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Loss of marine habitats is threatening the global fishing industry – new research

August 26, 2018 in Environment

New study reveals the first quantitative global evidence for the significant roles that seagrasses play in supporting fishery productivity.

Why you can't have free trade and save the planet

September 1, 2018 in Society & Culture

OPINION: For centuries world trade has increased not only environmental degradation, but also global inequality. The expanding ecological footprints of affluent people are unjust as well as unsustainable.

A visit to Rome using centuries-old guidebooks

August 6, 2018 in Society & Culture

"There were big differences in what people thought was important and noteworthy, beautiful or ugly," says Anna Blennow.

Girls experience sexting more negatively than boys

July 30, 2018 in Society & Culture

A new study finds that Swedish boys and girls have very different reactions to sexually explicit texts. One researcher thinks this is very disheartening.

Fathers with more education more likely to take paternity leave

July 23, 2018 in Society & Culture

Swedish doctors and lawyers take twice as much parental leave as their less well-educated peers. But the trend is the opposite for well-educated women.

Autoimmune diseases more often affect people with stress disorders

July 13, 2018 in Health

A major study shows an association between stress-related disorders and subsequent autoimmune diseases such as arthritis, celiac disease and type 1 diabetes.

A tiny dragonhead illuminates life in a Viking trading town

July 11, 2018 in Society & Culture

This little head dates from the Viking Age and was produced in unique style.

Fear of reprisals muzzles Swedish police

July 8, 2018 in Society & Culture

The consequences of working in a culture of fear can be serious.

New research may explain why some people become alcoholics

July 6, 2018 in Health

Several studies suggest that a brain function related to the handling of emotions and stress may be abnormal in people who are addicted to drink.

1600-year-old evidence of beer brewing in Sweden

July 2, 2018 in Society & Culture

And there’s every reason to believe that people in the Nordic countries have been brewing beer much longer than that.

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Green transition: The whole world can learn from a small town in Iceland

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Green transition: The whole world can learn from a small town in Iceland

August 22, 2019 in Environment

A small town in northern Iceland has gone almost CO2-neutral. Researchers went there to find out how they did it and what we can learn from them.

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Aug. 22

Green transition: The whole world can learn from a small town in Iceland

Aug. 21

New research challenges the origin of 'The Egtved girl'

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Hospitals fear a new, deadly fungus – How big is the threat and what can we do?

Aug. 19

Today’s generation shocked they might have to care for their parents

Aug. 17

What happens to flowers and birds when we massacre mosquitoes with modern traps?

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This is what we talk about when we talk about being drunk

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How problematic is it for sheep to wear a bell all summer long?

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People are more generous to each other at festivals