How to decorate like a Viking
Green is the colour of hope, white symbolises surrender or innocence, and black binds the living to the dead.
Archaeology
Jun 19, 2018
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New Greenland telescope is up and running
Greenland can now brag about hosting a large, operational radio telescope, with a dish measuring 12 metres in diameter.
Astronomy
Jun 14, 2018
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Archaeologists uncover remains of a horrifying Iron Age battle in Denmark
We might not know exactly what happened on this battlefield in Denmark, 2,000 years ago. But one thing is certain: It was violent.
Archaeology
Jun 12, 2018
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Scandinavian bumblebees survive by incubating their eggs
It is a sure sign that spring is in the air: The sight of a bumblebee queen buzzing around spring flowers on a sunny day. But sometimes, when she is flying around, she is actually not looking for flowers, but on the hunt ...
Ecology
Jun 11, 2018
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No evidence that Europe's bog bodies were gay
Danish bogs have preserved some unique archaeological finds: Grauballe Man and Tollund Man, to name a few.
Archaeology
Jun 7, 2018
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80 years since the first calculations showed that the Earth was warming due to rising greenhouse gas emissions
Some people argue that concern for global warming is a modern phenomenon. And that scientists and environmental activists invented these worries to raise awareness of rising greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels.
Environment
Jun 5, 2018
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Scientists map the earliest Icelandic genome
Around 870 CE, Norsemen crossed the North Atlantic to reach Iceland, which they spent the next five decades colonising.
Archaeology
Jun 1, 2018
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Once lost archaeology revealed by satellite images and aerial photography
How do you study ancient cities when they're hidden from view, covered with hundreds or thousands of years of human development by the growth of towns and cities?
Archaeology
May 30, 2018
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Why do trees sleep badly?
You may think that trees and other plants are stationary and passive organisms that just stand around all day. So long as they get sufficient sun and water, everything is fine.
Biotechnology
May 29, 2018
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Selfies—why we love (and hate) them
At some point, when I was writing my new book, 'Selfies, why we love (and hate) them,' I walked around the Katrinebjerg halls at Aarhus University, Denmark, and asked people if they'd play a word association game with me.
Other
May 28, 2018
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