Return pain - Looking back into our future
Sometimes I remember the cheesy, pink sunsets that I watched with my friends in Croatia, the fun we had, talking about life or going...
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Lars Hamers
- Apr 2
A war on two fronts
Another week, another news summary. April has arrived, already the fourth month of the year. April gets its name from the Latin word...
Lisa-Marie Feldstein
- Jan 26
Going with the flow? - Becoming aware of my period privilege
Disclaimer: Before you go on reading this article, I would like to say that the article is limited to period poverty and will not...
Head Editor
- Mar 21, 2022
Abducted Art & Cultural Theft: Cultural Crime and the Market for Illicit Antiquities
In this episode Roo and Simon launch their new series “Abducted Art & Cultural Theft” where they will be interviewing experts to discuss...
Leilani Radaideh
- Feb 14, 2022
Dating in Maastricht: 5 crucial steps to master relationships
Ah, so you’ve caught feelings for that one person in your tutorial group months ago, and seeing them again at the resit really set your...
Guest Writer
- Feb 8, 2022
Greenwashed or Willfully Ignorant? The EU and Shark Fin Trade
Emre Küpcük is a student of European Studies at Maastricht University and the Chief Communications Officer of Bridge Europe. He focuses...
Meike de Jong
- Dec 23, 2021
Persecution of people with albinism in sub-Saharan Africa
Malawi July 2019, I meet Asiad and Anifa, two sisters of 18 and 12 years old. The older one, Asiad, works on a farm and Anifa still goes...
Céline Zahno
- Feb 16, 2021
Do Humans Need Work to Have a Purpose?
It started with self-checkout counters at your local supermarkets and could soon transform virtually every aspect of your life; the rise...
Stella Theocharidou
- Nov 6, 2020
Do sex robots dream of electric dicks?
“She said nothing with her voice and everything with her caring touch”. That’s what’s written in Dave Cenker’s book ‘Second Chance’ and...
Carmen Critelli
- Nov 5, 2020
Peter Pelzer
- Nov 5, 2020
A quantum leap for mankind
Quantum computing is among the more peculiar objects of occasional media coverage. It pops up once in a while in a news report or...
Alara Ersoy
- Nov 5, 2020
A Relationship between Alzheimer's and Education
Often we hear that highly educated people, or people with more demanding jobs, have a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease in the...
Brendan Hogan
- Nov 5, 2020
Horizon 2020 to Horizon Europe…but what does this mean?
I’m often asked what the EU does. This question can be, and usually is, a loaded one. However, I do very much understand the need to know...
Stella Theocharidou
- Nov 5, 2020
15 Science Myths and Misconceptions
Our focus on science for the opening of the year couldn’t have had a better timing than now with the strange world of the coronavirus,...
Marence Jurgens
- Oct 20, 2020
The Equation of Love
A turn, a look, a breeze or even the smallest hint of someone’s presence. Little things. Why is it that in a split second those small...
Clemence Chia
- Oct 20, 2020
Science explained! With video games!
Died countless times on the first boss of Dark Souls? Still trying to figure out how the code works on Baba is You? Or how about learning...
Rhiannon Read
- Oct 20, 2020
Turn your camera on Sweetie
Technology is a form of power that evolves in service of humanity, in service of the masses. Modern technology saw the creation of the...
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