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Aug 12 A Finnish study followed 3,543 people into retirement and found life became easier, not dramatically happier, while… Scandinavia Standard Editorial Team
Aug 12 Substack now has millions of active publications, and only about 100,000 of them earn any money at all Scandinavia Standard Editorial Team
Aug 12 The parents who raised their children to be independent often discover in their seventies that independence was so… The Balance
Aug 12 Psychology says people who can't stop scrolling aren't chasing entertainment The Balance
Aug 12 Psychology suggests you can tell someone is truly confident if they let others be right about small things, because… Daniel Moran
Aug 12 Scandinavian minimalism was never simply white walls and empty rooms Scandinavia Standard Editorial Team
Aug 12 Japan’s Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan has welcomed guests since 705 AD, but the world’s oldest hotel record belongs to a… Scandinavia Standard Editorial Team
Aug 12 The ‘coolcation’ is real: Scandinavian summer tourism is growing as heat reshapes European travel, but the… Scandinavia Standard Editorial Team
Aug 12 Psychology explains why the dog in your bed might be your most stable relationship Brendan Brown
Aug 12 Psychology says people who return their shopping cart when no one's around aren't just following rules Brendan Brown
Aug 12 The Swinging Sixties were real and also, to a striking degree, a magazine invention Scandinavia Standard
Aug 12 A Nordic Council review found loneliness was relatively low overall but reached 31% among people over 80, showing why a… Scandinavia Standard
Aug 12 "Dancing Queen" was performed in public for the first time at a gala for the King of Sweden's wedding in 1976, two… Brendan Brown
Aug 12 ABBA turned down a billion dollars to reunite in 2000, one of the largest offers ever made to a band, and Björn later… Brendan Brown
Aug 12 In 2012, David Raichlen put ten humans, eight dogs, and eight ferrets on treadmills and found that only the humans and… The Balance
Aug 12 The proof that a partner is a keeper is quieter than the romance-film version Scandinavia Standard
Aug 11 The happiness U-curve once placed the midlife low near 48, but newer data from 44 countries suggest the pattern is… Scandinavia Standard Editorial Team
Aug 11 Being nice and friendly can create many warm encounters without producing a friendship, because closeness grows through… Lachlan Brown
Aug 11 Psychology says longtime black coffee drinkers may forget whether they ever enjoyed it sweet, because the habit… Brendan Brown
Aug 11 Psychology says people who seem perfectly comfortable having no close friends may not be antisocial at all Brendan Brown