Soon drones to reduce road accidents in Flanders: “We want to study driver behavior”
Drones will be used, among other things, to study driving behavior, as the De Zondag announcement. “We want to study the behavior of drivers at certain traffic points. This should prevent the creation of new dangerous points, called ‘black spots’.” A first test site will be launched in mid-April...
Weather forecast: rain and strong gusts of wind all over the country
An area of rain will cross the country on Saturday morning. Then, thinning will develop, but it will also be more unstable with showers, according to forecasts by the Royal Meteorological Institute (IRM). The maxima will oscillate between 4 and 10 degrees. The wind will continue to blow over...
Why are there more and more twin births in the world?
There have never been so many births of twins in the world: a peak explained by the extension of ART and the later age of pregnancies, researchers say on Friday. Since the 1980s, the global rate of twin births has increased by a third, from 9.1 to 12.0 per...
Arrest of Abdeslam, Kalashnikov-style exchanges of fire …: a former Special Units agent testifies
The elite policeman recounts the slide from banditry to terrorism. It is a prestigious unit and a bit of a mystery. His men make you dream but also a little afraid. They are the men of the Federal Police Special Units. Within these, there are the intervention teams, the...
It manifests itself as soon as we have less than 50% of autonomy: the low battery syndrome worries the experts
Who has not already been stressed to have their mobile phone charge flat? In public transport, on the street or on the highway, the last thing a man or woman of the 21st century would want is to run out of battery. This phenomenon, not yet sufficiently studied scientifically...
Coronavirus: Vir and GSK antibody demonstrates “high efficiency”
According to an independent committee, interim results from a trial involving 583 patients demonstrated an 85% reduction in hospitalizations and deaths in patients treated with the monoclonal antibody VIR-7831 compared to those who received a placebo. The product was also “well tolerated,” said GSK and Vir in a statement....
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...