Interview scientist: Sustainability experts

Posted December 15th, 2009 Miscellaneous

An Vercalsteren and Carolin Spirinckx investigate the environmental impact of products/ services by means of life cycle analyses (LCA).

This interview is part of the series ‘Wetenschap Werkt’ (Science Works). It was published in Eos Magazine 12 (Dec. 2009) and can be downloaded here.

Pigeons are intelligent, a kid can see that

Posted December 4th, 2009 Intelligent animal

© Helga D'Havé. Young pigeons.

© Helga D'Havé. Young pigeons.

Pigeons are not stupid… I knew that since I was a kid. How could they otherwise find their way home to the pigeon house of my uncle after being released in a strange land they had never visited before? The intelligence of pigeons is now scientifically proven.

A short article on this (in Dutch) was published in Eos-magazine 4 (April 2009) and can be downloaded here. The English version follows below: Continue Reading »