Why Sven Svensson Could be the Next Big Thing

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Another Scandinavian thriller, The Snowman by Jo Nesbo, is out. Nesbo’s books are global bestsellers like those by Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell. And like his predecessors, Nesbo’s books are grim, violent and political. The World’s Alex Gallafent asked some interested Scandinavians how they might freshen up the Nordic noir genre. They came up with a new storyline. Download MP3

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Libya and The Great (Viral) Game

By now you’ve likely seen the Russian-made video which uses the mobile game Angry Birds to have some fun with recent news out of North Africa. But if you’ve missed it, here it is [...]

Homeopathy in Britain

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British lawmakers have determined that homeopathy, a form of alternative medicine, is not medicine of any kind at all (beyond a placebo.) Britain funds four homeopathic hospitals in the UK, spending about six million dollars per year. The World’s Alex Gallafent reports.

• Parliamentary enquiry into homeopathy
• An array of responses to the enquiry, collated by the BBC
• Britain’s Faculty of Homeopathy
• Hpathy portal

Eco-cooker, Generation Google, Kiva in the US

Since Clark Boyd has deemed it fit to swan off around the country with his college buddies this week, it falls to me to fill his ample shoes. Really, the man’s feet are huge. Three stories today: the first is a look at an impressive piece of engineering – a cooker that its makers claim reduces carbon emissions by a staggering degree. Listen