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Europe’s Win and Worry with Artificial Intelligence

Science Stories is visiting the AI in Science Summit 2025 co-organized by the European Commission, The Danish EU Presidency and The University of Copenhagen. There is full house with 1200 participants, and the topic is all aspects of artificial intelligence. Science journalist jens Degett is trying to understand artificial intelligence better and has asked Chair of the Summit Steering Committee, Director of the Danish Pioneer Centre for AI, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Copenhagen Serge Belongie to explain what artificial Intelligence is and why it is important.

[Best of] Hologenomics. How organisms interact and evolve

DNA and RNA sequence analysis enable researchers to form a total overview of which species of microorganisms and parasites live with humans, animals and plants. It is not just in our gut where microorganisms are playing a role in our digestion. Also on the skin and all mucous membranes, in the mouth and all the way down into the hair follicles, we live together with parasites and microorganisms which help to shape our lives and our development. This knowledge makes it possible to see organisms in a far more holistic perspective, which provides a far better understanding of the factors that have evolutionarily shaped the species as they now appear in nature. In this podcast, Science Journalist Jens Degett talks to Professor Marcus Thomas Pius Gilbert from the Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics (CEH) at the University of Copenhagen. The center received DKK 67.7 million from the Danish National Research Foundation.

European Space industry is aiming at the sky

Last week the EU Space Conference 2025 took place in Aalborg as part of the Danish EU-presidency. More than 450 stakeholders from science, policy, industry and media met during the two-day conference. The EU Commissioner for defense and space Andrius Kubilius, the Danish Minister for Higher Education and Science Christina Egelund and the former Danish Prime Minister and NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen were among the speakers. Already at the opening of the conference, it was clear that the importance of space research and its utilization has changed dramatically. The Minister Christina Egelund announced that Denmark will invest 2,7 billion DKK in space related activities during the next four years. Science Stories decided to ask one of the top speakers, Stephan Roemer from OHB in Germany, to give an overview of what tendences the conference was showing with Danish and European space industry’s development and give us a perspective of the opportunities and the challenges. OHB is one of the three largest space companies in Europe. It seems in the near future we can expect a dramatic development of space related tools such as satellites will be an integrated part of many fields from research, resource management and agriculture to defense. Interview is made by Jens Degett,Denmark. Interviewee is Stephan Roemer, Germany

Copenhagen Suborbitals

When something is possible and not too difficult to achieve, We are used to say “This is not rocket science” but today's podcast is literally about rocket science - and, in a way maybe the most difficult approach to sending people into orbit we can think of. Copenhagen Suborbitals is the world’s first and only amateur spaceflight program. The Copenhagen Suborbitals is located in Denmark with supporters from across the world. From 2011 until today they have designed and flown 6 rockets from their floating launch site in the Baltic Sea. Their goal is simple but audacious: to fly an amateur astronaut to space and return him/her safely to Earth – Without Governmental Support Todays Science Stories guest is Jørgen Skyt from Copenhagen Suborbitals. I am Jens Degett and this is Science Stories, We will make links and more photos on our website.

[Best of] Circadian rythms

All organisms from fruit flies to humans share the same mechanism for controlling the day and night rhythms also called the circadian rhythms. This mechanism is considered fundamental to all advanced life forms, and it has a surprising feature. It binds us genetically to live on earth. Michael Rosbash received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2017 for the discovery of the circadian rhythms together with Jeffrey Hall and Michael Young. He is a professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at Brandeis University. In 2019 he was invited by The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters to give the nineteenth Royal Academy Nobel Laureate Lecture in Copenhagen and was interviewed by science journalist Jens Degett. Photo credit: Chris Heller for Science Stories. Release date: 10 September 2025 [Best of] Circadian Rhythms By Science Stories is