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100,000 years and counting – how do we tell future generations about highly radioactive nuclear waste repositories? ~enviro energy Article 1381 words 20 votes
Sweden has vast old growth forests – but they are being chopped down faster than the Amazon ~enviro Article 698 words 29 votes
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Online anonymity: study found ‘stable pseudonyms’ created a more civil environment than real user names ~tech Article 947 words, published Nov 17 2021 68 votes
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How Iceland takes better care of its foreign criminal offenders than the rest of Europe ~life family Article 1004 words 9 votes
Why are there such profound differences in conceptions of masculinity between Denmark and America? ~life.men Article 952 words, published Jan 31 2024 15 votes
Oil firms forced to consider full climate effects of new drilling, following landmark Norwegian court ruling ~enviro climate change energy Article 1008 words 9 votes
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Making emotional films: The enticing contradictions of Norman Jewison’s movies ~movies Article 1033 words 5 votes
DNA from stone age chewing gum sheds light on diet and disease in Scandinavia's ancient hunter-gatherers ~humanities.history Article 974 words, published Jan 18 2024 11 votes
Iceland battles a lava flow – countries have built barriers and tried explosives in the past, but it's hard to stop molten rock ~enviro Article 662 words 9 votes
Queen Margrethe II is the first Danish monarch to abdicate in 900 years – but it is just a sign of the times ~humanities.history Article 844 words 17 votes
Someone discovered a new pen name used (probably) by Louisa May Alcott in the 1850s ~books Article 1301 words, published Dec 7 2023 11 votes
The curious joy of being wrong – intellectual humility means being open to new information and willing to change your mind ~life Article 1314 words, published Dec 26 2023 39 votes
Technology is making people busier during their so called free time ~life work Article 909 words, published Dec 6 2023 34 votes
Finnish study shows that there is little direct effect of “leisure time physical activity” on lifespan – what makes this study different from others, and is it right? ~health fitness Article 745 words 13 votes
Here’s what happened when I taught a fly-fishing course in the waterways of New Orleans ~sports Article 872 words 4 votes
The curious case of the Danish spy chief and former minister may be over, but key questions about secrecy and democracy remain ~misc politics Article 863 words 6 votes
Volcanic Iceland is rumbling again as magma rises − a geologist explains eruptions in the land of fire and ice ~enviro Article 968 words, published Nov 15 2023 6 votes
From a scholar of genocide: Both Israel and Palestinian supporters accuse the other side of genocide – here’s what the term actually means ~misc Article 1185 words, published Nov 7 2023 12 votes
Massachusetts passed a law requiring cars make data accessible to independent shops to allow repairs. Automakers sued. ~transport Article 1155 words 31 votes
Estonia-Finland pipeline explosion – what's the evidence that the damage was deliberate? ~enviro energy Article 917 words 13 votes
In the depths of Hobart's Museum of Old and New Art, a volcano is stirring – Hrafntinna (Obsidian) is an immersive installation by Icelandic artist and musician Jónsi ~arts art.installation Article 858 words, published Oct 3 2023 9 votes
Centenarian blood tests give hints of the secrets to longevity ~health Article 843 words, published Oct 9 2023 9 votes
Humans have been predicting eclipses for thousands of years, but it’s harder than you might think ~space astronomy Article 1021 words, published Apr 16 2023 11 votes
Microplastics in the mud – Finnish lake sediments help us get to the bottom of plastic pollution ~enviro pollution plastics.micro Article 1359 words 8 votes
Harassment and abuse perceived to harm poor women less − new research finds a ‘thicker skin’ bias ~life.women Article 628 words 16 votes
Professionals in Sweden are pushing back hard against a rightwing plan to make them snitch on undocumented migrants ~life Article 885 words 23 votes
Recent neuroscience research suggests that popular strategies to control dopamine are based on an overly narrow view of how it functions ~science medicine Article 1036 words 17 votes
How disappearance became a global weapon of psychological control, fifty years on from Chile’s US-backed coup ~humanities.history Article 3242 words 21 votes
How video games like ‘Starfield’ are creating a new generation of classical music fans ~music classical Article 1157 words 18 votes
Three medieval tales about adventures to the Moon - from three different cultures ~books literature Article 842 words, published Sep 6 2023 12 votes
Many people think cannabis smoke is harmless − a physician explains how that belief can put people at risk ~health Article 767 words, published Aug 30 2023 35 votes
Should AI be permitted in college classrooms? Four scholars weigh in ~humanities education.higher Article 1053 words 13 votes
A supermarket chain in the Netherlands is helping to combat loneliness with so-called “slow” checkouts where chatting is encouraged ~life Article 925 words 27 votes
The number of strikes rippling across the US seem big, but the total number of Americans walking off the job remains historically low ~life work Article 844 words, published Aug 24 2023 14 votes
‘Worthless’ forest carbon offsets risk exacerbating climate change ~enviro climate change Article 939 words 34 votes
Risk of death related to pregnancy and childbirth more than doubled between 1999 and 2019 in the US, new study finds ~health healthcare medicine Article 644 words, published Aug 18 2023 58 votes
To predict future sea level rise, we need accurate maps of the world's most remote fjords in Greenland and Antarctica ~enviro climate change Article 865 words, published Aug 21 2023 8 votes
Historian finds evidence for use of y'all in London from 1600s ~humanities.languages Article 875 words, published Nov 29 2022 69 votes