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How Elves and Serpents are Saving Iceland for Future Generations

Most Iceland residents believe in magic to some degree, and it’s helping to preserve the environment, foster community … and rake in tourism dollars

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Why Your American Wiener is Unimpressive

We should all be envious of Iceland’s tasty, high-quality hot dogs

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Three Reasons Why You Should Visit Iceland

Known for Bjork, fish, ice and ash clouds, Iceland is a truly unique location. This Nordic island is often compared to the moon, thanks to its lunar-like landscape, sculpted by lava flows and volcanic activity. It’s also home to some amazing spectacles of nature and some of the happiest people in the world.

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Iceland Is Crowdsourcing Its New Constitution

Vikings. They're the vanguard of 21st-century democracy.

American Teachers Do More Work for Less Pay Than Their International Peers

Want to work short hours for comparatively good pay? Become a teacher in pretty much any other industrialized nation.

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Why Iceland Evaluates Its Students' Self-esteem

What American schools might learn from researchers in Iceland about how testing not only literacy and math, but the emotional lives of children.

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Intermission: Another Thing

The architect Andrew Burgess projects an image of the Icelandic parliament building onto the building itself and then mucks with it in various...