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Former students met top scientists at the first UCPH Alumni Day

Beginning of a new tradition, as UCPH alumni got researchers' take on sex in the old testament, mammoths' DNA, ISIS, and big data. See the photos

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Timelapse video - How to assemble a dinosaur in 1 minute

The Natural History Museum will soon open its doors to Misty the Dinosaur, a 16 metre long diplodocus. See Misty assembled in this one minute timelapse video.

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Big data, big challenges, big hopes

Machine learning promises to help us understand climate changes, monitor threatened animals, improve quality of life, and in general increase our knowledge of society. Head of Google Research, NY, and University of Copenhagen honorary alumni believes there are huge opportunities in Big Data

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See the pictures: Misty the dinosaur unpacked

Young herbivore taken out of a huge crate. She is to be assembled tomorrow Tuesday before exhibit next month

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Analysis: Is anyone immune to the social media echo chamber?

Social media echo our own opinions back to us. This means we aren't being exposed to new ideas and critical thinking, writes the University of Copenhagen's Vincent Hendricks in an article originally published in The Conversation

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Copenhagen team preparing for global biology clash at iGEM

Last year, a team from Copenhagen took home a gold medal. This year again, a group of students are to pit themselves against the world's universities in one of the coolest fields of science - synthetic biology

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Sperm whale exhibit at Copenhagen Natural History Museum

A whale that washed up on a Danish beach a few months ago will be exhibited at the Zoological Museum from October

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How convenient! 9 out of 10 scientific conclusions on target

Scientists disprove their own hypotheses in scientific articles less and less. And according to an expert on bias, this damages the scientific process

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Gift from Charles Darwin discovered in Copenhagen museum

Father of evolution donated 77 species of barnacle in a box to colleague in Copenhagen. Barnacles turn up after clues found in correspondence

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Creepy personalised ads - dark side of interactive technology

Mirrors displaying personalised ads in the restroom, talking windows on a train. Ads are becoming more instrusive, almost verging on evil. New research looks at the developments in 'proxemic interactions'

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