Big Questions

Can the common spice turmeric help us detect Alzheimer’s disease?

The TEDxAmsterdam Award draws attention, and offers support, to local idea-makers. The 2015 Award winner will be announced soon, but for now, the proposals have been narrowed down to three nominees. Jurre den Haan…

How can Dutch parents find the best options for local caregivers?

Can images and ideograms help make complex human rights law comprehensible?

The TEDxAmsterdam Award draws attention, and offers support, to local idea-makers. The 2015 Award winner will be announced soon, but for now, the proposals have been narrowed down to three nominees…

Why do only humans weep?

Ad Vingerhoets is a professor in Social and Behavioral Sciences at Tilburg University, with expertise in the areas of stress, emotions, and quality of life. What he’s famous for, though, is crying. A phenomenon unique to humans, weeping — that is to say, tearful, emotional crying — is…

What do human tears look like under a microscope?

Maurice Mikkers is fusing art and science. Certified as a Medical Laboratory Analyst in 2007, he then shifted to studying Interactive Media Design at the Royal Art Academy in The Hague (KABK). Later, working with the medium of photography, he…

Beautiful Amsterdam, Built on Poles: Who would pay if it all fell down?

Beautiful Amsterdam / Built…

Are We Living on a Plastic Planet?

We are living in the Plastic Age. While there’s no doubt that plastic has many advantages, it’s…

Will women rule the world?

Lately, feminism has been gaining pop-cultural momentum. Taylor Swift, Lena Dunham, Amy Schumer, Emma Watson…