Pro tip for anyone on the brink of climate depression: do not read Andreas Malm’s How to Blow Up a Pipeline shortly after watching Bo Burnham’s Inside.
Columnist Vishal Onkhar tried ChatGPT. To him it is reminiscent of a newly built home that does not (yet) feel lived-in. But for how long?
Words are important and influence our thinking. Metaphors even more so. Columnist Birgit van Driel goes in search of a new metaphor for academia.
As of 1 January, a condescending alcohol policy will be enforced on campus. Returning columnist Dap Hartmann thinks it is ridiculous. Who came up with this monstrosity?
Bas Rooijakkers very much agrees with apologising for slavery in the past. But he has a different idea about reparations.
In light of the idea that public discussion and public criticism belongs to public institutions, Bob van Vliet likes to take others to task. But does it help?
Ernst Schrama, associate professor at AE (L&R), is leaving Twitter. In this letter he explains why and asks TU Delft to follow his example.
Columnist Vishal Onkhar traces an elusive link between Dutch colonialism and his South Indian hometown of Chennai (aka Madras).
Columnist Birgit van Driel gives a shout out to children as society’s youngest scientist from which academics at university can learn more than they might imagine.
