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Scientists and conservationists are concerned about the rise of too good to be true AI-generated images of animals on social media, which provide a distorted view of the wild and may undermine efforts to protect vulnerable species. #Animaux #IntelligenceArtificielle #Conservation (translated)

NASA has released a wealth of new images and data from the Artemis 2 moon mission, including photographs, audio recordings, and handwritten notes from astronauts who captured the colors and impacts on the moon, providing scientists with new insights into the properties of the moon. #Artemis2 #Ruimtevaart #Maanmissie (translated)

A new expedition of American scientists arrives tomorrow at the remote coral island of Nikumaroro in the South Pacific, hoping to find the wreckage of the plane of the missing aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart, who disappeared without a trace in 1937 along with her navigator Fred Noonan. #AmeliaEarhart #luchtvaart #mysterie (translated)

Dr. Sc. Ferdinand Meeus stated that the report confirmed by the IPCC, according to him, showed no measured increase in weather extremes such as hurricanes, floods, droughts, and wildfires. He said that this information was in a technical chapter that, according to him, almost no one read, but which he himself had consulted. As a source, he mentioned the "IPCC report: AR6, WG1, Ch12, Table 12.12, p1856." https://t.co/YfooGJbZB1 #klimaat #wetenschap #feiten (translated)

The winner of the prestigious Nikon Small World in Motion competition has been disqualified because his winning video of moving cilia in the airways of a child with the rare condition PCD was created using artificial intelligence. #KunstmatigeIntelligentie #Wetenschap #Microscopie (translated)

Stephan wrote that John Clauser, whom he referred to as a Nobel Prize winner in Physics, and 1,500 other scientists at Quantum Korea had stated that there was no climate change or climate emergency. According to Stephan, Clauser had also described the climate change narrative as a dangerous corruption that threatened the world economy. #Klimaatverandering #Wetenschap #Nobelprijs (translated)

Marcel Crok suspected that Tijs was referring to him with the term 'climate deniers' because he claimed to be about the only dissenting voice during an external expert day in March 2025. He called the term derogatory and pointed out that CDA leader Henri Bontenbal had also used it regularly, according to him. Crok invited Tijs to a lecture by Clintel given by Roger Pielke Jr. the following Sunday in Driebergen. He referred to an article by Pielke about a campaign against climate scientists with dissenting views. According to Crok, Australian activists, including a cartoonist, with the support of influential American climate scientists, created blacklists. Among those listed were Pielke, his father, and Judith Curry, according to him. Crok wrote that their academic careers were thereby hindered and called the issue concerning for Members of Parliament. Regarding his own participation in the Citizen's Assembly, Crok stated that the selection of citizens went well and that his discussions with KNMI director Maarten van Aalst were respectful. However, in hindsight, he claimed that the organization published an incorrect fact-check. He said he should have filed a forty-page complaint before he received any response. Crok argued that the debate about climate, just like the debate about corona which Tijs had previously struggled with as a journalist, was, in his view, being stifled. He spoke of a suffocating atmosphere in the academic world and wrote that no journalist had signed up to attend Pielke's lecture. #klimaat #wetenschap #discussie (translated)

The mystery surrounding the death of a 28-year-old laboratory technician in Siberia, who died of a mysterious pneumonia after possible contact with plague bacteria, raises doubts about the official explanation and the sanitary measures taken, while scientists point out the unlikelihood of a common infection. #Peste #Épidémie #Santé (translated)

The court has ruled that the Minister of Health can force Excellent Care Clinics in Velsen-Noord to stop a non-scientifically supported lidocaine treatment for long COVID, due to concerns about patient safety and conflicts of interest at the clinic. #postcovid #lidocaïne #gezondheidszorg (translated)

Eddy Terstall wrote that he was in favor of strictly secular policy, humane but realistic asylum policy and enforcement. He also advocated for press freedom, freedom of expression, prioritization of the individual over the group, factual and scientific education, and equal treatment under the law. He described religion as an idea, not a race, and he wrote that ideas could be questioned and mocked. #vrijheid #gelijkheid #onderwijs (translated)

The author congratulated Francis Halzen from Tienen on the Nobel Prize in Physics and referred to him as a Flemish person at the world top. According to the author, Halzen had the opportunity to think big on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, a mentality that was also needed in Flanders. https://t.co/CQzBMvKm0w #Nobelprijs #Trots #Wetenschap #BE #US (translated)

Sander Sassen reflected on the legacy of October 7. He wrote that three years earlier he had watched livestreams filled with rage and disgust in which, according to him, Palestinians were killing Jewish civilians while the Palestinian population celebrated the murders. Sassen stated that he commemorated the victims and argued that Israel was still being attacked from all sides and that Jews worldwide had to fear for their lives. According to him, October 7 had shown that civilization was an illusion for many and that antisemitism had returned in 2026. He said that his support for Israel and the Jewish people remained unwavering and called for speaking out against antisemitism, which, according to him, had also reached institutions, governments, politicians, and policymakers. Sassen referred to antisemitism as a "canary in the coal mine" and a measure of the tolerance and freedom of a society. In the Netherlands, he claimed that things had been declining over the past three years: propaganda was dominant, antisemitism had once again become socially acceptable, dialogue was often made impossible, and ideology drove many Dutch people. He wrote that the Netherlands had completely ignored the warning of the "deceased" canary. #antisemitisme #Israël #solidariteit (translated)

Armand Girbes called the story very scandalous and wrote that since the departure of Louise O. Fresco from that university, he had heard more complaints from scientists about a culture of censorship and exclusion. According to him, they were afraid to speak openly about it and the story fit that image. #censuur #wetenschap #vrijheid (translated)