In a new study, scientists have discovered that great snipes can complete a transcontinental flight across Europe, from Sweden to sub-Saharan Africa, in as little as two days without resting.

最新研究，科学家发现成年沙锥鸟可以在短短两天时间内完成跨州飞行，从欧洲的瑞典到撒哈拉以南的非洲地区，其间从不休息。

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One solution: source-separated toilets (think: a little bowl within a big bowl), already being tried in Sweden and Denmark.

一个解决办法：在源头上建造有单线管道的厕所。 丹麦和瑞典已经在试行这一方案了。

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In the winter for most people in Sweden are dull and lonely, little sunshine, a lot of snow.

冬天对大多数生活在瑞典的人来说都是单调和寂寞的，很少的阳光，很大的雪。

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"We're definitely in a worse position than Norway, Finland, Sweden - countries which have seen very little by way of recession".

BBC: Northern Bank makes pre-tax loss of ?71m

Embarrassed drug warriors blame this on alleged cultural differences, but even in fairly similar countries tough rules make little difference to the number of addicts: harsh Sweden and more liberal Norway have precisely the same addiction rates.

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Historians and social scientists have found quite a lot to say about why faith thrives in some places and periods but not in others why, for the first time in human history, there are now hundreds of millions of unbelievers, and why religion is little more than vestigial in countries like Denmark and Sweden.

NEWYORKER: It Ain��t Necessarily So