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A holiday home along the edge of a sandy slope high above the North Sea is not a rare sight along the coast of northwest Jutland. Every year, between 0.5 and 4 meters of this coastline are eroded by storms and heavy ocean currents.In the…

The first ice cores were drilled in Greenland in 1955. But many an unsolved mystery remains in the oldest, deepest ice. For example, when was Greenland last carpeted by forest? And, when was the ice sheet formed? Niels Bohr Institute ice…

Five people were killed and many more serious injured when Trump supporters attacked the congressional building on Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021. In the immediate aftermath, the Republican Party lost core supporters in great numbers.…

10 years ago we saw a breakthrough in modern biology.An American scientist discovered that manipulation of the Cas9 protein resulted in a gene technology worthy of a sci-fi film: CRISPR. Think of it as a pair of molecular scissors capable…

In the run up to both the Danish parliamentary and US mid-term elections, many first-time voters are heading online to find out more about political candidates. So far so good. We see a clear trend of female politicians being more…

Whereas a bath in the ultra-salty Dead Sea may be a balm for human soul and body, the relationship between most plants and salt is quite the opposite. Plants desperately do whatever they can to steer clear of salinity – as salts can…

You’re at the pharmacy with a prescription in hand. You hand it over the counter and the pharmacist says:"I have a similar product that is cheaper. Would you like that instead?”Perhaps you are a thrifty person who agrees to the proposal -…

In November, the FIFA World Cup 2022 will take place in Qatar. Allowing the Gulf monarchy, notorious for not taking human rights seriously, to host one of the world's biggest sporting events has been met with widespread criticism. Others…

You would think that feeling chronically uneasy about products would spur a movement away from them. However, this is not the case for apps use. Even though surveys show users to feel emotional stress by the fact that apps collect…

Corals, beacon fish and octopuses. The ocean is full of colourful plants and all kinds of animals that each play a role in the Earth’s ecosystem.But because of climate changes, the oceans are warming up, causing oxygen-depleted areas to…