Autocatalytic sets: An essential link between chemistry and biology? 🧪➡️🦠 youtube.com/watch?v=vizrVI…

A nice boat trip from Baarn to Huizen, with its picturesque old harbor area. More pics: worldwidewanderings.net/blog/2025/09/0…

A walk through the Roosterbos, a forest next to the town of Baarn, with plenty of mushrooms to see. 🍄 More pics: worldwidewanderings.net/blog/2025/09/2…

A walk through the Westerheide & Zuiderheide near Hilversum. The heather still had a little bit of color. More pics: worldwidewanderings.net/blog/2025/09/2…

It's officially autumn... 🍂

Made this as a little distraction in between all the job application writing... 😉 youtube.com/watch?v=jgZbSc…

There are soooooo many mushrooms in the forest right now! 🍄 worldwidewanderings.net/blog/2025/10/0…

A walk through the Wolkenberg, a small nature preserve along the Eem river. worldwidewanderings.net/blog/2025/10/0…

A nice morning walk through the forest. Still plenty of mushrooms! 🍄 More pics: worldwidewanderings.net/blog/2025/10/1…

Interesting article on the relevance of small molecules (also as catalysts) to the origin of life, and life in general. 🧪🦠 olgataran.substack.com/p/is-there-a-u…

More pretty things in the forest... 🏰🍄

Snooker: A global culture that remains too UK-centric. My latest article, presenting statistical evidence that UK players have earned a significantly larger share of the prize money than what could be expected based on the percentage of UK players. linkedin.com/pulse/snooker-…

Fall scenes, and a somewhat hazy "supermoon" 🌕

Bright fall colors in the forest! 🍂🍁 More pics: worldwidewanderings.net/blog/2025/11/0…

Bang! We're getting hit hard. Severe geomagnetic storm. More is on the way...

After watching a beautiful sunset, a nice walk through the forest. More pics: worldwidewanderings.net/blog/2025/11/1…

And a last one just for the show! An X4 solar flare, still ongoing at the very moment. Luckily this time that active sunspot region has moved away and will soon disappear out of Earth's view, but we may still get a glancing blow from any CME that could have resulted from it.