Due to the bad news that usually dominates the front page of NU.nl, the good news sometimes gets snowed under. That is why we make an overview of the positive and cheerful news.
Due to the bad news that usually dominates the front page of NU.nl, the good news sometimes gets snowed under. That is why we make an overview of the positive and cheerful news.
Oak processionary caterpillar caused less nuisance this year than in 2019
The oak processionary caterpillar caused less nuisance this year than in 2019. There were significantly fewer caterpillars and the preventive spraying of oak trees has worked, the Knowledge Center Oak Processionary Caterpillar reports Monday on Nature Today.
Moreover, during the period when the caterpillars release the most nuisance stinging hairs, it has not been blown very hard, so that hairs and nests are not spread over great distances, according to the knowledge center.
André Kuipers hands over Dutch flag from ISS to Rijksmuseum
Astronaut André Kuipers has handed over the Dutch flag he had brought to the International Space Station ISS to the Rijksmuseum. He does this in honor of twenty years of people on board the ISS, an anniversary that will be celebrated on Monday.
The flag is signed by Kuipers and astronauts Don Pettit and Oleg Kononenko, with whom Kuipers arrived on the ISS in 2011. Space explorers Gennady Padalka, Sergei Revin and Joe Acaba have also put their signatures on the flag.
Girl (3) removed alive from rubble after Turkey earthquake
A three-year-old girl was removed alive from the rubble by rescue workers in the Turkish city of Izmir 65 hours after the earthquake in the Aegean Sea on Monday morning.
The girl’s grandmother welcomed the rescue. “I am so happy. May God bless the rescuers. I am now reunited with Elif and she will soon see her mother and sisters again. The rescue was broadcast live.
More than eighty people died in the quake.
Archaeologists uncover a 1,500-year-old temple in China
Archaeologists have excavated a 1,500-year-old shrine in northern China. Emperor Beiwei Xiaowendi of the Northern Pasture Dynasty prayed in this temple.
The Netherlands orders 9.2 million corona rapid tests
The Netherlands has ordered 9.2 million corona rapid tests from the American company BD. These tests can determine whether someone has the corona virus within 15 minutes. The first 1.2 million tests will be delivered mid-month. The first test lanes where the rapid tests are used will open at the end of November.
