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A coalition of government, non-profit and marine industry groups have announced the launch of a new trial incentive program to slow ships down in the Santa Barbara Channel in an …
Slowing ships down for cleaner air and whale protection Read More
Sweden’s government is pushing a new measure to tackle racism issues in the country — it plans to completely remove the word “race” from all legislative documents. Shortly after Sweden …
Sweden to Eliminate Mentions of Race From Laws to Twart Racism Read More
A Swedish woman picked up more than she bargained for when she discovered a pile of unattended Ikea bags in her local church. Instead of opening the bags to find …
Ikea bags stuffed with 80 sets of human remains found in church Read More
Months after a girl took the company to task for its female toy figures, Lego has released the Research Institute, a play set created by a “real-life geophysicist, Ellen Kooijman,” …
Lego releases female-scientists set in response to young critic Read More
The announcement came at a press conference at the space agency NASA headquarters in Washington on July 31. – Today we take probably an important step towards Mars. The spacecraft …
Norwegian radar tech part of next NASA mission to Mars Read More
A new data transfer record of 43 terabits per second has been set in Denmark. The world data transfer record has been shattered by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) …
Danish scientists break world data transfer record Read More
Putting immigration back at the top of political debate, a Danish opposition politician has urged tougher rules on Muslim immigrants to the western European country, calling for easier rules on …
Danish party pushes for cap on Muslim immigrants Read More
A 19-year-old female passenger from Norway en route to Amsterdam from Detroit fell asleep mid-flight, only to wake up and discover the man seated next to her had his hands down …
Feds: Man fondled sleeping passenger on Detroit-Amsterdam flight Read More
Statistics Denmark has made a 2014 portrait of the average Danish family. According to the statistics, Mr and Mrs Denmark are named Peter and Anne Jensen. In average, a Danish …
The Average Dane is a Jensen… Read More
Last year 1,600 people in Sweden took their own lives – the highest number since 1989. Statistics for 2013 from Sweden’s National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) found that …
Swedish suicide rates hit 25-year high Read More