It goes without saying that with literally fading boundaries between social communities (this comes together with advanced technology), it is much more complicated for individuals to find their place in a social community. In other words, it 's hard for us to make our address known to the abstract (virtual) …

Vergeet de warmtepomp: laten we aardgas vervangen door waterstofgas. Dat kan via het bestaande aardgasnet, opgewekt met een betrouwbare vorm van kernenergie.

We have ended up in a digital "copy and paste" culture. It 's for good reason that we are talking about "apps" in the app store, about raps, beats and sounds in contemporary pop (house) music culture. Everyone can do something, and the rest we get from a box, or better, app, or plug-in. Maggi (makes …

All experience/knowledge comes from three sources: (1) perception, (2) the past (consolidated perception in memory, or mediated by "technology": stories, writing, photo, etc.), or (3) judgment/argument based on perception and past (analogy). There is something special going on with our 'judgments '. …

ADHD en reïficatie Dit proefschrift begint met een quote van de 11-jarige Sylvia, die denkt: “ADHD is net als kanker (…) maar je gaat er niet dood aan”. ADHD is zeker geen ziekte als kanker, maar een concept uit de Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), waarvan momenteel de 5e editie uit is. De DSM-5 …

Lezen is belangrijk voor een soepele schoolcarrière, het is iets dat onderzoekers keer op keer benadrukken. Maar wat maakt lezen eigenlijk leuk? En wanneer is het helemaal niet leuk? Spanning en humor blijken de belangrijkste ingrediënten voor een goed kinderboek. Althans, volgens 26 Groningse groep …

Iatrogenesis is the doctrine that deals with the harmful effects of medical treatment. A substance that, for example, tackles the pathogen may also weaken the body. If it weakens the body and does not address the pathogen sufficiently, it may well be that the resistance of the body itself becomes insufficient …

Machine learning algorithms can help to find patterns (coherence) in the "ingredients" (data). As long as the conditions aren 't changed, taking these patterns as it 's starting point, it can extrapolate the ingredients to the (near) future, showing some future developmental possibilities (again, as …

Education and the so-called Matthew effect (the rich get richer, the poor get poorer) are inextricably linked. Over forty years ago, the psychologist Stanovisch was the first who demonstrated that children who achieve the intended results of education early (reading, writing and math skills) have a lifelong …