37.2 °C (99 °F)

Record high temperature, measured in Liperi, July 2010

Source: Finnish Meteorological Institute

Inventors of next-generation DNA sequencing receive Millennium Technology Prize in Helsinki
Business & innovationTechnology

Inventors of next-generation DNA sequencing receive Millennium Technology Prize in Helsinki

Technology Academy Finland awards one million euros to two scientists who developed a faster, cheaper way to sequence DNA – a system that led to huge implications for genomics, medicine and biology. They were just looking for “something exciting to explore,” they say.

Finland’s carbon handprints and roadmaps show path to carbon neutrality by 2035
Life & societyEnvironment

Finland’s carbon handprints and roadmaps show path to carbon neutrality by 2035

Finland has set itself the goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2035, one of the most ambitious targets of any country in the industrialised world. Is that feasible, and how does the Finnish government plan to do it? And what’s a “carbon handprint”?

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Helsinki is the city with the best work life balance

Source: Work–Life Balance Index, 2021