Lightyear: A Sun-Powered Dream on Wheels

A car that charges itself with sunlight — it sounds like science fiction, but for Lex Hoefsloot and Koen van Ham, it’s been a reality for over a decade.

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Next Mobility: Why We’ve Been Traveling 90 Minutes a Day for Centuries

Why, despite hyperloops, e-bikes and self-driving cars, we still travel an average of 90 minutes a day — and what that says about our nature and our future.

Koert van Mensvoort
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From science fiction to science fact: how real is Star Wars?

What from Star Wars remains fiction, and what has become reality?

Silke Bertens
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World Earth Day 2025: The Earth Has a Fever

This year marks the 55th anniversary of World Earth Day, and much has changed in our relationship with nature over that time.

Max Schellekens
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A can of cola and a camera: anything for a few views?

With nothing more than a can of soda, a coconut, and a camera, an American vlogger Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov boarded a boat headed for North Sentinel.

Koert van Mensvoort
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Animal-friendly foie gras: one bite at a time

Animal rights organizations have been campaigning for years to ban foie gras. Foie gras is made from the liver of force-fed geese or ducks.

Max Schellekens
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Who’s coming to Signal?

We rely on digital platforms daily—to communicate, search, and make payments. But that trust is beginning to falter.

Silke Bertens
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Robot Zoo: Technology in the Wild

Animals and humans have always influenced each other. Now, technology adds a fresh twist.

Silke Bertens
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Plastic insects: from waste to new nature

Henk Loorbach brings technology and nature together by transforming plastic waste into detailed plastic insects, giving discarded materials a new purpose.

Silke Bertens
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A pandemic from the lab? The question we’d rather not ask

For centuries, we have viewed pandemics as natural disasters—unpredictable events that simply happen to us.

Koert van Mensvoort