you make gold?
Professor Piet Van Duppen can do what the alchemists have been looking for for years: he can turn lead into gold. no kidding! And yet he is not living on a tropical island. Why not? Because he is so good at explaining to the people (all of us) how …
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Why do we want to get drunk?
On Thursday, accidentally ending up in a café a little too long, a bit in the wind because of just that beer too much on Friday and on Saturday still flying into the cocktails. You may be familiar with that feeling: you want to have a good …
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