Southwestern Iceland was rocked by a series of earthquakes Wednesday, which have caused increased volcanic activity ~science Article 203 words, published Feb 1 2021 5 votes
TreeToTextile set to build demonstration plant in Sweden – several Nordic pulp makers are part of projects developing new clean ways to turn trees into textile fibre ~enviro sustainability Article 257 words 10 votes
Spain's new gender bill will allow self-id, without a requirement for medical treatment ~lgbt transgender Link 20 votes
Reddit has raised $368 million in Series E funding, at a $6 billion valuation ~tech social media Article 360 words 15 votes
Daft Punk call it quits, the legendary dance duo have split twenty-eight years after forming in Paris ~music dance Article 330 words 37 votes
Mario Draghi forms new government in Italy, politicians and technocrats named as ministers ~news italy politics Article 331 words, published Feb 12 2021 8 votes
Rosa Parks' Stanford press conference recording now accessible online ~humanities.history Article 379 words, published Dec 18 2019 5 votes
Black Dresses are still broken up, but they just released a new album anyway ~music rock industrial Article 287 words 7 votes
Tigres beat Palmeiras to advance to potential meeting with Bayern Munich in Club World Cup final ~sports.football Link 6 votes
An ephemeral artwork made with thousands of footsteps in the snow has captured attention near Finland's capital of Helsinki ~arts art.public art.ephemeral Article 256 words 19 votes
Swedish embassy in Minsk harbours two Belarusians for five months – they sought refuge after protests but are becoming a diplomatic issue for Sweden ~news sweden belarus.minsk Article 392 words 5 votes
A twenty-year-old man was fatally shot while filming a YouTube "prank" robbery ~tech social media Article 193 words 16 votes
Hackers try to contaminate Florida town's water supply through computer breach ~tech Article 361 words 15 votes
Japan has a train station just so people can enjoy the beautiful scenery ~transport Article 377 words, published May 29 2019 12 votes
UK government accused of re-igniting culture war over gender neutral bathrooms ~lgbt transgender Article 383 words, published Dec 2 2020 13 votes
Texas Department of Public Safety issues amber alert for victim of horror doll Chucky ~tech Article 325 words 5 votes
US Pentagon, stumped by extremism in ranks, orders stand-down in next sixty days ~news usa Article 393 words 20 votes
Sámi National Day – National day that falls on February 6th. This date was when the first Sámi congress was held in 1917 in Trondheim, Norway ~life Article 398 words 11 votes
Joe Manchin's bid to pierce US tech's shield ~tech internet Article 234 words, published Feb 1 2021 4 votes
Denmark's government has agreed to take a majority stake in a £25bn artificial 'energy island' which is to be built 80km offshore ~enviro energy.renewable Article 357 words 9 votes
McDonald's is testing the 'McPlant' burger in Denmark and Sweden – burger features a patty made from pea and rice proteins, which was co-developed with Beyond Meat ~food restaurants meat Article 216 words 23 votes
Melvin Capital reportedly lost 53% of it's assets due to r/WallStreetBets driven GameStop stock surge ~finance Article 394 words 21 votes
Denmark reached the world handball championship final with a thrilling 35-33 win over Spain – Sweden stunned France 32-26 on Friday ~sports Article 346 words 8 votes
New Spotify patent involves monitoring users’ speech to recommend music ~tech privacy Article 329 words 25 votes
Keith Gill drove the GameStop Reddit mania. He talked to the Journal. ~finance Article 243 words 10 votes
Campaigns & Companions will delight RPG fans who are obsessed with their pets ~games.tabletop dungeons and dragons Article 195 words 6 votes
Beer company Natty Light is the unlikely force behind the 'Da Vinci of Debt', now on view in Grand Central Station ~arts art.installation Article 362 words 11 votes
Italy takes action against TikTok following girl’s death ~tech social media Article 246 words 5 votes
Icelandic man receives world's first double-arm-and-shoulder transplant – four surgical teams were involved to minimise the transition time between donor and recipient ~science medicine biology Article 380 words 9 votes
Making sense of sky-high stock prices ~finance economics Article 222 words, published Nov 30 2020 11 votes
Hege Riise will lead the England women's football team on a temporary basis after Phil Neville's early departure as manager ~sports.football Article 379 words 6 votes
Zlatan sets new personal best as AC Milan eye Scudetto run – Ibrahimovic now has twelve goals through just eight Serie A games ~sports.football Article 365 words 8 votes
US President Joe Biden indicates plans to cancel Keystone XL pipeline permit on first day in office, sources confirm ~enviro Article 248 words 31 votes
Scottish fishermen have increasingly turned to fish auctions in Denmark to avoid having their deliveries to the EU blocked by post-Brexit red tape ~finance Article 306 words 6 votes
Greta Thunberg features on Swedish postage stamp – illustration of activist is part of a series highlighting government's environmental quality goals ~design Article 288 words 6 votes
In first major commercial aviation accident of 2021, a Boeing 737-500—Sriwijaya Air flight 182—crashes near Jakarta ~transport Article 205 words 13 votes
Nickelodeon - NFL Collaboration write-up by AVClub ~sports.american_football Article 305 words 5 votes
Facebook bans Donald Trump "indefinitely" with Mark Zuckerberg explaining that "the risks of allowing the US President to continue to use our service... are simply too great" ~tech facebook social media Article 123 words 36 votes
Standard Notes completes penetration test and cryptography audit ~tech security privacy Article 350 words 14 votes