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December 21: Winter Solstice

In the Northern hemisphere, the winter solstice occurs today (December 21). The Winter Solstice marks the shortest day and hence the longest night of the year. In Stockholm this means […]

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Christmas Calendar

21 December, 2021

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Merry Christmas from Apollo 8

On Christmas Eve, December 24, 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 became the first humans to orbit the moon. The Apollo 8 astronauts, Bill Anders, Jim Lovell, and Frank Borman […]

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Christmas Calendar

8 December, 2021

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The unusual 3pm Swedish Christmas eve tradition

3pm on December 24 marks a very important Swedish Christmas custom. At this time, every year since 1960, the Walt Disney Christmas special, “From All of Us to All of […]

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3 December, 2021

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Is it time to implement folic acid fortification?

After a long, ongoing debate, the UK government has made the decision to fortify non-wholemeal wheat flour with folic acid. To date, more than 80 countries worldwide have implemented a mandatory folic acid fortification policy, starting with the US back […]

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Science

29 November, 2021

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