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07/11/2024

Introducing Sphaeroptica: a new tool for visualizing insects in 3D

A new software tool called Sphaeroptica is offering scientists a better way to visualize and analyse 3D images of insects and other arthropods in natural history collections.

Science

08/10/2024

Belgian Neanderthals made tools from bird bones

Cut marks on bird bones from the Scladina cave, near Namur, indicate that Neanderthals ate various bird species and made tools from some of the bones.

Science

27/09/2024

Mass Extinction Conference

The Institute of Natural Sciences and Federal Science Policy (BELSPO) took the initiative to organize a conference dedicated to the current rapid loss of biodiversity, called “Mass Extinction Conference”.

Science

07/11/2024

Introducing Sphaeroptica: a new tool for visualizing insects in 3D

A new software tool called Sphaeroptica is offering scientists a better way to visualize and analyse 3D images of insects and other arthropods in natural history collections.

Science

08/10/2024

Belgian Neanderthals made tools from bird bones

Cut marks on bird bones from the Scladina cave, near Namur, indicate that Neanderthals ate various bird species and made tools from some of the bones.

Science

27/09/2024