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Knowing yourself to know others

It is a small splotch on the world map: If it is to thrive, Denmark must navigate in foreign cultures. The take-home message from a University of Copenhagen seminar for ambassadors, VIPS: 'Bridging cultures'

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Science

Insects: The food of the future

Bugs reduce pollution, increase nutrition, and should seriously be considered as a food source: This is according to a UN report with University of Copenhagen contribitions

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Politics

University: Penkowa case dropped due to five-year limit

Charge against brain scientist Milena Penkowa was dropped due to a time limit. Not due to the substance of the document fraud allegations, says University of Copenhagen. More details emerge

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Politics

Scientists pressured to falsely credit co-authors

Scientists need to publish to get research grants - and established scientists are demanding to be cited as co-authors on younger scientists' work. Experts say it's time for more rules

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Politics

PhD student stood up to top scientist

PhD student Annemette Nielsen refused to credit a top scientist and two members of his team as co-authors on her publications. She thereby broke an unspoken rule, but was officially deemed to be in the right when the matter was taken further -

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Politics

Response: Interdisciplinary research is more than sharing data

The strength of interdiscplinary research lies in targeting a problem with a combination of different methods — not using separate, isolated sets of data. Arne Astrup responds

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Culture

7 Danish films you need to see

Watch these seven films, and you can take part in an intelligent conversation about ‘Danish film’

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Culture

iPhone 5 competition at University Post

iPhone 5 smartphone, Tivoli tickets and drinks tickets at the student café. All up for grabs

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Science

Media reports: Case against Penkowa dropped

Police drop charges against brain scientist Milena Penkowa, report media

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Science

Could you simply not eat for a day?

In this first installment of our new science & research feature, Martin Borch Jensen writes in to tell us about how eating every second day could extend his life

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