Perseverance robot unveils new audio recordings from Mars
It has been three weeks since the Perseverance robot landed on Mars. On board, the SuperCam instrument continues its rock analysis work and has sent new data from the red planet to Earth. If the first sounds had been sent the day after the rover landed on February 18,...
Lack of competence, integrity and transparency: Bpost directors want CEO Van Avermaet to resign
They blame Mr. Van Avermaet for a lack of competence, integrity and transparency. This leads to serious operational problems between the CEO and the board of directors, according to De Standaard. For some directors, moreover, it is accepted that Mr. Van Avermaet was responsible for prohibited commercial agreements when...
“Quarter-hour readings” at school and at home: “the government must make children want to read again”
A bill to promote the pleasure of reading was passed unanimously....
Why caregivers, at the very heart of the medical system, refuse to be vaccinated: “We have the impression of being vaccine testers without our knowledge of our own accord”
Pressure from their management, fear of possible side effects, lack of choice on the vaccine, caregivers testify. With 31 years of career to her credit, including 26 years in intensive care in a large Brussels hospital, Julie (assumed name) decided that she would not be vaccinated against Covid-19. And...
Belgium wants a European date for the end of the thermal vehicle
March 10, 2021 Today at 20:19 Belgium intends to get out of the thermal vehicle but has no target date. With 8 other countries, it pleads with Europe that the Commission sets a common date. The announcement has panache. Belgium, together with 8 other countries, “calls on the European...
Bpost draws a positive assessment of 2020: the figures of a crazy year
The crisis does not only create bankruptcies and some companies take advantage of this to break records. This is the case of Bpost, which has had to deal with an explosion in the number of parcels for a year. If we observed an increase in the number of packages...
Dutch company does not supply grass for World Cup football due to human rights violations
March 10, 2021 Today at 4:07 PM Hendriks Graszoden breaks with the long-standing tradition of supplying grass for the FIFA World Cup through the stories of human rights violations and the low quality standards for grass for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The Dutch company Hendriks Graszoden will...
Vincen Beeckman in the privacy of Saint-Pierre, the hospital
The Centrale and the CHU Saint-Pierre present piKuur, a participatory project by Vincen Beeckman....
The government will not stop the purchase of the F-35s
March 10, 2021 Today at 15:52 There is no reason to question the purchase of 34 American F-35A fighter-bombers, reiterated Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder. Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder reaffirmed Wednesday before MPs that the government had “no intention of terminating the purchase contract” of 34 fighter-bombers F-35. This new...
Formula 1: Ferrari, the last to unveil (photos and videos)
The arrival of Carlos Sainz alongside Charles Leclerc remains a priori the main change made by Ferrari this winter. Presented this Wednesday, the SF21 is just the heir to the mediocre SF1000 of 2020. Lbad tongues will undoubtedly not have failed to ironize the fact that Ferrari has applied...