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The GUM (Ghent University Museum) postpones its opening due to coronavirus

In accordance with government measures, Ghent University and the GUM (Ghent University Museum) have decided to postpone the grand opening of the brand-new scien...
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Fauna of Corpses

Forensic entomologists use their knowledge of insects to help the police solve murder cases.
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Glossopteris fossil leaves

The distribution of the Glossopteris genus was a key argument in favour of the continental drift hypothesis.
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Exoskelet Wall-X

Wall-X assists foot push-off, thus making walking about 12% easier.
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Imagination

Science can be an extremely precise discipline: you need to measure everything as accurately as possible, to meticulously note things down, and, if required, to...
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Tomb stele of Hetepe and Iki

This tomb stele comes from Abydos. This was one of the most important pilgrimage sites in Egypt.
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Wip Wap

The 18th and early 19th centuries were the heydays of the physique amusante.
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Ammonite

Ammonites are extinct, squid-like molluscs that lived in a spiral shell.
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Female bowl-bearing figure

The female figure is the most common motif in Luba art.
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Red–figure kylix with athlete scene

This red-figure drinking vessel portrays young athletes with a strigil (a scraper for removing sweat and dirt from the body)
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