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Well placed shadows and flags win prizes!

The results of the University photo competition, »Copenhagen: I never saw that before« are in! Pavel Lukeš' picture of a bike wins the first prize of two CPH Cards from the Wonderful Copenhagen. Second prize goes to a shot of a well-placed flag at World Out games, by Emma O'Callahan

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Science

Young-looking people live longer

Everyone at the University Post head quarters is staring at each other, judging - in some cases even placing bets. A recent Danish study indicates that people who look young for their age live longer

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Science

God shuffles the cards for CERN

The Almighty is wrecking the multi-billion euro CERN-experiment, and the proof of it is in a pack of playing cards. Is this serious physics? The University Post went to find out

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Science

Pandas can´t taste meat

Pandas eat bamboo because they can't taste high-protein foods. And they are not inbred. This is according to a new study which has catalogued the endangered bear's genome

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Politics

Climate protests: The world is watching

On Sunday, 249 were arrested as police shut down an anti-capitalist climate protest, when activists from all over the world marched to the harbor and set up a blockade. University Post reporter Emil Verner was on location to give a first-hand account

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Politics

»All my bets are on a climate agreement«

Will a watered-down global climate agreement do more harm than good? Why not try radical geo-engineering solutions if disaster is looming? The University Post interviews German climate scientist Hans Joachim Schellnhuber to get some answers

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Politics

Down and out at the alternative climate conference

Packing up for the evening, the University Post looked disapprovingly at the paper chucked around

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Politics

Staff offered one months extra pay to leave

University board passes budget that will mean cutting 130 jobs. Affected staff will get to January to consider going voluntarily

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Politics

Activist hopes the climate sceptics are right

London-based environmental activist and founder of a project to plant trees in urban spaces will protest at Bella Centre on Saturday. She hopes social action can influence the climate talks

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Politics

Two degrees warmer may be past the tipping point

We are already half way between the dangerous and the catastrophic, warns German climate scientist

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