Here’s a figure from a brand new paper on the genetics of metabolic traits in a large Finnish cohort (which I’ll be posting about in more detail shortly): On the left is a map of the counties ...

Atlas Pro. The Geography of Fruit. Posted: February 27, 2025 | Last updated: February 27, 2025. Few people really understand the rich histories behind the foods we eat, so today we're exploring ...

An excellent regional geography, with sections on resources, the "human variable," economic activities and Lapland. An Economic Geography of the Scandinavian States and Finland | Foreign Affairs Skip ...

In joining NATO, Finland adds its 24,000 active troops, 100 warplanes and scores of warships to the alliance, while Sweden adds its own 15,000 active troops plus similar numbers of planes and ships.

Flowers in the blue and white of the Finnish flag lie at the tombstone of a soldier killed in the 1939-1940 Winter War at a war cemetery on May 23, 2022 in Rovaniemi, Finland.

Threatened by Russia as well as climate change, Finland’s northernmost region has become a front line of western Europe’s existential crisis. By Megan Gibson Lapland is not an easy place. In Finland’s ...

In Finland, children don't begin formal schooling until the age of seven, and education is free all the way up to university. There are no school inspectors or league table and students are not ...

The field of research in geosciences and geography spans all of Earth, from the glaciers in Antarctica to bustling metropolises. Earth and its changes throughout time are studied, for example, through ...

ROVANIEMI, Finland — Here in Santa Claus Village, near the Arctic Circle, is the self-anointed “Official Santa,” a Finn who refused to give his real name, insisting he was actually Mr. Claus.

[See also: Why has Finland joined Nato? But Laplanders know that geography brings with it vulnerabilities. Finland’s shared border with Russia – which spans more than 1,300 km to the east – has been ...

ROVANIEMI, Finland — Here in Santa Claus Village, near the Arctic Circle, is the self-anointed “Official Santa,” a Finn who refused to give his real name, insisting he was actually Mr. Claus.