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Christians kick anti-Israel protesters out of Dutch coastal town

The American Israelite 23 May 2025
Courtesy of JNS ... The clash followed months of anti-Israel agitation in large Dutch cities, including Amsterdam, where Jews were assaulted last year during an “occupation” event at the University of Amsterdam ... “This is not Amsterdam,” he stated bluntly.
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I'm a UNF chemistry major and researcher. How bad could plastic really be for us?

jacksonville.com 22 May 2025
Straight Arrow News ... In a study done by the Amsterdam University Medical Center, researchers tested the blood of 22 donors and found plastic within 17 of them ... Jeffrey Wilke, University of North Florida chemistry major and researcher ...
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Protests over Israeli ties continue at universities across the Netherlands

Anadolu Agency 21 May 2025
Protesters occupied buildings and classrooms at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) as well as Utrecht, Radboud and Maastricht universities, calling on Dutch institutions to sever ties with Israeli academic bodies.
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Swing bowling facing extinction as England vs Zimbabwe kicks off Test summer

The Daily Telegraph 20 May 2025
The ball homes in towards Virat Kohli. As he attempts to play a shot, the ball curves away late ... It is a fatal mistake ... David Mann, an associate professor at the University of Amsterdam, has conducted extensive research with Australian Test batsmen ... .
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Dutch universities call for reduced dependence on Big Tech

Computer Weekly 19 May 2025
Dutch universities have found themselves in the grip of American tech giants and are now urging their governing boards to chart a different course ... Given recent developments, universities must strive to keep their infrastructure in their own hands.
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Chimpanzees' Drumming May Be Ancient Form of Communication

Knoxville Daily Sun 17 May 2025
... at the University of St ... They found that the chimps “clearly play their instruments — the tree trunks — with regular rhythms,” said University of Amsterdam music cognition researcher Henkjan Honing.
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Billionaire Bill Ackman calls on Harvard’s powerful board to resign as ‘once-great’ university flounders

New York Post 17 May 2025
The billionaire, who announced his resignation from the board of Universal Music Group on Wednesday, had also threatened to yank its stock exchange listing in Amsterdam after Jew-hating soccer thugs attacked fans of Israeli club Macabbi Tel Aviv.
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AI is consuming power faster than Earth can supply. Are orbital solar data centers the answer?

Interesting Engineering 16 May 2025
“I think every researcher on this topic is going crazy because we’re not getting the stuff we need,” Alex de Vries, a researcher from the Free University of Amsterdam, added.
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Psychotherapist Explores Connection Between Spirituality and Mental Health in Writings Available on Website

GetNews 13 May 2025
... universal and spiritual roots ... Pieter Noomen completed doctoral studies in theology and pastoral psychology at the Free University of Amsterdam and became senior minister of three Protestant churches.
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New study shows that chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm as a form of ‘socially checking in'

NBC Bay Area 12 May 2025
A new analysis of 371 bouts of chimpanzee drumming demonstrates that the chimps “clearly play their instruments -- the tree trunks -- with regular rhythms,” said University of Amsterdam music ...
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Edward Said has said his last word—on opera

People's World 12 May 2025
Wouter Capitain, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Göttingen, wrote his doctoral dissertation at the University of Amsterdam on Said’s music-related work and was invited to edit these ...
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Dutch-led Suriname team digitizes 100,000 documents to preserve Jewish history in the Caribbean

Wtop 11 May 2025
When she finished her academic research, at the University of Amsterdam, last year, De Jong saw an opportunity to return to Suriname and safeguard the files that had been crucial to her work.
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