Denmark to end new oil and gas exploration in North Sea – decision is part of a plan to phase out fossil fuel extraction by 2050 ~enviro climate change Article 481 words 6 votes
No-kill, lab-grown meat to go on sale for first time. Singapore’s approval of chicken cells grown in bioreactors is seen as landmark moment across industry. ~food meat Article 1058 words 14 votes
Drone sightings caused Gatwick airport to close for two days in 2018, but despite a lengthy police investigation, no culprit was ever found. So what exactly did people see in the Sussex sky? ~transport Article 5293 words 10 votes
NHS to trial blood test to detect more than fifty forms of cancer ~health healthcare Article 770 words, published Nov 27 2020 9 votes
Study indicates climate ‘apocalypse’ fears stopping people having children ~enviro climate change Article 922 words 20 votes
'Sistine Chapel of the ancients' rock art discovered in remote Amazon forest ~humanities.history Article 1064 words 11 votes
Amazon's reported surveillance of workers could break Australian law, union says ~news australia crime law Article 493 words 7 votes
An Italian fisherman persuaded sculptors to create huge marble artworks – then dropped them in the Mediterranean ~enviro Article 924 words, published Nov 17 2020 15 votes
Covid-19 vaccine candidate is 90% effective, says manufacturer ~health medicine Article 285 words 30 votes
Boris Johnson announces ten-point green plan, including investments in nuclear and wind, and new combustion vehicle ban from 2030 ~enviro energy.renewable Article 832 words 30 votes
Ada Hegerberg: ‘I'm coming back to reconquer my position in football’ ~sports.football Article 1421 words 4 votes
Norwegian Air files for bankruptcy protection in Ireland – low-cost airline to continue reduced flight schedule and shares will still be traded in Oslo ~transport Article 623 words 5 votes
Woolworths set to build one of Australia's biggest liquor stores near dry Darwin Aboriginal communities ~food drinks Article 927 words 12 votes
Harlan Ellison's The Last Dangerous Visions may finally be published, after five-decade wait ~books science fiction Article 685 words 7 votes
Suing for climate action: Can the courts save us from the black hole of political inaction? ~enviro climate change Article 1889 words 5 votes
Norwegian Air said it is facing a “very uncertain future” after the government of Norway refused to grant further financial assistance to the airline ~transport Article 451 words 6 votes
Human rights groups urge driver action over F1 race in Saudi Arabia ~sports.motorsports Article 809 words 6 votes
Denmark forced to U-turn on meat ban for state canteens – initiative had been part of the government's aim to achieve a 70% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 ~enviro Article 609 words 6 votes
Amazon's launch of a Swedish retail site has caused embarrassment – confusing, nonsensical and occasionally vulgar product listings scattered across the catalogue ~tech amazon Article 351 words 6 votes
How Syria's disinformation wars destroyed the co-founder of the White Helmets ~misc Article 4903 words 6 votes
The forgotten story of ... the France football captain who murdered for Adolf Hitler ~sports.football Article 1720 words, published Nov 16 2009 7 votes
Greta Thunberg has accused MEPs of surrendering on the climate and environment by voting in favour of a watered-down reform of the EU's common agricultural policy ~enviro climate change Article 519 words 5 votes
Peter Madsen, convicted of murdering Kim Wall in 2017, has been recaptured after escaping from his suburban jail in Copenhagen by taking a psychologist hostage ~news denmark.copenhagen crime Article 197 words 11 votes
Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós have claimed they face financial ruin or even jail following an 'unjust and draconian' second prosecution for tax evasion ~music Article 442 words 8 votes
Greenland's ice sheet melting seven times faster than in 1990s ~enviro climate change Article 1058 words, published Dec 10 2019 8 votes
Rio F1 racetrack plans add fuel to Brazil deforestation row: Most of city’s last flatland area along with 180,000 trees would be destroyed if project goes ahead ~enviro Article 943 words 7 votes
IKEA is to buy back its unwanted furniture from customers to resell as secondhand, as part of the Swedish group's efforts to become more environmentally friendly ~enviro sustainability Article 374 words 10 votes
Nicklas Bendtner: ‘I became too fond of the lifestyle that came with the money’ ~sports.football Article 2025 words 4 votes
Cambridge Analytica did not misuse data in EU referendum, says UK watchdog ~tech Article 459 words 5 votes
The disruption con: Why Big Tech’s favourite buzzword is nonsense ~finance economics Article 2994 words, published Sep 24 2020 6 votes
Subway bread does not meet tax exempt legal definition of bread, Irish court rules ~food restaurants Article 264 words 17 votes
Insurance giant Suncorp to end coverage and finance for oil and gas industry ~enviro climate change Article 702 words, published Aug 21 2020 13 votes
Valtteri Bottas wins Russian GP as time penalty denies Lewis Hamilton's record bid – ninth career F1 win is his second at Sochi and his second this season ~sports.motorsports Article 903 words 6 votes
Dark hair was common among Vikings – research reveals they were a genetically diverse group and not purely Scandinavian ~humanities.history Article 710 words 14 votes
Ami, the tiny cube on wheels that French fourteen-year-olds can drive ~transport Article 1105 words 21 votes
Norway arrests suspect linked to 1982 attack on Jewish restaurant in Paris – man held on European arrest warrant issued by French authorities over attack in which six people died ~news norway crime palestine france.paris Article 480 words 7 votes
Unstaffed, digital supermarkets transform rural Sweden – Lifvs start-up has opened nineteen stores across the country, choosing remote places that have lost their local shops ~tech Article 577 words 15 votes
Two-metre-long sturgeon, a species today near extinction, has been found preserved in the pantry of a 500-year-old Danish royal shipwreck in the Baltic Sea ~humanities.history Article 332 words 8 votes
Arizona university prevents potential Covid outbreak by testing feces ~health Article 364 words 8 votes
Demand for whale meat in Norway rising after years of decline – conservationists say relaxing of regulations poses threat to welfare of minke whales ~enviro conservation Article 576 words 6 votes
Silicon Valley has deep pockets for African startups – if you’re not African ~tech Article 1779 words, published Jul 17 2020 10 votes
The case for making low-tech 'dumb' cities instead of 'smart' ones ~tech Article 1746 words, published Jan 15 2020 8 votes
Norway plans to drill for oil in untouched Arctic areas – critics say plan for fields off Svalbard threatens ecosystem and relations with Russia ~enviro Article 775 words 6 votes
Magnus Carlsen fought back from the verge of defeat as the world champion clinched his seven-day, 38-game match against Hikaru Nakamura by four sets to three ~games.tabletop Article 670 words 9 votes
Ocean Vuong joins Margaret Atwood, David Mitchell and Karl Ove Knausgård to lock away work in the Future Library to be published in ninety-four years time ~books libraries Article 817 words 10 votes
Norway's wealth fund loses £16bn in first half of 2020 after Covid panic – state support has restored investor confidence but fund expects more market turmoil ~finance economics Article 551 words 7 votes
US families consume cancer-linked glyphosate in their food; eating organic reduces levels ~health Article 1148 words 7 votes