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How prey outsmart stronger, faster predators
Predators are typically larger, faster, and more powerful than the animals they hunt. Yet in nature, most attacks fail. How do prey get away?
Why smiling doesn't make an influencer more successful
Many people think influencers always need to be positive to be successful, but that’s not true. What matters most is whether their emotion expression is perceived to appropriate, authentic, and similar to the audience’s own feelings.
Language barriers and cultural differences in healthcare
Migrants in the Netherlands more often receive no care or receive appropriate care too late due to language barriers, cultural differences and discrimination. Associate Professor Barbara Schouten studies these inequalities in healthcare.
War is no longer confined to the battlefield, but also affects our economy, energy supply and digital security. Historian Samuël Kruizinga shows why resilience today depends as much on trust and social cohesion as on military strength.
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