Not a word on WUR cuts

Organisation
Academic year opens with a focus on science rather than immediate concerns.

A gardening lesson

Student
Here’s a plant. Now keep it alive for six weeks.

New academic year, back to the protests

Organisation
Opening of the academic year is targeted.
Emeritus professor Willem de Vos wondered: ‘What would happen if we took this bacterium from healthy people and gave it to sick people — via a supplement?’ Photo Shutterstock

Bacterium from healthy guts helps diabetics control their disease

Science
Because diabetes patients need them in their own intestines.
Silent disco WagaStorm

Limelight: Valley Festival

Student
Music, food and drag performances in the Torckpark.
Een landschapsdienst avant la lettre: de Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen

Study on landscape services and the link between urban and rural areas

Science
NWO earmarks 5.5 million euros for five-year research project, Fertile Soils.
Bikes in front of Forum

Five tips for buying a second-hand bike

Student
'A tyre can be too old and unused at the same time.'
De Kluizenaar op z'n buik op de bodem

Ode to the nematode (and other soil organisms)

Science
Soil biology research inspires sound artist Remco de Kluizenaar to compose music.

Binding study advice ineffective

Student
This according to researchers of VU Amsterdam.

100 days on the bridge

Student
A celebration with mixed feelings.