Polarization is spreading through the world wide web in the political arenas as well as in the rest of society. But is polarization a new thing or is it embedded in human nature as a part of a primitive survival instinct? When does polarizati

Mapping the brain to understand the physical storage of knowledge

Jan 10th, 2023 39m 6s

The secrets of the mind have been investigated at all times, by most people and in most scientific disciplines from philosophy, social science and psychiatry to biology, chemistry and physics.What is it that makes us who we are? And how does t

Coral bleaching. -The Dark Future of the Coral Reefs with Callum Roberts, the great protector of coral reefs

Nov 14th, 2022 40m 29s

Coral reefs occupy less than 1% of the ocean but are home to 25% of the ocean's species. Unfortunately, nowadays the corals are bleaching. This is because the corals, due to rising sea temperatures, have to expel the tiny algae that live in the

How Autism Drives Human Invention

May 20th, 2022 28m 44s

A while ago Simon Baron-Cohen filled up the big concert hall at the Danish National Broadcasting Corporation with curious and excited Science and Cocktails participants when he gave his talk on How Autime Drives Human Invention.And after the

Tracing Algorithms

Jan 27th, 2022 37m 14s

A Science and Cocktails production funded by The Novo Nordisk Foundation.Contributing Scientists; - Stine Lomberg, Associate Professor and leader of Center for Tracking and Society at the Institute of Communications at The University of Cop

What makes a Murderer. - The biology of violence.

Nov 21st, 2021 44m 22s

A Science and Cocktails production funded by The Novo Nordisk Foundation.Contributing Scientist; Adrian Raine, Professor of Criminology, Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. Journalist, Sound designer and producer; Sof

What is self

Oct 25th, 2021 43m 53s

A Science and Cocktails production funded by The Novo Nordisk Foundation.Contributing Scientist; Dan Zahavi, professor of philosophy and director of the Center for Subjectivity Research at the University of Copenhagen.Journalist, Sound desig

Gender in Science

Jun 23rd, 2021 40m 45s

A Science and Cocktails productionFunded by The Novo Nordisk FoundationContributing Scientist; Ea Høg Utoft, Postdoc at the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University. Journalist, Sound designer and producer; Sofie Hjorth Music c

Under the Trees

May 20th, 2021 48m 7s

The rainforest is a unique ecosystem in a delicate balance. If a larger part of the forest is destroyed the balance will be tipped resolving the whole forest area to turn into a savanna because the ecosystem won’t be able to cycle all the water

The World is Coming to an End

Jan 20th, 2021 32m 46s

The Greenland Ice Sheet is melting much faster than predicted due to several amplifying processes. Jason Box has seen the environmental changes with his own eyes as he has been investigating the Greenland Ice Sheet for decades. In this episode,

The Pill

Dec 20th, 2020 39m 42s

The Birth Control Pill has liberated women by making it possible to control when to have children. But using the pill is not without a prize, for many, who experience several side effects to its use. Recently scientific studies have shown that

CRISPR- a tool for human genome modification and so much more..

Nov 16th, 2020 56m 46s

CRISPR is an adaptive immune system found in a bacterium and archaea, which is now used as a tool for human genome modification. And technology is developing fast. This episode is about what CRISPR is, how it can be used, and what ethical dilem

Quantum Computers on the rise and the end of human disasters

Sep 17th, 2020 1h 4m

The development of Quantum Computers is moving and it is moving fast. Charles Marcus is one of the scientists pushing things forwards and holding the strings. He is telling us that this is a huge step for humanity and it might change the world.

Climate Change and Vector-borne diseases

Aug 25th, 2020 16m 58s

As global climate change leads to rising temperature and increasing rainfall vectors, like mosquitoes and ticks, carrying deadly diseases, are increasing numbers and moving from the south to the north. A Science and Cocktails production.Fu

Loneliness in Coronatimes

Aug 24th, 2020 16m 55s

The global interventions to protect populations from the Corona pandemic has had enormous side effects in relation to the general mental health. Because one of the interventions has been social isolation many, especially young people, have suff

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