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With biomass plants, the government wanted to ensure that the climate targets would be met. The government set aside 10 billion euros for the construction of 628 biomass plants. Objections to the biomass plants soon arose: they would not be as CO2-neutral as was assumed and there would be more useful ways to use the biomass.

In 1905, the popsicle was invented by eleven-year-old Frank Epperson. He made a drink with water and some soda powder that he stirred through with a stick. Because his mother told him to go to sleep, he left the drink. When he woke up the next morning, it had frozen and the drink with the stick in it was frozen too. This was the first popsicle.

Columbus was looking for a faster sailing route to the Dutch East Indies. He planned to sail there via the West. With the financial support of the Spanish Queen Isabella, his ships left for the West, but instead of finding a new route to the Dutch East Indies there, he found the undiscovered continent of America.

The municipality of Boxtel wanted to use a survey to find out what its residents thought about the tasks and finances of the municipality in the future. The survey that was sent out was too long and complicated, which meant that there were far too few responses to give a representative picture. The municipality is now thinking of other solutions, such as entering into discussions with residents and companies and collecting ideas via, for example, a suggestion box.

The yellow fever mosquito in South America transmits several diseases in large numbers, including the dengue virus, the yellow fever virus, chikungunya and the Zika virus. The cost of dengue on Aruba is high and many agreed on the need for these actions. It was not possible to raise the intended amount; more than half was promised, but that was all. More parties were sceptical and eventually the project was stopped.

Sometimes there is still hope for patients who have exhausted all treatment options. Medical treatments that are still under development can provide them with the necessary health benefits. myTomorrows (mT) links patients and doctors to medicines that are under development. It sounds simpler than it is.