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The dialect wrongly has a bad name. Is that bad? ‘It is even capital destruction'!
Is speaking dialect with your children to their disadvantage? The short answer: no.
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Charities cannot rely on the super rich
Professor of philanthropy Paul Smeets argues that the rich often place the moral responsibility to donate on people with even more money.
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The R is in the month. Which vitamins should you take or not take?
The R is in the month, you are tired, pale and feel that you could use some help. At the drugstore a whole wall of vitamins is staring at you, but which one should you take now?
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Energy metabolism in muscles of active seniors almost on par with young people
Muscles of elderly people who exercise regularly display almost the same metabolism as those of young people, according to a joint study on aging in muscle tissues by scientists from Maastricht University (UM) and Amsterdam UMC. The research suggests that people can largely reverse the aging of...
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UM researcher reconstructs rules of 4,000 year old game
In Oman, archaeologists recently made a remarkable find: a 4,000-year-old board game. Unfortunately, the rules of the game are missing
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Are open ground tomatoes healthier for us?
Healthier agricultural soils, the restoration of agricultural biodiversity and a higher resilience of human health may be linked. Knowledge about this link has a lot of social and economic potential. The Louis Bolk Institute, the Bac2nature Foundation and Maastricht University have received a grant...
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When are you a good leader?
The impact of leadership in an organization cannot be underestimated. Leadership is fundamental to job satisfaction, confidence and performance. How do you develop people into good leaders?
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Thousand euros retraining budget: good incentive or wasted tax money?
A course in hypnosis techniques, snapchat training or mindfulness at work: from 1 March, almost everyone can follow such training courses with a subsidy from the government. Every
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The government must take control when it comes to housing construction.
No less than 1.2 million homes must be built before 2030. That is almost 6 times Tilburg that needs to be added.