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Danish government puts new restrictions on Chinese research co-operation

The new agreement restricts Danish-Chinese collaboration in sensitive research areas

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Science

Sigh of relief: We are not slaves to social media

Experiment in the field of cognitive psychology shows that social media do not overload or ruin our attention capacity. We are actually good at choosing the information we consider valuable.

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Science

'The Second Sex' turns 75: Is Simone de Beauvoir still relevant?

You can't use this book as a blueprint for a new women's movement. But you can read it to remind yourself what feminism essentially is.

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Science

Deputy Director: International spying a future threat to research

Danish universities are tightening security to counter the threat from foreign powers with new guidelines against espionage. But with tighter security comes less freedom of research.

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People

Natural History Museum has found its new director

Nina Rønsted, who is the first director with a background in botany, is to unify the museum, strengthen its working environment, and prepare for the new museum's opening after a period of turbulence

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Science

Black holes — and the physics and dreams of Albert

Albert Sneppen is a bright young star in the field of astrophysics . He has his own key to Copenhagen’s medieval Round Tower and has just finished a book about the universe's black holes. »My publisher joked that the book was written for the nerdy dad type. But my hope is that it is the 14-year-old girls that get their hands on it.«

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Science

She has been a climate scientist for five decades. Now she has a message for young people

She has been the face of ice core research at the University of Copenhagen for decades. Professor Dorthe Dahl-Jensen has gone to Canada to make room for the next generation. Her message is: You should change – not fear – the future.

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Science

Psychedelic trips help cure psychiatric disorders at University of Copenhagen clinic

The psychedelic substance psilocybin can have a healing effect on people with psychiatric disorders. At the Copenhagen University Clinic for Psychedelic Research, they treat patients with therapy and a psilocybin trip, and the results are promising.

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Science

Avocados get the blame when meat-eaters defend their eating habits

Consumers resort to excuses when they want to avoid cutting back on meat in their diets. The avocado, in particular, seems to be suitable.

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Science

They thought it was extinct: Bee seen for the first time since 1973

Bee experts from the University of Copenhagen have rediscovered an endangered bee at a military exercise site in the north of the Danish island of Zealand.

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