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Skinny thighs linked to heart disease

New University of Copenhagen report shows that thin legs raise the risk of premature death and heart disease in both men and women

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Lack of vitamin C hampers brain function in babies

Copenhagen research reveals link between vitamin deficiency in pregnancy and learning disabilities

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Ice core drilling breaks single-season record

Copenhagen-led international drilling project digs to new depths in Greenland

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New Danish chlamydia vaccine under way

University of Copenhagen scientists working on 10 vaccines to be tested on pigs. Human trials in 4-5 years

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Waterworlds: As the ice melts under your feet

With anthropologist Kirsten Hastrup, we find a surprising link between modern climate change and medieval Iceland

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For the love of law and Latin

Students at U of C take a stab at the age old lines in a voluntary Latin course offered to law students, although anyone with a bit of nerd in them is welcome

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Islamic research distorts Muslim image

Islamic research contributes to a distorted image of Muslims and their faith, claims PhD student. She warns against being careless with research facts

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The oldest and strangest kinds of death

For molecular biologist John Mundy, big questions about life and death are answered by the many deaths of tiny cells.

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Russian Roulette Odds … If We’re Lucky

In Potsdam, outside Berlin, one of the world’s leading climate change researchers is calculating what we may expect will happen. He’s not sure we are going to make it. Humanity, that is

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