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The Netherlands is becoming less religious, but according to anthropologist Michiel van Well, religion is not disappearing from our society: it only appears in a different guise, namely in the form of technology.

Ice baths are 'hot'. In a portrait of an ice bath-taker in the Telegraaf, UM professor Wouter van Marken Lichtenbeld explains what we do and don't know about the effect of an ice bath on the body. Read the article and the explanation.

People with money are often happier. This is apparent from research by Paul Smeets.

In the new episode of Café Europa, writer and cultural historian David van Reybrouck is a guest. Journalist Annette van Soest and professor of European history Mathieu Segers talk to him about citizen participation and the Conference on the Future of Europe. Café Europa is a Dutch podcast by Haagsch...

Nederland heeft een schreeuwende behoefte aan nieuwe woningen. Maar waar kunnen die in hemelsnaam gebouwd worden?

Some people swear by drinking a ginger shot. Good for circulation, stimulates digestion and ideal against nausea. So essential for health? Nutrition scientist Alie de Boer responds to this.

Hacker groups in Russia seem to be able to go about their business undisturbed. Are they really elusive?

Times Higher Education interviewed UM-president Rianne Letschert, mainly about Recognition and Rewards: "Like a landscape gardener, Letschert is reshaping the terrain of higher education careers, forging new pathways for promotion and, for many, opening up the vista in the Netherlands and beyond."

In an AD video, Madelon Peters, UM professor of Experimental Health Psychology, gives some tips for more optimism. A well-timed mini lecture, at the end of an eventful 2021 with a lockdown as the end.