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Cassava: The perilous past and promising future of a toxic but nourishing crop ~food Article 1320 words 6 votes
Human brains and fruit fly brains are built similarly – visualizing how helps researchers better understand how both work ~science Article 572 words 6 votes
Loneliness can kill, and new research shows middle-aged Americans are particularly vulnerable ~science psychology.social Article 630 words 31 votes
Early spring brings a ‘hungry gap’ for bees – here’s how you can help ~enviro Article 931 words 25 votes
Why are Americans fighting over no-fault divorce? Maybe they can’t agree what marriage is for. ~life relationships Article 966 words, published Mar 21 2024 38 votes
How much stress is too much? A psychiatrist explains the links between toxic stress and poor health − and how to get help. ~health Article 1095 words, published Mar 19 2024 15 votes
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
Spacesuits need a major upgrade for the next phase of exploration ~space spaceflight Article 969 words, published Mar 6 2024 8 votes
Sweden has consistently reported some of the lowest rates of maternal and child mortality in the world – unfortunately these achievements don't extend to foreign-born mothers ~life.women Article 707 words, published Feb 12 2024 15 votes
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
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
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
‘No cash accepted’ signs are bad news for millions of unbanked Americans ~finance banking business Article 989 words 55 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
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
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
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
Massachusetts passed a law requiring cars make data accessible to independent shops to allow repairs. Automakers sued. ~transport Article 1155 words 31 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
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
Estonia-Finland pipeline explosion – what's the evidence that the damage was deliberate? ~enviro energy Article 917 words 13 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
Three medieval tales about adventures to the Moon - from three different cultures ~books literature Article 842 words, published Sep 6 2023 12 votes
Should AI be permitted in college classrooms? Four scholars weigh in ~humanities education.higher Article 1053 words 13 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
How video games like ‘Starfield’ are creating a new generation of classical music fans ~music classical Article 1157 words 18 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
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
‘Worthless’ forest carbon offsets risk exacerbating climate change ~enviro climate change Article 939 words 34 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
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
Potentially faulty data spotted in surveys of drug use and other behaviors among LGBQ youth ~lgbt Article 644 words 10 votes