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Scientists discover the largest stellar black hole in the Milky Way 16 April 2024
A European team of astronomers has discovered the largest stellar black hole in the Milky Way. It is more than thirty times as massive as our sun and ...
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PhD candidate Diego Salama: ‘UN peacekeeping operations have become increasingly important in Israel-Palestine conflict’ 16 April 2024
From 1967 to 1982, the United Nations undertook several peacekeeping operations in the Middle East. In his thesis from the Institute for History, Dieg...
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Panoramic: The Leiden Art Review 15 April 2024
For twenty years, the Art History study programme had its own journal, the highly successful Decorum, which was written and edited by students. When t...
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Nancy Kula: ‘Languages are very diverse’ 15 April 2024
Nancy Kula has been Professor of African Linguistics since 1 February. Now is a good time to hear more about her field of expertise and academic inter...
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How AI helps map sign languages 15 April 2024
Like spoken languages, sign languages evolve organically and do not always have the same origin. This produces different ways of communication and ann...
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Andries Hiskes: 'The disabled body is too often ignored’ 15 April 2024
Bodies come in all different shapes and sizes. For his PhD, Andries Hiskes researched the disabled body and the reactions it can bring.
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New Science Library Open 15 April 2024
From study places to consulting collections and from a meeting with your faculty liaison to getting books after opening hours: the new Science Library...
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Interest organisations take legal action ‘so that most vulnerable are heard’ 12 April 2024
Interest organisations are increasingly taking legal action and that’s a good thing for democracy, says PhD candidate Rowie Stolk. ‘It means that the ...
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Interview with Markus Davidsen on his Comenius project 12 April 2024
Assistant professor Markus Davidsen has received the Comenius grant, with which he wishes to improve secondary education on religion. In this intervie...
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Netherlands Veganland: a good idea? These are the outcomes of the thought experiment! 12 April 2024
Less meat and dairy means more space for nature, leisure, climate, biodiversity, more justice, and it's good news for the economy. That's according to...
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Horizon Europe BIAS & AEQUITAS sister projects join forces to understand the impact of AI on workers 12 April 2024
Leiden University's eLaw Center's BIAS Project and the Universidad de la Laguna's AEQUITAS project will collaborate to develop a deeper understanding ...
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Lawyers' risks: crown witness cases and extra secure communication tools 11 April 2024
How can we guarantee the safety of the crown witness scheme for both crown witnesses and lawyers? How can we ensure that online conversations between ...
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How a local shaman can help fight climate change 11 April 2024
Who knows more about environmental governance: a professor of natural resource governance or a local shaman in the remote uplands of Myanmar? ‘To tack...
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Reijer Passchier discusses the risks of artificial intelligence 11 April 2024
Reijer Passchier, Assistant Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law, recently published a statement entitled 'The AI Safety Summit at Bletc...
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Peter Grünwald develops a revolutionary statistical theory with an ERC Advanced Grant 11 April 2024
Using mathematics to determine whether scientific results are significant or not. Peter Grünwald, full professor of Statistical Learning at the Mathem...