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'In Science' is the podcast of the University of Groningen. This episode we speak with John Morijn. Wim Brons and Hanna van Loo interview him about the dangers to the democratic rule of law and the worrying developments in the Netherlands and countries around us.

In the coming weeks the nominees for the Ben Feringa Impact Award 2025 will introduce themselves and their impactful research or project. This week: Andra Cristiana Minculescu on her research project on Human-AI Decision-Making in healthcare.

In the coming weeks the nominees for the Ben Feringa Impact Award 2025 will introduce themselves and their impactful research or project. This week: Francesco Picchioni on his innovative way to recycle rubber.

In the case of racism or sexism, people are judged by their skin colour or gender and considered different and inferior based on that. But there is also a phenomenon called educationism: highly educated people looking down on those who are less educated. Social psychologist Toon Kuppens draws attention to this form of discrimination

In New Ways of Teaching, lecturers talk about their innovative, creative, and effective teaching initiatives. From unusual teaching methods to new technologies—anything is possible. How do these ideas arise and what impact do they have on students? This month: spatial planning through VR technology. 

Dynamical systems, i.e. mathematical models that describe how things evolve over time, are at the heart of much of the modern world. The real challenge, however, lies in shaping the systems’ behaviour to achieve a specific goal.

On 25 April 2025, Arnold Driessen (Horst, the Netherlands, 1958) received a Royal Decoration. Driessen is Professor of Molecular Microbiology and chair of the Molecular Microbiology research department of the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Groningen.

The antimalarial drug mefloquine could help treat genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, as well as some cancers.