Sampling magma from the Fagradalsfjall volcano, Matthew Jackson and his team discovered a much more dynamic process than assumed in the two centuries scientists have been studying volcanoes, changing knowledge of how they actually work

Icelanders read or listen to an average of 2,4 books per month and almost one third of the population reads pages of a book every day or more often, according to the results of a survey on the nation's attitude to reading

In 2022, blood was taken from 4.141 mares to produce the hormone eCG/PMSG, a total of around 24.000 times in 90 establishments; the amount of blood collected was a quarter less than in 2021 due to a decrease of breeders performing transfusions

Hrafnhildur Ólöf Ólafsdóttir, nurse and head of Reykjavík's working group on homelessness, said that after the increase in use of homeless shelters in the last 2 years, the system is no longer able to cope with the high demand