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Brussel draagt voor 25 miljard euro bij aan rijkdom van andere gewesten Brussel is een nettobetaler aan de rijkdom in ons land. Maar liefst 25,4 miljard euro vloeit naar de andere gewesten. Dat blijkt uit een nieuwe studie van de Nationale Bank.

Brussels contributes 25 billion euros to the wealth of other regions
www.bruzz.be/actua/econom...

The EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems The global context has shifted dramatically since publication of the first EAT–Lancet Commission in 2019, with increased geopolitical instability, soaring food prices, and the COVID-19 pandemic exacer...

New #EatLancet report is out! What does it state? I've watched the livestream so you don't have to. Here's a summary of the findings
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www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Watched from the other side of the canal. Was told the other end will be put down in the summer, very excited to see how the transformed square will look like

Our Preoccupation With Protein Intake The data on high protein diets, bars, supplements, and powders will surprise you

How much protein should you consume?
erictopol.substack.com/p/our-preocc...

Fascinating list of the scientists who have saved the most lives, via @maxroser.bsky.social at @ourworldindata.org ,

2 of the top 3 are food related:

#1 - Haber & Bosch, for synthetic nitrogen (2.3 billion)
#3 - Norman Borlaug, for high-yield crops (245 million)

Data source:
www.scienceheroes.com

It’s where I’m heading, actually. Visited all other big-name cities/town on the Belgian coast, De Haan was always on the list but now I have a good excuse to go

Images of cells showing protein mislocalization caused by a Noonan syndrome mutation, with the idea to screen drugs to find any that can reverse the unhealthy mislocalization

Have $10M and want to cure some diseases?

It costs ~$1B to invent a new medicine…but $10M buys you Project Encore, to see if ANY existing drug might be repurposed for ~100 diseases that have no treatments.

Contact me - be a hero for desperate patients!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Going to take the tram this Thursday for the first time! High-key excited

Israel’s Last Chance Flooding Gaza with food is the only way out of a crisis largely created by Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister.

"Every image of a child with protruding ribs is both a human tragedy and a propaganda victory for Hamas—and proof of how a just war badly lost the plot. I believed in Israel’s casus belli. I don’t believe in this."

Franklin Foer on Israel's last chance ... www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The European Union is proposing to double its research budget

Science Is Winning the Tour de France Why today’s competitors far surpass the cheating champions of yesteryear

Science Is Winning the Tour de France. Data, nutrition, equipment, and training are propelling riders to performances that best the dopers of yesteryear. “In other words, Armstrong on dope then would be an also-ran next to Pogačar today.” [theatlantic.com]

That’s an excellent framing. I’ve been unknowingly doing this already, where if my conviction is high but not high enough to invest, I’d focus my feedback on perceived weaknesses. Haven’t had someone change my mind yet but fingers crossed.

Helps when you have a single mayor and a functioning government, but all true

It’s not all bad. More needs to be done but look at Anspach. Imho, our city centre is way more walkable than Paris (different scales of course but still)

Without a doubt

The second one is my favorite

Sorry for the weather. I see the Rogierplein, so must be ERC-related?… Good luck!

Ouais… Maintenant on met une élastique chaque fois qu’on sort de l’appart 🙃

More honest name for Liquid Glass would have been Colorful Candy #wwdc25

👀 j’espère qu’elle est minimale. Je me souviens encore notre chat a appris à ouvrir les robinets et a inondé plusieurs étages pendant notre absence... pas drôle

The old logo slapped

Or OpenAI becomes the publishing platform, allowing you to skip the “middle men” and reach your readers/listeners directly through their app… maybe ChatGPT will become the first real everything-app

I think we’ll start seeing even more paywalled content because of this, especially if producing said content is your main livelihood

Quite possibly the biggest climate story of the year (especially when we look back on this in a few years' time)

For the first time on record, China's emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand...

The Vorobieva Lab is recruting a PhD student through the VIB.AI International PhD Call 2025!

Work on protein design, membrane proteins & nanopores using AI-driven methods.
📍 Based in Brussels
🗓️ Apply by June 22→ https://vib.ai/en/vibai-international-phd-call-2025
📅 Start in Autumn/Winter '25/26

A bit of an off take here as it’s missing context, consumer premiumuzation within beverage alcohol has led to less overall consumption by volume but not by dollar growth.

Ex: Younger drinkers also drink more expensive drinks with higher ABV than previous generations which is why you see this take

Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...

EU augments opportunities for scientists around the world to launch or re-launch their careers in Europe.

100%. Governments, especially in countries with socialized healthcare and more centralized access to data, could do something useful here

bluesky verification, but it’s just my mom saying how could you not trust this face.