Oslo terrorist Anders Behring Breivik's extensive Internet presence gives us a look inside the inner workings of a madman. Meet a young man obsessed with Muslims, liberals, commercial techno music, and World of Warcraft.READ»
In this installment of the Butterfly Effect, climate change is creating incredible economic opportunity in the Arctic, leading to saber rattling from Canada and Russia. Whichever region benefits the most will have enormous geopolitical consequences.READ»
Four European countries are to benefit from GE's announcement this morning that it is to invest 340 million euros in the offshore wind business, which will include manufacturing, engineering, and service facilities. The company is ...READ»
A lesson for all the budding criminals out there: if you're going to commit a crime, do it in Norway, because the country is soon to open Halden Prison, possibly the world's most ridiculously posh prison.
When it opens on April 1, ...READ»
That clown wouldn't be smiling if he were backpacking through Europe right now. The Big Mac is more than a dollar more over there than in America, the Economist reports. Their findings are based on an annual "burgernomics" survey ...READ»
Taxes might be the new ethics. After all, a country that skims more off its companies can usually do more positive public work with that green, right? According to the map above, however American corporations are a bit stingy, ...READ»
Amidst news of massive solar and wind power plants comes word of a small but significant achievement--the world's first osmotic power plant. Statkraft's $7 million plant, located in Tofte, Norway, only produces enough energy to run ...READ»
After months of hype, StatoilHydro and Siemens finally installed the world's first large-scale floating wind turbine off the coast of Karmøy, Norway. The 2.3 MW Hywind, built at a depth of 722 feet, will be tested over the next two ...READ»
Humans have lived and worked out of caves since the beginning of civilization. But we haven't left them behind: A new development, bored into the side of a Norwegian cliff, shows what's possible with modern engineering and ...READ»
A survey conducted in Norway found that music consumers who regularly download illegally pirated music tracks are also the largest purchasers of legitimate digital music files, by a factor of 10 over non-pirates. So, you have to ...READ»
The quest for alternative "green" power sources has taken some surprising twists, but news of the latest technology is as interesting as it is surprising. In Holland and Norway, scientists and engineers are planning to use ...READ»
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