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“I saw a woman sitting there, wearing a headscarf. At that moment I aimed. And shot.” On October 10, 2007, Hans Van Themsche was sentenced to life in prison by the Antwerp assize court for a gruesome double murder and attempted murder, with racism as an aggravating motive. In a new documentary series at Play4, Hans Van...

It was a beautiful village where my parents moved with my brother and me in the late 1970s. Not far from the city, near forest, historic center. But every time I think back to that village, where I really experienced some great things, I automatically think of the fear and gloom I felt there. In our street, a...

Quitting smoking, eating healthier and exercising more, those are the top three good intentions for the new year. Those who persevere reduce their risk of heart attacks, strokes, cancer and other nasty diseases. Does a healthy lifestyle also help against Parkinson's disease?Parkinson's is a disease of the brain. About one in thirty people are going to...

It has already been proven for rats, but now it appears that emotional human tears also contain a substance that influences the mood of others. If men had sniffed women's emotional tears several times beforehand, they played a money game on the computer less aggressively afterwards. In a certain calculation method, aggression during the game even decreased...

'O! Severe Winter full of sorrow / Will your anger plague us any longer?” wrote Titia Brongersma in 1686. That winter was lamented is not surprising for those who know that hands, noses and genitals froze off at that time. They are the reverse of the typical Dutch winter scenes that we know from famous paintings...