The brain is a brilliant organ. It stores our personality and memories, and it controls our body. It can make sense of things, and even wehn we jubmle…

“We are the champions – of the world!” This line from a chart-topping rock ballad could have come from Mette Frisk Jensen, corruption expert at Aarhus…

Creativity was once the preserve of mad geniuses, troubled souls and avant-garde eccentrics. Today we all have to be creative, a trait we expect to fi…

We love democracy, but few of us can explain this affection. That is probably why dictators can pose as true democrats, and why the subdued can see de…

This man has found happiness. His, yours, and mine. Unlike the rest of us, Christian Bjørnskov, happiness researcher at Aarhus University, knows what …

Play is not just for kids and the young at heart. Boring grown-ups play too, but we only unleash our imagination with close friends and family. Still,…

Danes love sharing, caring and communal singing, Auld Lang Syne, 99 bottles of Carlsberg, and public welfare for all. This sounds too good to be true …

Famed for its industriousness and its urge to conquer, this race practises farming and uses chemical weapons. Humans? No, ants! Joachim Offenberg, a m…

Suresh Rattan's birth certificate reads "1955". At his age, signs of decline inevitably creep in, but Suresh doesn't feel that old. In fact, he feels …

How many questions do we ask each day? Why do we ask them in the first place? Do we always ask because we’re trying to learn something? Or are there s…

Do you know this man? Probably not. If you were Danish there's a 78% chance you would trust him anyway. Everyone shows some degree of trust – in famil…

Love is all around. A romantic cliché? No, a fact of human life. Just ask Anne Marie Pahuus, a Danish philosopher at Aarhus University. Love is essent…