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In the world, one out of 700 children are born with Down’s syndrome. A syndrome, where the child has an extra copy of chromosome 21, resulting in 47 chromosomes instead of 46. This typically results in characteristic physical features and…

Developing a new drug can take more than a decade and cost anywhere from hundreds of millions to billions of euro — with multiple failed attempts along the way. But what if we could predict how a drug worked in the body before its…

The number of children experiencing mental health problems is increasing globally. At least 16 per cent of children in Denmark will experience a mental health problem before the age of 10. For children growing up in families with lower…

We often hear that we live in an attention economy, where tech companies like Google, Apple, and Facebook present us with an overwhelming amount of irresistible information that steals our attention. This is not wrong, but our…

The most popular show on Netflix at the moment is the science fiction series 3-Body Problem. Based on a Chinese novel series by Liu Cixin, the series involves a menagerie of characters, time periods and even extraterrestrial visitors. But…

Salmon are natural carnivores. In the wild, they eat insects, insect larvae, small herring, crustaceans, and animal plankton. However, in farming, salmon are also fed seafood-based feed, making production dependent on resource-intensive…

During the pandemic, there was talk of whether the COVID-19 vaccine was harmful to pregnant women and their unborn babies. Although there was every indication that this was not the case, a large registry-based study conducted by the…

You have probably heard of dopamine. The substance also known as the “feel-good hormone”. Drugs such as cocaine cause a surge of dopamine in the brain. Normally, a protein in the brain called the dopamine transporter (DAT) helps regulate…

“I just loved the whole biology universe.” Morten Petersen, newly appointed head of the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at the Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen, has no hesitation in answering why he chose…

'Nepo baby' is the less flattering term for children who get jobs in the same field as their parents, helped by their parents' connections and reputation. The children are given a head start in a working life where the route to success is…