24 / 11 / 2015

‘Nieuws laat zien hoe de wereld niet werkt’

Negen van de tien mensen volgen dagelijks bijna een uur lang het nieuws. Maar daarmee krijgen ze volgens journalist, filosoof en De Correspondent-hoofdredacteur Rob Wijnberg vooral te zien hoe de wereld niet werkt. ‘Ik zou dan ook willen zeggen: houd ermee op.’

24 / 11 / 2015

Arctic is melting: Why should I care?

Ice in the Arctic is melting. You have probably heard about that before, but do you know what are the effects of these changes? And why should you even be bothered by loss of ice somewhere far north? Yesterday´s lecture, titled 'Arctic is melting: Why should I care?', was held to shed light on this issue.

27 / 11 / 2014

The colonization of Mars

Lecture titled ´The colonization of Mars´ was held today at the University of Twente, given by UT alumni Bas Lansdorp, who is the CEO and a co-founder of Mars One. Lansdorp talked about Mars One organization and its planned space mission that should establish the first human settlement on Mars.

25 / 11 / 2014

Rosetta: Landing on a comet

Less than two weeks ago, on the 12th of November 2014, the first ever landing on a comet took place. This historic moment was a part of Rosetta mission, managed by the European Space Agency. Gerhard Schwehm, the former Mission Manager of Rosetta, talked about this groundbreaking event during his lecture held on the 24th of November 2014.