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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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Comment: The 21st century bystander effect happens every day online

Would you help someone in need if you were among a crowd of people? What about online? The bystander effect is just as real in the virtual world, writes Vincent Hendricks in an article originally published in The Conversation

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Copenhagen at the center of European science

Around 4,000 researchers, entrepreneurs, and policy makers attended the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF), and more than 38,000 people visited the free Science in the City festival

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Social incentives are a powerful tool

You run, and your friend gets the reward? Researchers at ESOF say this is the most effective way to influence healthy behaviour

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ESOF Preview: What to see on Thursday 26 June

Science and democracy, biohacking, and public policy. Check out our recommendations for the last day of the Science in the City festival and the ESOF conference

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Biohacking at Kopenlab

Biohackers want to make science accessible to everyone. At the Science in the City festival, Kopenlab provides workshops and 'Sciencedrops' for people interested in biohacking

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