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- The boss, not the workload, causes workplace depression http://sciencenordic.com/boss-not-workload-causes-workplace-depression 41 comments
- Green transition: The whole world can learn from a small town in Iceland http://sciencenordic.com/green-transition-whole-world-can-learn-small-town-iceland 7 comments science
- Ireland becomes western most site of world's largest radio telescope http://sciencenordic.com/ireland-becomes-western-most-site-worlds-largest-radio-telescope 6 comments space
- Danish scientists use eye-tracking equipment to identify what really happens when the glass moves on a Ouija board http://sciencenordic.com/how-ouija-boards-really-work 15 comments science
- Archaeologists uncover remains of a horrifying Iron Age battle in Denmark. Thirteen-year-olds fought side by side with adult men and the dead were left where they fell, ripped to pieces by hungry animals. One of the most startling discoveries was the four pelvic bones mounted on a stick. http://sciencenordic.com/archaeologists-uncover-remains-horrifying-iron-age-battle-denmark 1519 comments science
- What are these gigantic balls of jelly in the sea? http://sciencenordic.com/what-are-these-gigantic-balls-jelly-sea 9 comments europe
- The boss, not the workload, causes workplace depression: It is not a big workload that causes depression at work. An unfair boss and an unfair work environment are what really bring employees down, new study suggests. http://sciencenordic.com/boss-not-workload-causes-workplace-depression 712 comments science
- A simple mathematical formula explains why our teeth look the way they do and suggest that our wisdom teeth will eventually disappear. http://sciencenordic.com/evolution-will-make-our-wisdom-teeth-disappear 254 comments science
- Manure from farm stables can promote genes in bacteria that help make them resistant to antibiotics, shows new study http://sciencenordic.com/manure-can-spread-antibiotic-resistance 4 comments science
- Frequent blood donors suffer no ill effects and may actually live longer than infrequent donors. http://sciencenordic.com/frequent-blood-donors-live-longer 514 comments science
- Ants care for their sick to avoid epidemics: Epidemics are incredibly rare in the ant world, and new research indicates that one secret behind ants’ effective disease control is a good clean-up. http://sciencenordic.com/ants-care-their-sick-avoid-epidemics 21 comments science
- Isolated community in Sweden used runes to write up to 100 years ago - And their language really is *Elf*dalian http://sciencenordic.com/isolated-people-sweden-only-stopped-using-runes-100-years-ago 5 comments linguistics
- Fashionable Vikings loved colours, fur, and silk http://sciencenordic.com/fashionable-vikings-loved-colours-fur-and-silk 18 comments history
- The Viking age began in Denmark http://sciencenordic.com/viking-age-began-denmark? 25 comments history
- Scientists warn: creationism is on the rise in Europe http://sciencenordic.com/scientists-warn-creationism-rise-europe 275 comments europe
- Scientists have discovered a new type of hydrogen bond which was previously considered impossible or at least highly improbable. The results of a new study, show that an implausible type of hydrogen bond can occur between a phosphorus atom and a hydrogen atom http://sciencenordic.com/scientists-discover-impossible-hydrogen-bond 3 comments science
- Chemical pollution is causing polar bear penises to break http://sciencenordic.com/chemical-pollution-causing-polar-bear-penises-break 13 comments science
- Items lost in the Stone Age are found in melting glaciers http://sciencenordic.com/items-lost-stone-age-are-found-melting-glaciers? 4 comments history
- Roman drunkard found on Danish island http://sciencenordic.com/roman-drunkard-found-danish-island? 37 comments history
- Scientists thought they had made a mistake when they discovered a huge electric field in a thin layer of solid nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas. As it transpires, however, they had discovered a new electrical phenomenon: Huge electric fields occur spontaneously in laughing gas http://sciencenordic.com/historic-danish-discovery-huge-electric-field-occurs-spontaneously-laughing-gas 422 comments science
- New study offers hope for patients with chronic infections http://sciencenordic.com/new-study-offers-hope-patients-chronic-infections 8 comments science
- Bacteria in the gut may play a role in alcohol addiction and the risk of relapse after rehab. http://sciencenordic.com/alcoholism-linked-lack-intestinal-bacteria 27 comments science
- An international group of cancer researchers have completed the first ever systematic study of noncoding DNA. They found that mutations in the noncoding DNA can, despite previous beliefs, cause cancer. http://sciencenordic.com/mutations-noncoding-dna-also-cause-cancer 7 comments science
- Surprisingly high levels of radioactivity in Norwegian reindeer and sheep http://sciencenordic.com/surprisingly-high-levels-radioactivity-norwegian-reindeer-and-sheep 13 comments science
- Blind people have four times more nightmares than sighted people http://sciencenordic.com/blind-people-have-four-times-more-nightmares-sighted-people 498 comments science
- Paper beats computer screens: Norwegian study of 10th graders confirms that reading texts in print versus on a computer screen is better for some aspects of comprehension http://sciencenordic.com/paper-beats-computer-screens 10 comments science
- Scientists are creating a whole new class of antibiotics - Danish researchers are developing a new class of antibiotics to fight the growing threat of superbugs. http://sciencenordic.com/scientists-are-creating-whole-new-class-antibiotics 38 comments worldnews
- Pollen may increase suicide rates: Scientists have established a correlation between pollen count in the air and suicide rates in Denmark. Scientists may now have come a step closer to solving the long-standing mystery of why most suicides appear to take place in springtime. http://sciencenordic.com/pollen-may-increase-suicide-rates 11 comments science
- HPV vaccine effective for Danish women: The HPV vaccine against cervical cancer was introduced in Denmark in 2006. New research shows that it is already working as it should and has significantly reduced the risk of cervical precursor lesions. http://sciencenordic.com/hpv-vaccine-effective-danish-women 429 comments science
- Maths ability not inherent ... you are not just bad at maths, you are either taught badly or not working hard enough http://sciencenordic.com/no-math-gene-learning-mathematics-takes-practice 138 comments science
- Science Nordic - Bike helmets are less effective than we think http://sciencenordic.com/bike-helmets-are-less-effective-we-think 55 comments bicycling
- The boss, not the workload, causes workplace depression: It is not a big workload that causes depression at work. An unfair boss and an unfair work environment are what really bring employees down, new study suggests. http://sciencenordic.com/boss-not-workload-causes-workplace-depression 2237 comments science
- No serious side effects from HPV vaccine: A study of nearly a million girls in Sweden and Denmark eradicates anxieties about mass vaccinations against the virus that causes cervical cancer. http://sciencenordic.com/no-serious-side-effects-hpv-vaccine 1529 comments science
- Guerrilla Tactics in Iron Age Norway—After Rome's influence fell, warfare changed drastically. Petty warlords built small forts. If you stop staging big battles & try to kill the boss in his home, you need an ax. It was a free-for-all. By 600 AD, only a few chieftains remained. http://sciencenordic.com/norwegian-guerrilla-warfare-iron-age 6 comments history
- Don’t underestimate Viking women http://sciencenordic.com/don%E2%80%99t-underestimate-viking-women 7 comments history
- How did bored Vikings kill time? Pretty much as you would expect http://sciencenordic.com/how-vikings-killed-time 14 comments science
- If Greenlandic culture has been ruined, Denmark is not to blame. http://sciencenordic.com/greenlanders-strove-change 21 comments europe
- Denmark cannot apologise for slave trade http://sciencenordic.com/denmark-cannot-apologise-slave-trade 8 comments history
- New vaccine could eradicate tuberculosis http://sciencenordic.com/new-vaccine-could-eradicate-tuberculosis 9 comments science
- Serial criminals should be punished less harshly http://sciencenordic.com/serial-criminals-should-be-punished-less-harshly 41 comments science