On a cold, sunny October day on the outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark, a group of men dressed in black gathers outside Brondby Stadium to shoot off a couple of rockets, raise their fists and shout about how the home team will soon beat — and…

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When Jonette Øyen bought her first electric car, it turned heads. “Now nobody turns around!” she says with a laugh. Sometime in April, Norway is expected to become the first country where one in every 100 cars is purely electric. One percent may not sound…

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Hey there, hipster. No bike helmet, huh? Well, we all have our excuses. There are the vanity-driven ones that — let’s be honest — explain why the majority of our brain cages sit collecting dust in the dark corners of the garage. Squashed hair, unflattering…

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Karen Hanghøj, a scientist with Denmark’s Geological Survey, points to the southern tip of Greenland on a colorful map hanging in her office. “What you can see here in the southern region here is you have a big pink region,” she says. “And then within…

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Forget touch screens and voice recognition — what if you could control your computer just by looking at it? Gaze-based interaction has been around for 20 years, used mainly by people with disabilities. But the technology could be available to the masses soon, allowing users…

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When it comes to recycling in New Mexico, there is nowhere to go but up. And that’s the plan! Major efforts are underway to improve the state’s recycling rate, but what will it take to get us caught up with the rest of the nation? …

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Here’s a story from the archives. Six months following the 9/11 attacks, when safety was the first thing on everyone’s mind, I travelled to Westchester County, just north of New York City, to find out what would happen in case of an attack (or accident)…

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