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Lars Vilks Attacked: Video, Muhammad Cartoonist Uppsala

Video: Lars Vilks Attacked During Lecture At Uppsala University Lar Vilks, the Swedish artists who angered many Muslims for depicting the Prophet Mohammed as dog in a satirical cartoon was attacked during a presentation at Uppsala Univeristy, near Stockholm. Lars Vilks...

created by NowPublic Staff | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Human Digits Evolved from Fish Fins

A new study which examined existing fossil records has found that human fingers and toes did not develop in tetrapods 365 million years ago as they crawled from the sea onto land, but 380 million years ago within...

created by Terri Potratz | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Researchers to measure methane from cow belch

About 20 cows in Sweden will be put on different diets and will wear collars in an effort to measure how much methane each one burps out in the air. Researchers believe that 95 percent of the methane...

created by jdkk | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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School raises $590,000 to study cow belching

The bovine belch has never been so lucrative."STOCKHOLM, Sweden - A Swedish university has received $590,000 in research funds to measure the greenhouse gases released when cows belch. About 20 cows will...

created by Rob Peters | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Far-right party pushes for racially pure pre-schools

weden's far-right National Democrat party has announced plans to open a number of pre-schools for ethnic Swedish children only. In the next few weeks the party intends testing the waters by submitting applications to local councils.....

created by jips | 4 years ago
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400,000-year-old DNA found in bear tooth (AFP)

" STOCKHOLM (AFP) - A Swedish-led team of scientists has discovered 400,000-year-old DNA in bear teeth, the Uppsala University in Sweden said. The team, made up of Swedish, Spanish and German researchers, discovered the remains of the bear in a cave in Atapuerca, northern...