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High Tech calls for High Touch! In a world where technology plays an ever-increasing role, the importance the of real personal contact is increasin...

As the world settles back into some form of this new normal, you may have noticed something is missing. Amidst all the Zoom calls, reply-to-all ema...

The answer to the question of what love is has taxed us from the moment we came to consciousness. What is this phenomenon which we all share but is...

Most people would say they enjoy listening to (certain types of) music. But what do we actually know about what music does to us? Music touches us ...

Do you fear that someone may hack your computer and steal your personal information, or that the government might spy on you? Does that mean you ar...

As a child you often tried to get away with a lie, but you didn't always succeed. Still, we gradually get better at lying, and many everyday lies n...

Every human on the planet is a crew member of Spaceship Earth. However, we need to re-invent the driving manual. At least if we want our species to...

The elections were rigged. The ’Deep State’ governs us all. Qanon is real. Coronavirus is fake. Beware of chemtrails. Conspiracy theories are a wid...

Beneath maple and oak trees on a hillside in the U.S. South, human bodies—dozens of them—decay in plain sight. They’re part of a pioneering researc...

Reproduction is fundamental to life on earth, and there is a huge diversity of how animals reproduce themselves. Have you ever wondered why humans ...

We know Rembrandt as a painter and do not immediately think of him as a 'businessman'. However, the reality was far from this. Rembrandt has a stor...

Our current society is marked by more and more diversity, also at the level of sex and relationships. In this interactive session, Marieke will ela...

Da Vinci is known for being an inventor and an artist, but most of all, he was an excellent observer. This session provides fascinating insights in...

Success in business is dependent upon collaboration and innovation, and a lack of vulnerability amongst team members causes many new ideas to be sq...

A taxidermied shark, a neon sign, a big red square… Sometimes encountering contemporary art can be a puzzling experience. In “Who’s Afraid of Conte...

When we think of a seduction we tend to think of someone pursuing intimacy, but what a seduction is has been destroyed by the modern take on romanc...

All of the evidence suggests we are in the opening years of a fourth industrial revolution. Changes in the way we live, work, and play are occurrin...

Kilian gives an intriguing leqture on the effect of money and other incentives to reward behaviour. What really influences people? What works and w...

Why is the painting of sunflowers by Van Gogh considered art, but an exact replica not? Why is no one surprised that a simple nylon thread or a uri...

What are the consequences of China’s rapid growth in technology? Western news media are full of panic stories about Huawei, the social credit syste...

Hoe is de Kim 'dynastie' aan de macht gekomen en kan het al zo lang functioneren? Professor Breuker geeft een uniek inzicht in het ongelooflijke sy...

Female Leadership is in high demand in organizations but numbers show that often women are still not present at the tables of power. In this talk K...

The relationship between China and the United States is, without doubt, the most important axis between two countries in today’s world. Yet that re...

Noord-Korea mag een kluizenaarsrijk lijken, maar dat is het in financieel en economisch opzicht absoluut niet. Noord-Koreaanse bedrijven (of half N...

The ancient philosophy of stoicism has experienced a huge comeback in recent years. The reason is simple: Stoic philosophers knew a variety of tech...

The Ig Nobel Prize is a satiric prize awarded annually since 1991 to celebrate ten unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research, its stat...

Onze taal verandert voortdurend. Krzysztof laat, gebaseerd op werk van schilder Brueghel uit de 16e eeuw, zien hoe onze spreekwoorden in de loop de...

Isn’t it obvious, why don’t they SEE it? It can be frustrating when you are presenting your work or ideas to your colleagues or supervisor, but the...