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Tactics of fish fightclub revealed

Animals can have personalities. Bad personalities. A new University of Copenhagen study reveals definite variations in the behaviour from one Siamese fighting fish to another, and makes it personal

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Killer whales come in two sizes

A three-year research collaboration between the University of Copenhagen and Aberdeen University reveals that a killer whale is not simply a killer whale. There are two distinct types that grow to different sizes, and have different feeding habits

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Designing the bike-friendly city

A new research project at the Faculty of Life Sciences will show architects how urban areas can be designed to encourage city dwellers to choose bicycles as their preferred mode of transport. The project has been granted DKK 13 million by the Danish Council for Strategic research

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Mammoths had more time

Woolly mammoths and other megafauna may have traversed the North American plains for much longer than previously thought. Scientists have used break-through methods to date DNA material sealed in Alaskan permafrost

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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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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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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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Modern politics is a stifling consensus

The battle between left and right has been called off, according to leftist political intellectual Chantal Mouffe, and she does not like it

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Brain doping does not work

Pills with psychoactive effects are not a short-cut to improving exam and research results. Only one, well-known drug has these properties, others might not work in your favour, says neuroscientist

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Termites have had farms for millions of years

Most of our food production is based on large-scale cultivation of single crops. We have spent ten thousand years of cultural evolution adopting this practice. Research has now shown that farming ants and termites have been at it for a good millions of years longer

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