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How Netflix Transformed Scandanivian Television

A dozen years ago, Netflix started a global media revolution in a Norwegian ski resort. Lilyhammer a fish-out-of-water series set in Lillehammer, Norway featuring ex-Sopranos star Steven Van Zandt as a mafioso on witness protection was the streamer’s first entry into the original series business. A year later came a little show called House of […]

Science

People in Scandinavia may have used boats made of animal skins to hunt and trade 5,000 years ago

Ancient Scandinavians may have used boats constructed of animal skins to fish, hunt and trade, a new study suggests. Known as the Pitted Ware Culture (PWC), this waterfaring Neolithic group of hunter-gatherers lived in Scandinavia between 3500 and 2300 B.C., according to the study, published Aug. 26 in the Journal of Maritime Archaeology. The group […]