China is ready for war (and thanks to a crumbling defense industrial base, America is not) ~society politics Article 2729 words 20 votes
Following Norway’s national painter through a landscape of mountains and fjords – Harald Sohlberg is celebrated within his native country and almost unknown outside it ~arts art painting Article 1991 words, published Sep 30 2024 5 votes
California bans legacy admissions at private universities ~society politics Article 716 words 29 votes
As the Taliban starts restricting men, too, some regret not speaking up sooner ~humanities religion Article 1153 words 52 votes
USA: "The undecided voters are not who you think they are" ~society politics Article 2340 words 37 votes
Scores of papers by Eliezer Masliah, prominent neuroscientist and top NIH official, fall under suspicion ~science Link 25 votes
OpenAI pushes ahead with for-profit plans and talks to give Sam Altman a stake ~finance business Link 33 votes
Southern Water, serving 4.7mn UK customers, in discussions with private supplier to tanker water from Norwegian fjords to mitigate against potential supply shortages and drought ~enviro Article 727 words 11 votes
Why eight Tokyo minutes from office to metro is too long – The city is seeing a boom in commercial construction but labour scarcity has made location a critical concern for companies ~design urban planning architecture Link 13 votes
US Republicans’ electoral college edge, once seen as ironclad, looks to be fading ~society politics Article 1877 words 23 votes
In the US, more than 200 pregnant women were prosecuted the year after Roe v. Wade was overturned ~society politics Article 578 words 23 votes
Aug 2024 - "America isn’t ready for the wars of the future" by Mark Milley (ex-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) and Eric Schmidt (ex-CEO of Google) ~tech Article 3872 words, published Aug 5 2024 13 votes
That collective feeling - The rise and fall of New York clubbing ~humanities Article 3535 words 7 votes
Mpox and the perils of vaccine nationalism: Rich countries and the World Health Organization must heed the lessons of COVID-19 ~health medicine Article 665 words, published Jun 24 2022 11 votes
US FDA approves first nasal spray flu vaccine for use at home ~health medicine Article 563 words 23 votes
Teamsters won’t endorse a candidate for US President in 2024 ~society politics Article 1239 words 23 votes
The anti–rock star: Leonard Cohen’s battle against shameless male egoism ~music Article 4258 words 10 votes
The confessions of Marcus Hutchins, the hacker who saved the internet (2020) ~tech internet security.cyber Article 7106 words, published May 12 2020 38 votes
NASA’s Europa Clipper mission looked doomed. Could engineers save it? ~space spaceflight.scientific Article 1816 words 7 votes
Norway’s oil capital Stavanger feels the squeeze as krone slides. The krone has lost about 20% against the euro since 2022. ~finance economics Article 67 words 4 votes
What gay men’s stunning success might teach us about the academic gender gap ~lgbt Article 914 words, published Feb 24 2022 20 votes
More Chinese women graduate but jobs and equal pay still elude them: women under-represented in Stem subjects at university and afterwards are quizzed about plans to start a family ~life.women Link 19 votes
Soaring coffee prices have Italians ‘afraid and panicking’. Poor harvests are pushing up costs up for a nation that consumes 6bn shots a year in bars and cafés. ~food drinks Link 29 votes
Negative European energy prices hit record level – Rapid rollout of solar and wind generation has outpaced ability to store power ~enviro energy.renewable Link 31 votes
The ‘Super Emmys’ flopped fifty years ago. But that shouldn’t minimize this historic ‘Mary Tyler Moore Show’ win. (gifted link) ~tv Article 1119 words 3 votes
What we know about Covid’s impact on your brain: Scientists are worried that persisting cognitive issues may signal a coming surge of dementia and other mental conditions ~health Article 77 words 36 votes
The Hague will become first city to ban fossil fuel ads by law. Legally binding crackdown will include promotion of petrol cars, flights and cruise ships. ~enviro Link 26 votes
The theory that men evolved to hunt and women evolved to gather is wrong ~science anthropology Article 3158 words, published Nov 1 2023 58 votes
Norway's economy is thriving yet the krone is becoming less and less valuable. What's going on? ~finance economics Link 5 votes
"Sound of Freedom" inspiration accused in lawsuits and interviews of sexual predation ~life Article 3834 words 15 votes
GPU couture – Living the Nvidia loca [someone designed a purse made out of a GPU] ~life.style Link 6 votes
How a start-up utopia became a nightmare for Honduras: US investors are suing Honduras over special economic zones, and the dispute could bankrupt the country ~finance business Article 1510 words 22 votes
China's Arctic dreams make the Norwegian port of Kirkenes a global prize – and an unlikely hotbed of East-West rivalry ~transport Article 77 words 6 votes