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The blogging world is characterised by strong polarisation around the issue of climate change. On the one hand, there is the mainstream who support the scientific consensus on climate change, and on the other hand climate sceptics who reject evidence for global warming.

Janna Coomans publishes book on public health in medieval cities Medieval cities were not nearly as filthy as is often thought, discovered historian Janna Coomans.

To be able to experience a wide range of impulses, our senses use 'logarithmic perception': a large increase in the impulse only leads to a small increase in what our brain perceives. A group of researchers from the University of Amsterdam, Unilever, and Wageningen University & Research now shows that this effect does not only hold for our ears and eyes, but also for the perceived thickness of liquid foods.

Pernette Verschure has been appointed professor by special appointment of Functional Dynamics of the Epigenome at the UvA's Faculty of Medicine (UvA-Amsterdam UMC) as of 1 July 2021.

Are people like Jeff Bezos from Amazon, Sheryl Sandberg from Facebook and Jack Ma from Alibaba part of a global power elite who make decisions about our future world?

Can law help make the market for medicines, vaccines and other health products more transparent? Recently, Katrina Perehudoff led the Medicines Law & Policy team to publish a report, commissioned by WHO, on this issue.

The newspapers are often full of figures that reflect how our economy is doing, for example in terms of unemployment or inflation.

The inaugural Data Science Day showcased the data-driven research taking place at the University of Amsterdam (UvA).

Every euro invested in R&D for artificial intelligence (AI) in the Amsterdam region can generate more than five euros in extra economic prosperity in the long term.

Last week a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the six partners of the Quantum Application Lab, of which the University of Amsterdam.

In the future, humans will come into contact more and more frequently with 'social robots' - robots designed specifically for interactions with people. Children are increasingly likely to encounter such robots in various environments, including in schools or in healthcare situations, and the development of child-robot relationships is therefore an emerging area for study.

Daniël Smit named professor by special appointment of the Taxation of the Digital Economy Placing an order online across the border is a snap.

Model calculations substantiate Timmermans' dream In a paper just published in Energy Policy, Professor Bob van der Zwaan of the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences and co-workers at TNO pre

Six UvA and Amsterdam UMC (location AMC) researchers who recently received their doctorates have been given Rubicon grants from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).

Do we feel an urgency, do we think our actions matter, are we willing to accept sustainable alternatives? Social psychologists Cameron Brick, Frenk van Harreveld and Maria Zwicker study our behaviour in reaction to climate change. 'The gains of sustainable behavior and the impact of climate change feel what we call "psychologically distant".

Is it possible to identify accounting fraud from the published financial statements of quoted companies? Indranil Bhattacharya, a PhD candidate at the Amsterdam Business School (ABS) thinks it is.

How parents cope in the aftermath of war and refuge Worldwide millions of parents and their children live in warzones or have fled their homes to look for safety elsewhere.

Having a glass of wine or a beer at a work reception or university event is regarded by many as the most natural thing in the world - but we would like to see the UvA break that mould.

The UvA's GP practice will be officially opening a new health centre on the Roeterseiland campus on 1 September.