European Hyperloop Network : Amsterdam – Frankfurt in 50 minutes with 7 stops in between?
Finally Hyperloop arrives in continental Europe. As a vision at least. The Netherlands-based technology company Hard Hyperloop proposes a hyperloop link between Amsterdam and Frankfurt which would shorten the 450 kilometer journey to a whopping 50 minutes, from its current … Continued
Research: World War II ‘Hongerwinter’ is engraved into Dutch genes
The people who were in utero during the ‘Hongerwinter‘ are likely to suffer consequences during all their lives, says a research paper in Science Advances magazine -published by American Association for the Advancement of Science. ‘Hongerwinter‘ is a Dutch word … Continued
The Dutch have penetrated Russia’s Cyber Espionage Unit and turned it into a ‘Big Brother’ house
Prominent Dutch newspaper ‘de Volkskrant’ reveals in an article (in Dutch) that the Dutch Intelligence Service AIVD has managed to penetrate into the infamous Russian hacker group ‘Cosy Bear’ as early as the summer of 2014 watching their every … Continued
Genocide in your leadership & you can still keep your Sakharov Prize & Nobel Peace Prize
Myanmar’s Rohingya population is suffering a genocide. Even the high commissioner for human rights of an ever-diplomatic organization like The United Nations which is not exactly the bastion of human rights with its “lowest common denominator” standards (and that … Continued
How do you run a fake US Embassy?
And you do it for whole 10 years? Issuing genuine US visas and doing things what diplomatic posts do? Not only that, you are also doing it in the same city which actually happens to have a genuine US Embassy! … Continued
Air Pollution responsible for about 467 000 premature deaths in Europe
In a stark warning to EU officials, a new report by European Environment Agency (EEA) says, air pollution has significant impacts on the health of Europeans, especially in urban areas. According to EEA, air quality slowly improves but air … Continued
Heavenly or not: This is how religions spread over the centuries on surface of the Earth!
Some believe the religions came from the heavens, some believe not. Curiously though, 3 of the biggest religions of on Earth seem to originate from a relatively small area in the Middle Earth: Judaism and Christianity were born in … Continued
Germany wants EU to remove recycling targets, fueling speculations about its motives….
European Commission’s Circular Economy Package (CEP) sets the municipal waste recycling targets at 60% by 2025 and 65% by 2030. For packaging waste, a 75% recycling target was set by 2030. These targets launched in December 2015 by Vice President … Continued
Europe by Night: Views from the Space
NASA, USA’s space agency, regularly releases the pictures taken by the crew members of the International Space Station to the public domain. Astronauts reportedly took these pictures after completing their main duties. This particular photo above was taken on 14 … Continued