Tragic life events linger in our minds for a long time, often accompanied by feelings of sadness, guilt, or regret. For instance, you might have had a dispute with someone just before they passed away. Or perhaps, when you were a child, your pet ran away because you accidentally left the garden gate open. Even years later, these memories can still cause pain. It's normal to need to work through them, but how can you do that effectively?

What happens when you move science out of the lab and into a public space? Researchers from the Donders Institute wanted to know how people make decisions about fairness, not in a controlled laboratory setting, but 'in the wild'. Through the Donders Citylab, they were able to collect data from thousands of museum visitors and gained new insights that might otherwise have been missed.

Fish that live in rivers, ditches, and streams are better able to withstand warming water than fish in the sea. This is the conclusion of research by ecologist Wilco Verberk of Radboud University. 'It is important not to group freshwater and marine fish together when predicting the consequences of climate-change-driven warming.'

Engaging with your baby is essential from the very first day. A simple glance, a warm smile, or soft coos are the initial building blocks of connection and bonding, fostering development for both parent and child. But what happens when your baby struggles to express those signals? How can you figure out what your little one needs?

In a small room in Nijmegen, about fifteen people stand around a huge game board, three by three metres wide. They all work every day to reach the same goal: improving equal opportunities in education. Still, good cooperation remains difficult. Today, they want to change this. Not through spreadsheets or articles, but with an innovative board game. With this game, they take their first step towards working better together... Start!

Wild animal species respond very differently to human development, and as a result they use ecological corridors in agricultural and urban areas in distinct ways. This emerges from research in Botswana by ecologist Marlee Tucker of Radboud University.

Our gut sends signals to the brain about hunger and fullness, but we still do not understand well how the gut-brain connection affects eating when people eat without being hungry. In overeating, factors such as reward, emotions, and loss of control also play a role. The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a prestigious Vici grant to Professor Esther Aarts to study two ways the gut may influence the brain. The project aims to delineate how GLP-1 and SCFA signals affect reward, emotion, attention, and body awareness, especially in people with both overweight/obesity and ADHD.

Training police officers with a virtual-reality game can significantly improve their ability to regulate stress, even in realistic, high-pressure situations. The VR game, developed at the Donders Institute at Radboud University, has already been integrated into several police training programmes.